FDR's election for a third term scared the whooshy right out of Conservative America...well, maybe not the Dixicrats, but certainly good old Wall Street.
So after something like 162 years of presidents, the 32nd one is elected for a third term and all Hell breaks loose. Just what would Roosevelt have been able to do in his third term if he'd lived? The war was winding down and America was gearing up to take advantage of the needs of war torn Europe.
Troops would be coming home, factories would be changing back to peace time production, rationing was being lifted, housing starts would soon struggle to keep up with the needs of young couples, and on and on. If Roosevelt had lived he would have ridden a crest of prosperity. Sure, the bankers and Wall Street Pirates would continue to blast him. That was how they softened up the public to accept their boy Dewey in 1948...oops! guess that didn't work, either.
Well, I'm being dragged away to do some real time work, so I'll end by saying that it's not term limits that will save us. It's a healthy economy, in which we all share.
Carl Jarvis
----- Original Message -----From: Roger Loran BaileySent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 10:36 AMSubject: Re: H.J.Res. 15:Can you imagine a Franklin Roosevelt third term? As a matter of fact, he was the very first president to have one and the last. The term limit amendment was passed right after his administration.
On 1/26/2013 1:13 AM, Bob Hachey wrote:Hi Carl,Firstly, taking away term limits gives the president way too much power.Could you imagine an Obama third term? How about a reagan or Clinton third term?AS for Congress, each district has more say as to whether or not members get to keep serving than does a president who gains more power.Given some of the behavior of Congressional leaders on both sides, I'm rethinking that perhaps we ought to have term limits for Congress, 5 terms for a house member and three terms for a senator, perhaps?But, as we know, what we really need is to get the money out of politics and increase voter participation. Until we do those things, it won't matter much whether or not we have term limits.Bob Hachey----- Original Message -----From: Carl JarvisSent: Friday, January 25, 2013 7:31 PMSubject: Re: H.J.Res. 15:Why oppose term limits, but support them for the one person who should not be under such restraints?There must be some leverage by the nation's leader. Obama can make all the great speeches he wants, but he knows that his effectiveness is nearing an end...if he ever did have any.He wins the election for a second term and begins to move directly toward the square marked "Lame Duck".Did I mention that I am once again convinced that Obama is preparing to sign the oil pipeline legislation? He's a real candy ass, regardless of his brains or his speaking ability.I swear Obama is the identical twin of Bill Clinton. Sitting in that oval office nodding and grinning at the thought that they just pulled the wool over the eyes of those stupid Americans.Carl Jarvis----- Original Message -----From: Bob HacheySent: Friday, January 25, 2013 2:52 PMSubject: Re: H.J.Res. 15:Hi Dick,Once again, thanks for sending.While I oppose term limints for congress, I think the two-term limit for president is a good idea.Bob Hachey
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