Every strong president has been accused of trying to jockey into a position to become Emperor.
I remember seeing a Newsreel in 1944, when Roosevelt was campaigning for his fourth term. They showed this sunken in man in a chair...not sure if it was his wheel chair or not...and his eyes were hollow and black. His skin on his face hung down. I was only 9 years old, but I could tell that I was looking at a very ill man. That picture is as clear in my memory today as it was at the time.
So the worn out, sick man won out over Dewey, the Wind Bag. We didn't have good choices even back then. And he was pressured to dump Henry Wallace for the machine politician Harry Truman, a conservative democrat.
This was not a man who was going to become King. The major reason given for most Americans voting for FDR, was that the war was still going on, and they felt safer in the hands of the man who had been their leader through the early war years.
Carl Jarvis
----- Original Message -----From: R. E. Driscoll SrSent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 12:42 PMSubject: Re: H.J.Res. 15:All:
The legislation came about, in my opinion, when the various Members of Congress began to worry that Mr. Roosevelt might become Emperor Franklin and be there forever or be followed up by Mrs. Roosevelt.
R. E. (Dick) Driscoll, Sr.
On 1/26/2013 12:36 PM, Roger Loran Bailey wrote: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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