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Repeal the 22nd Amendment!

Name: Anonymous 2009-08-29 10:07

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected President of the United States four times. FDR died early in his fourth term after serving three full, successful terms. It was his leadership that brought our great country out of Economic Crisis and War.
Congress passed the 22nd Amendment on March 21, 1947 to limit future Presidents to two terms and took the choice out of the hands of the American People, where it belongs.

Name: Anonymous 2009-09-05 22:44

>>14
Democracy could become tyranny if people vote in a non-democratic pro-tyranny party. Does that mean we should do away with democracy?

That's fine, because the United States government is not a democracy in the first place, it never was.

Denying people the freedom to vote for the same president 3 times in a row

It was limitless before the ratification of the Twenty Second Amendment.

is one less freedom and one more step towards tyranny.

That would enable the President to act as more of a monarch rather than a temporary leader. I find that idea to be more tyrannical than having set limit terms. The president doesn't wield much power compared to congress, but can be a very influential individual and being able to stay in office longer than two set terms could lead to much abuse of power.

Plus, after Washington it became sort of an unwritten rule to not be in office for more than two terms (with the exception of Grover Cleavland and FDR). The Twenty Second Amendment basically made that rule official.

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