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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 2009-09-06 16:45

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I was implying that it could end up in widespread abuse. We already have government abuse, however repealing the amendment would open up to even further abuse over time.

Right now the Democrats have control of both the White House, and the Congress. If the Twenty Second Amendment is repealed, it grants the possibility of Obama being President for life, and if the majority is constantly convinced that what he's doing is good for them no matter what, it could lead to Presidential abuse of power via influencing a Democrat majority Congress, and limits what the Republicans/Independents can do.

I would say the exact same thing if the tables were turned and the Republicans were in control and the Democrats were the "underdog". I lean towards libertarianism and even if there were a libertarian President in office I still wouldn't want the Twenty Second Amendment repealed.

The United States was founded on a principal of being a republic without monarchy. The Founding Fathers saw how Britain (still quite a large empire at the time) being under such a system was tyrannical. Repeal the amendment, you run with the possibility that this or any other President becomes askin to being a king for life. It would be nice to have a man who had impenetrable integrity and a moral compass made of stone be President for an unlimited amount of terms. However, in reality, we don't.

If there are any amendments that are part of the Constitution that can be considered tyrannical, I'd say the Sixteenth. And perhaps maybe the Seventeenth as well. Certainly the Eighteenth was when it was in effect. So I say it should be left alone.

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