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DontBelieveEastisEas

(1,211 posts) Sat Nov 16, 2024, 01:20 AM Nov 2024

We need a 1 term limit.

That way they do not have to give allegiance to the president of their party.
It is the only way to save our form of government long term. Otherwise there will be a strong enough cult in the future to take us down. I think we will barely make it through this time. Trump doesn't quite have that total charisma that I imagine is possible.

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We need a 1 term limit. (Original Post) DontBelieveEastisEas Nov 2024 OP

1 6 year elleng Nov 2024 #1

That was Thomas Jefferson's initial preference for the presidency but he later changed his mind - he thought - as do I - Midwestern Democrat Nov 2024 #2

6 years may be too long for SANITY (for an otherwise perfectly sane POTUS!) elleng Nov 2024 #3

elleng

(141,926 posts)

1. 1 6 year

Reply to DontBelieveEastisEas (Original post)

Sat Nov 16, 2024, 01:32 AM

Nov 2024

Midwestern Democrat

(1,029 posts)

2. That was Thomas Jefferson's initial preference for the presidency but he later changed his mind - he thought - as do I -

Reply to elleng (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 16, 2024, 02:13 AM

Nov 2024

that six years was too long for a president to be unaccountable to the electorate and that the chance of re-election was a motivation for the president to do right by the voters at least during his first term (he did think the two term limit should have been in the constitution from the very beginning).

elleng

(141,926 posts)

3. 6 years may be too long for SANITY (for an otherwise perfectly sane POTUS!)

Reply to Midwestern Democrat (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 16, 2024, 02:15 AM

Nov 2024

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