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Sucks for you then. Guess you can't afford a morning and evening suit for every day of the week living in a beach house in Thailand now.
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Would you say "NO" to a third term from Obama
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Wishing Trump unleashed upon the world for your personal gain just makes you an asshole.
Gnome Scat
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Hard to say, I don't really like the candidates this election, but I do want to respect term limits.
I don't think he'd survive. Look what being the president does to you. Looks like a lot of stress
I lost at least half my hair in the span of a couple of years, going grey in five years hardly seems that shocking.
Union Carbine
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I disagree. The nation can and will survive changes in leadership. Roosevelt died in in office during wartime and the country survived.
I agree with this.
timetokill
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Definitely against a third term.
Then again my voting strategy can be summed up as "vote against all incumbents."
Then again my voting strategy can be summed up as "vote against all incumbents."
Tal Shiar Agent
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He groomed Truman to take over in the event of his death. The War in Europe was almost over and the Manhattan Project was well under way.
A serious, heavily contested election in a time of national crisis has the potential to cause serious damage.
Union Carbine
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And the same can be done with an incoming president between election night and the inauguration.
PHOENIXZERO
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No for the same reason I wish congress had term limits.
Also being President is stressful as fuck.
Also being President is stressful as fuck.
Christopher
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Why are we comparing a picture of Obama eight years later people age...I also personally think Obama still looks great and is always sharp when he is delivering any messages or present at meetings
DrROBschiz
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No
Change is a good things regardless of the consequence
This is one of the few things that the constitution got right the first time
Change is a good things regardless of the consequence
This is one of the few things that the constitution got right the first time
I wouldn't say regardless, but yeah 8 years is already a lot to have under a single administration.
acheron_xl
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If there was any possibility that he could have a third term, his second would've looked a bit like his first, and his third would be what we are looking at now. As long as there are midterm elections to be held with him as the sitting president, there wouldn't be many waves made. Its why I don't expect anything out of Hillary until after the 2022 midterms.
But it didn't? An amendment isn't "the first time" if it's not in the Bill of Rights.
The Anti-Federalists tried to install term limits for Congress and the President for precisely that very reason. They did win some of their battles (aka Bill of Rights), but they lost on that one.
DrROBschiz
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Whatever history nerds!
Term Limits are a good thing is all im saying
You guys are completely right thanks for the correction! Im a less ignorant person everyday lol
Supreme Court sounds more important for term limits tho.
DrROBschiz
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VendettaRed07
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I do not support any president getting more than two terms. George Washington set the correct precedent and it should be followed. I'm glad they made the law official after FDR, but even if they didn't it isn't something that I believe we should endorse.
I think most people would like another term from Obama because he was still learning on the job so much in the first one, and really seemed to get a better hang of the political process the second. But honestly that's his fault. He had both of his chances and at the end of this year I think it should be his time to go. He's done his job and happy to have him as president but it will be time to move on IMO.
I think most people would like another term from Obama because he was still learning on the job so much in the first one, and really seemed to get a better hang of the political process the second. But honestly that's his fault. He had both of his chances and at the end of this year I think it should be his time to go. He's done his job and happy to have him as president but it will be time to move on IMO.
Big Green Anus
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I prefer Obama over Clinton, but would prefer someone else. Besides the silliness of the 2016 election season, I'm really not happy with the Democratic selections 
Why?
Apply this logic to literally anything else and it immediately falls apart. "Everyone gets a turn" is a concept that should be left in elementary school.
VendettaRed07
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It was only passed as an amendment because before then it was moreso an unwritten rule to follow the precedent of two terms and you are done. Nobody before FDR really even dared to go against it.
theepicoftyler
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Bingo.
Both grant and teddy Roosevelt ran again, and that's just off the top of my head. I'm sure there's a few more down the line who tried.
tiredheadcrab
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Yeah, he is pretty good.
DrROBschiz
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And it seems logical even from a mental standpoint
I imagine most people wouldnt WANT to do a third term anyways
benjipwns
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One thing to note is neither of those went for a third term immediately, they skipped a term before trying again.
Woodrow Wilson attempted to sabotage the DNC in such a way that he was the only viable nominee in 1920, despite having suffered a completely debilitating stroke and being despised personally by practically everyone in both parties. Thankfully, he did not succeed and instead we got one of the greatest Presidents in Warren G. Harding.
But while Trump would be bad for the US, I think other countries would benefit. George Bush was a disaster for you guys but his fuck ups led Canada to one of it's greatest economic periods.
So not my personal gain but for Canada's gain (as well as Australia, Europe, China, etc). We would recover faster out of the economic recession he would cause and be better off for it, the same way a lot of these countries were better off after GWB's mess.
Look at comparison pics of other past presidents (would post them but i'm on my phone.) Job definitely speeds up the aging process... a good case why age matters when running IMO
gutter_trash
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if a President is good, then he should be allowed to be President for life.
Democracy is so overrated
Democracy is so overrated
Tal Shiar Agent
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As long as justices are still appointed and not elected. The election of judges is the quickest path to corruption.
Limit them to 20 years served before a forced retirement.
It works in theory, but in a world of Citizens United, the Koch Brothers, and gerrymandering it doesn't work.
SliceSabre
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Yes because I honestly believe the Republican Party would hire an assassin to kill him.
I'm serious.
I'm serious.
VendettaRed07
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True but it was seriously controversial when they did. The campaigns were mired with talk about how they and the party was corrupt for even allowing it.
You guys should keep Obama as president, he has a nobel peace prize, he just needs more time to achieve world peace you know, also, you could like change the constitution to make it happen and at the same time change the 2nd amendment while your at it and make all guns illegal. Yeah.
benjipwns
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If by groomed you mean didn't want on the ticket, only caved at the last moment, and then ignored Truman (except for the two times they met) and kept him out of the loop on everything to the point that basically everyone else in Washington knew FDR was dead before Truman did. Yeah, I guess he groomed him to take over.
Ivan A Nguyen
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A third term might kill the man. Have you seen how much he's aged in just 2? Even if it were possible I'd say no. I want someone who isn't so comfortable with robots killing people from the sky.
JordanN
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This.
Why change people if they're good at their jobs? He was already voted in so technically it's not undemocratic to keep him.
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