Terms for president in office.Follow

Do you think the length of the terms should be adjusted? Instead of 2 terms consisting of 4-years do you think it would be better to implement just ONE 6-year term. I like the idea of having just ONE but longer term. It would allow the president to concentrate on what he needs to instead of worrying about gaining votes for his next term. I just feel that the system we have currently is out-dated and stale.

I agree. Leaders aren't given enough time to focus on the important issues. But if a President is doing really badly they should be able to call for early elections possibly after 3 or 4 years. So the President would have to focus on the issues rather than gleaning votes.

I'd rather see a single 2 year term, renewable up to 5 times. That would grant a total term of up to 10 years. Any term not renewed would result in elections being held. The outgoing termholder would NOT be eligible to run again.


It'd be a powerless office. There'd be about four days when the President wasn't campaigning for re-election.

The six year thing is a better idea, but still too long. I do think they should limit it to two consecutive terms instead of two terms absolute. Not because I'd want to see Clinton in particular re-elected, but because it's very likely in the best intrest of the country to allow a young two term president to be elected to a third term later in his life.

The office is what you make it. It can be a coke-room or a whorehouse. Both have been proved in recent years.

I'm wholly opposed to longer terms. I want accountability. The entire idea behind having shorter, but renewable terms is that a President IS campaigning for his office while he's in it. The way these jerks get into office is by making promises. Well, let them put up or shut up. They, like most employees, will be more productive if held accountable.

Face it, if GWB had done the job he's doing right now for the past four years....Kerry wouldn't stand a chance. But GWB did a ****-poor job until it started looking mighty bleak for the ole GOP. Kerry stands a very good chance, IMO. I don't know which one of these knuckleheads will get the Presidency out of the election. But I want a chance to hold him accountable before 4 years go by....and not just by impeachment.

I do NOT argue with myself on the street.

I have a home where I pursue hobbies.

I hear the same thing from liberals everyday. "Like OMG wow I have a gay friend in New York, maybe you know him"

(rolls eyes)

As opposed to the conservative version:

"Hey you FU[i][/i]CKING ***!" with a side of swift kick to the head.

Umm...OK.

You are a shaved head, tattooed fa[/i]ggot in Texas. Get a fu[i]cking grip!

There are two kinds of straight people in America:

Those that are nice to a gay person's face but talk crap about them behind their backs (liberals)


Those that talk crap right to a gay person's face (conservatives)



let's not beat around the bush shall we?

Is this the "Its ok that I'm a biggot because secretly everyone is doing it" argument?

Pulse, do you have self-hate issues?

Pulse,

Your perception is seriously skewed by your Texan-ishness.

It ain't like that everywhere.

Some of us don't have any problems with gays. I'm fine with whatever they want to do until they make a pass at me, and then I hope they have learned their lesson after they get out of the hospital. In fact, I am a big fan of the, "Don't ask, Don't tell" rule. You don't talk to me about it, and you damn well better believe I'm not going to ask about it. Keep that sort of sh*t to yourself please!