Subj : Re: Larry King To : alt.tv.farscape From : weirdwolf Date : Thu Sep 01 2005 05:21:22 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape "Finnigann" wrote in news:43166C69.330.farscape@bnb.synchro.net: > To: weirdwolf > -=> weirdwolf wrote to alt.tv.farscape <=- > > > > > It works pretty well most of the time. If the actors aren't > > criminals. > > we> You see as a pessimist I would much rather have several methods > of we> getting rid of somebody inept or criminal than have to suffer > them we> until the next election. Getting them set up in place before > the system we> is required in the certain knowledge that one day you > will pick a dud we> again. I do however rather like your two terms > custom, it is one that we> would have served us well over here in the > last few years. I always we> wondered however why they stuck with a > set time period for terms and we> elections always struck me as > rather inflexible. > > > You know, that it wasn't writen into the constitution. FDR had four > terms. The congress feared popular presidents might just grow to love > the job and the people would just keep on vote'n 'em back in. So the > set the two term limit. > > Else it would STILL be President Clinton... and not that turd tosser > from exas. I was under the impression that it wasn't actually written anywhere as a hard and fast rule but it was as I said a custom that had originally started because Washington had only served two terms. I believe in theory that a president could if he wished to declare a state of war and extend his term idefinitely. Ted -- Stare too long into the abyss and the abyss looks like a nifty place to hide the bodies .