Subj : Re: Larry King To : alt.tv.farscape From : Jim Larson Date : Thu Sep 01 2005 05:30:19 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape weirdwolf wrote: > "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. 22nd Amendment, Section 1: "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term." > I believe in theory that a president could if he wished to declare a > state of war and extend his term idefinitely. Wars rule! -- Jim .