Term Limits.

So… Rep. Jose Serrano (D-NY) has proposed a repeal of the 22nd amendment limiting a President to 2 terms.

I’m not going to start a spiel about it opening the door to a “leader for life” title for Obama. Repealing the 22nd Amendment has been proposed lots of times over the past 20 years, by both Republocrats and Demicans. Rep. Jose Serrano has done it 7 times since 1997. Steny Hoyer (D-MD ), Barney Frank (D-MA), David Dreier (R-CA) and Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (and others) have all proposed this very same repeal over the past 10-15years for whatever reason. (All according to snopes.com by the way.)
It never actually gets debated, or makes it to the floor for a vote, much less gets passed.

But I just have to ask anyway. Why? Why have so many of these clowns proposed this? It seems especially goofy when you consider that so many Americans are in favor of “Term LIMITS” across the board. According to a Wall Street Journal/NBC poll 67% of people polled favor term limits, with some states polling as high as 75%. That’s a pretty big chunk of folks to get behind anything.

Personally, I’ve decided that Term Limits is going to be one of my “litmus test” issues for candidates (along with their stances on the 2nd Amendment, Taxation, Education, Regulation and Tort Reform if you want to know what matters to me). I’m sick of the lot of them in Congress. Republican or Democrat, I’m not going to back a congressional candidate, anywhere, anymore, who doesn’t believe in Congressional Term Limits.

And I want to see it proposed, debated and voted on in Congress. If Republicans are beginning to put together another “Contract With America” type of movement, then I’d like to see this be one of the points they put forth. I’d even be okay with a Congress who would enact term limits starting when they end their term of office. Anyone who is currently in Congress could be exempt…that’s okay with me.

But I’m tired of the same group of corrupt idiots being in power all of the time. It’s time for Term Limits and frankly the bastards deserve it.