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Old 11-19-2012, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Combwork View Post
As I understand it, unless in time of war no U.S. president can hold office for more than two consecutive terms. This might have made sense in the days when large sections of the public were denied the vote but now?

If you have a spectacularly good president, someone universally respected, why should they be forced from office after 8 years?
Do some research on why the two limit term came about. Yeah the Republicans were behind it....
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