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Originally Posted by ptownrob
While it may relieve high blood pressure to call for throwing all the bums out, our two party system makes such a proposal unworkable. How many of you on the right would vote for the liberal Democrat who is running against the incumbent? I certainly can't imagine any Democrat who would simply vote for the other party to "change out" the entrenched legislature.
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The leopard in most of us will not change spots per say, but whether we are liberal or conservative we need to NOT vote in the incumbent, not necessarily change parties. As been said in these post over and over again, the forefathers never intended the office of House or Senate to be career positions.
The important results of "voting all the bums out" will be the message that the American public will no longer support a candidate for office just because they won one election. Maybe if politicians realize that they only have one or two chances, because of term limits, they will seize the opportunity to accomplish honest governance while they are in office.
Throw them out, insist on term limits if they want re election for a second or third term, or face being thrown out again. Also, I don't believe that politicians should be rewarded with retirement after office, considering how little service is necessary to earn (most don't EARN anything) it. Since when or where can one retire after 6 years on their jobs? Certainly not you or I or anyone we know!