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Originally Posted by KClapp
Those statements demonstrate an ignorance of how our system works. Elections are bought, sold, and stolen in this nation and to ignore that fact is pure naivete.
The statement about Congress not being willing to implement term limits demonstrates, in no uncertain terms, the true failure of this nation and it's civilian leadership.
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Gee, all my time in legislative affairs working for a Combatant Commander must have been in my head. My Master's Degree in National Security Studies, must have come from an unaccredited university.
What you see as naivete, I see as a willingness, and hopefullness that the people of this country do not continue to sit by idly on their thumbs while the world falls apart around them.
By all means, since all politicians are bought and paid for, we should just continue on in our ignorant bliss and not do anything about it, because hell, it doesn't matter anyway does it?
I have met several Congressmen and Senators that somehow managed to make it to where they are at, not through money of others, but by their own accord. Granted they are in the minority, but that does not mean it is impossible.
I still hold firm that if we the people are fed up, vote the bastards out, and eventually they will get the drift. Term limits are OUR responsibility as citizens of this nation, not the people we vote into Congress. To suggest otherwise means we are no longer democratic republic, but something else all together. I am not willing to accept that.