Should Term limits be in place (Political)

Check this out - this is a list of how long some of our Senators have held their seats (from http://www.senate.gov/senators/Biographical/l... ):

Senator


Dates of Service


Length of Service



1. Robert C. Byrd (D-WV)


Jan 3, 1959 to present


50 years, 9 months, 20 days


2. Strom Thurmond (R-SC)


Dec 24, 1954 to Apr 4, 1956
and Nov 7, 1956 to Jan 3, 2003


47 years, 5 months, 17 days


3. Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI)


Jan 3, 1963 to present


46 years, 9 months, 20 days


4. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA)


Nov 7, 1962 to Aug 25, 2009


46 years, 9 months, 19 days


5. Carl T. Hayden (D-AZ)


Mar 4, 1927 to Jan 3, 1969


41 years, 9 months, 30 days


6. John Stennis (D-MS)


Nov 5, 1947 to Jan 3, 1989


41 years, 1 month, 29 days


7. Ted Stevens (R-AK)


Dec 24, 1968 to Jan 3, 2009


40 years, 10 days


8. Ernest F. Hollings (D-SC)


Nov 9, 1966 to Jan 3, 2005


38 years, 1 month, 25 days


9. Richard B. Russell (D-GA)


Jan 3, 1933 to Jan 21, 1971


38 years, 9 days


10. Russell Long (D-LA)


Dec 31, 1948 to Jan 3, 1987


38 years, 3 days


11. Francis E. Warren (R-WY)


Nov 18, 1890 to Mar 4, 1893
and Mar 4, 1895 to Nov 24, 1929


37 years, 2 months


12. James Eastland (D-MS)


Jun 30, 1941 to Sep 28, 1941
and Jan 3, 1943 to Dec 27, 1978


36 years, 2 months, 24 days


13. Warren Magnuson (D-WA)


Dec 14, 1944 to Jan 3, 1981


36 years, 20 days


14. Joseph R. Biden, Jr.(D-DE)


Jan 3, 1973 to Jan 15, 2009


36 years, 13 days


15. Pete V. Domenici (R-NM)


Jan 3, 1973 to Jan 3, 2009


36 years


16. Claiborne Pell (D-RI)


Jan 3, 1961 to Jan 3, 1997


36 years


17. Kenneth D. McKellar (D-TN)


Mar 4, 1917 to Jan 2, 1953


35 years, 10 months


18. Milton R. Young (R-ND)


Mar 12, 1945 to Jan 2, 1981


35 years, 9 months, 22 days


19. Ellison D. Smith (D-SC)


Mar 4, 1909 to Nov 17, 1944


35 years, 8 months, 13 days


20. Allen Joseph Ellender (D-LA)


Jan 3, 1937 to Jul 27, 1972


35 years, 6 months, 24 days


21. William Boyd Allison (R-IA)


Mar 4, 1873 to Aug 4, 1908


35 years, 5 months


22. John McClellan (D-AR)


Jan 3, 1943 to Nov 28, 1977


34 years, 11 months


23. Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT)


Jan 3, 1975 to present


34 years, 9 months, 20 days


24. Walter F. George (D-GA)


Nov 22, 1922 to Jan 3, 1957


34 years, 1 month, 13 days


25. George Aiken (R-VT)


Jan 10, 1941 to Jan 3, 1975


33 years, 11 months, 2 days

Notice that list ENDS with the Senator that’s served 33 years 11 months. Now try to calculate how many have served 15 between 34 years.

Congressmen? Well, Dingell began serving in 1955. That’s 54 years. I couldn't find a similar list for Representatives;

Folks, that is EIGHTY-FIVE out of 435 ... about 20%... of our elected officials who have held a seat in excess of 34 years.

And we wonder why things NEVER get better? Gee, wonder why? WHEN are we going to clean house?

It is reprehensible that these people have held elected office that long. What does it demonstrate? To my mind, it is a clear lack of initiative of the American people to take an active interest in who is running this Country. I've had an interest for quite some time; however, this was a wake-up call for me that my interest has not gone deep enough.

To put this sort of in perspective: the Democrats and Republicans have taken turns being in power for over 150 years (since Lincoln)... look at how many people have held the same seats for 40 to 50 of those 150+ years or, looked at another way, approximately 1/3 of that time.

We need to push strenuously for term limits. Two terms - just like the President gets. Q

This just about sums everything up…………………………



This is one paragraph that should be in every book, in every school room, in every city, in every state, in our great Union . Our educators should make a lesson plan on this one statement and beat these words into every head, in every class, in every state, in these United States of America .



Profound short paragraph

You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is the beginning of the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it."*

Adrian Rogers, 1931

...government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Honest Abe wrote:

...government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

What the, Get real and a mind "Honest Abe". How many promises have been made, and how many of those promises have been kept through out the years? All from Politicians who want to make a career of what they think is best for our country, not what the people think is best for the country. Quoting the old cliche from Forrest Gump " Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what your gonna get."

Question wrote:

<quoted text>What the, Get real and a mind "Honest Abe". How many promises have been made, and how many of those promises have been kept through out the years? All from Politicians who want to make a career of what they think is best for our country, not what the people think is best for the country. Quoting the old cliche from Forrest Gump " Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what your gonna get."

Me get real? You quote a crazy old preacher and tell me to get real?

Please. Your next thoughtful, original take will be your first.

Honest Abe wrote:

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Me get real? You quote a crazy old preacher and tell me to get real?
Please. Your next thoughtful, original take will be your first.

I have big shoulders Honest Abe, Think about what you just said. Think long and hard on your comment. It means nothing and lacks substance. Why would you say "crazy old preacher"? Do you not like preachers, or just old people? Are you a puppet on a string and believes everything the gov. tells you is the truth? Oh, I forgot our gov. has no crooks or bad guys. They are people just like you and I. So yes I said to you, get real.

"Always remember others may hate you,
but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them.
And then you destroy yourself."

Richard Nixon wrote:

"Always remember others may hate you,
but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them.
And then you destroy yourself."

That acn be a true statement. Very good!