Robert Robb | February 11, 2010

Opponents need some better arguments.
http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/RobertRobb/73772
Posted 1 hour, 30 minutes ago on February 11, 2010
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Re: Term limit contradictions

A Congress of career politicians will never allow us to constitutionally term limit them by an amendment to the Constitution. But we can make term limits happen in spite of them, if lots of us follow these steps in the upcoming Congressional elections (2010, 2012, 2014):

1. Don’t reelect anyone in Congress. Get all your friends to do the same.
2. Always vote, never for incumbents, only for challengers, regardless of party .
3. If your incumbent runs unopposed, vote for his strongest challenger. Especially, never reelect an unopposed incumbent!!
4. If Congress has not passed a term limits bill by 2014, repeat this in ‘16, ‘18, and ‘20

Our only sensible choice is to NEVER REELECT them. All of them! If we drop their reelection rate from 95% to 50%, they will definitely get the message.

The only infallible, unstoppable, guaranteed way to get a truly new Congress, and a new politics, is: NEVER REELECT ANY INCUMBENT! DO IT EVERY ELECTION until term limits is ratified. In other words, don't let anyone serve more than one term until they pass a term limits bill!

The number of ‘good guys’ left in Congress is negligible, so if we threw out ALL 535 of them, we would be better off turning Congress into a bunch of honest, inexperienced freshmen (guys like you and me)

Some of the reasons to favor this approach:
• It will work!
• It gives us a one-term-limited Congress without using an amendment
• It encourages ordinary citizens to run for Congress and win
• It is supported by 70% of the country (see Rasmussen and Cato polls)
• It is completely nonpartisan
• If repeated, it ends career politicians in Congress
• It opens the way to a “citizen Congress” of guys like you and me
* It would open a torrent of fresh ideas to improve our government
• It ends the seniority system that keeps freshmen powerless
• It doesn’t cost money. But you MUST vote! Just don’t vote for an incumbent
• It takes effect immediately on Election Day
• It is the only infallible, unstoppable, guaranteed way to “Throw the Bums Out”
• When the ‘pros’ stop running, ordinary citizens WILL RUN, AND WIN
• If it doesn’t work, do it again and again! It will work eventually, without a doubt.

NEVER REELECT ANYONE IN CONGRESS. DO IT EVERY ELECTION!...until we get term limits ratified!

Nelson Lee Walker of tenurecorrupts.com
Email nels96@gmail.com for your free NEVER REELECT bumper sticker

2010/02/12 by Nelson Lee Walker wwwReply
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