[at-l] Follow Through On Global Warming (OT)

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In a message dated 2/22/04 17:32:49 Eastern Standard Time, 
jbullar1@twcny.rr.com writes:


> Actually it was George Washington who set the 2 term precedent. After the 
> Revolution he could have been King. There was enough sentiment in the 
> colonies to declare him king but instead resigned his General's commission 
> and went home. After being drafted as the 1st president and serving 2 terms 
> he easily could have been elected again (and again and again?) but 
> declined. Even King George III, when he heard of Washington's voluntary 
> relinquishment of power, observed that Washington was the greatest man alive.
> 

A President can elect to decline another term but if a person decided to 
continue to serve it would be up to the people to elect or choose another.  The 
decision of an elected body to deny the opportunity for the electorate to choose 
a person to continue in office is anti-democratic and diminishes the 
electorates power to make decisions they choose to make.  

There is a power which resides with those who are in elected office but 
people have chosen other candidates when people have been in office for years.  The 
people who vote should not be barred from choosing their officials even if 
the continued choice may be hard to reconcile with good judgment.  

Skylander