Time for BO to GO

Gadabout predicts that Barack is history. Yep, the gentleman presidential hopeful from Illinois has gone on the record too many times of late saying stupid things that dash his chances for the White House. And Hillary? Well, the press loves Hillary.

Why Hillary, you ask? Well, Hillary has cleavage. Hillary wrote letters to friends while attending college. Hillary is a mother. Hillary voted yes for the war. Hillary has made decisions. Hillary exhibited patience with Bill. Hillary doesn’t take crap from anyone. The Right underestimates Hillary, but Barack doesn’t. Barack may say silly things about nuclear weapons, invading Pakistan, sex education; but he is not stupid—he has just said stupid things in public.

Barack isn’t going to go away anytime soon, and after he bows out of the race, he’ll return to the Senate where he’ll make progress and accrue polish. Bet on it. Gadabout believes Barack will be president someday, but just not today. The guy is a good statesman and he boasts an impressive bio. He graduated from Columbia and attended Harvard Law. Certainly a better resume than Gadabout’s.

Vice President Barack Obama? Nope, he hates Hillary. Barack will stay a senator and do the Lord’s work. He’ll succeed as a senator while the country flounders after the 2008 election. Barack will wait patiently for the next opportunity, and when that opportunity arrives, we’ll have our first black president. Not this time around though. Barack is learning and learning fast. Harvard Law graduates are like that—they are smart.

Term Limits--The Time Has Come

Gadabout has not read the volumes written by the “Founding Fathers” of this great nation, but has spent a few days while in graduate school looking over a speck of the works by Madison, Jefferson, Adams and a few others. Even though I freely admit not being a scholar of the “Founding Fathers” I cringe whenever I hear someone making an argument or stating opinion based upon the “Founding Fathers” motivations, since these self proclaimed knuckleheads have no scholarship in these historical matters whatsoever. Show me your law degree, supported by a master’s degree in American History and I’ll listen up. If you are simply coughing up unsupported facts collected from three hours of radio talk shows a day, then back to the books for you. Gadabout knows enough from formal schooling to know when to shut his pie hole, and so should most of America.

Okay, back to my point, term limits, and how Gadabout believes that our system is flawed. I don’t know what the Founding Fathers had in mind regarding term limits or lengths of terms for elected officials, and I don’t care, because I have devised a better system of governance than is in place today.

I am proposing an 18, 24, 12 plan for the House, Senate, and President respectively:

House of Representatives should be limited to 18 consecutive years of service. If so desired, a member of the House, after vacating a seat may be allowed to once again run and serve another 18 years if elected. But the string must be broken and the incumbent must yield his/her seat and reset the clock. The term length for a House member should be lengthened to 3 years so as to avoid the ridiculous every other year campaign cycles. These endless campaign cycles disrupt law making and promote inefficiencies. Let’s face it, House members, for the most part, are hacks and criminals, so limiting them to 18 years may not be such a bad idea. Giving them a shot at reelection after a break may be desirable for those proven worthy, and for those not worthy hopefully they’ll be canned for good. This limitation would not affect the member to run for a Senate seat or for the Presidency.

The Senate likes to hold onto seats of power for generations. Ted Kennedy (D-MA), Carl Levin (D-MI) and Robert Byrd (D-WV) have collectively served for 124 years. Enough is enough. Gadabout proposes 24 years (four 6 year terms) and then the incumbent must vacate his/her seat and reset the clock (as in the House as described above) before allowed to run for their seat again. This limitation would not affect the member to run for a House seat or for the Presidency.

The President should be allowed to run for a third term. President Roosevelt ran and won four terms. He died in office before completing his fourth term, but the country supported his leadership during a time of war, so he became the first President to hold office longer than 2 terms. This option of an additional term, during periods of national distress, should be allowed for under the constitution provided certain circumstances arise. Who would ever want that thankless job for longer than eight years is a mystery to me, but it should be an option. Under no circumstances should any one individual hold the office of President for longer than 12 collective years—period.

Gadabout is here, for all of you, promoting fresh ideas to lead the nation.