Plan and simple, fear. Fear that the trash they say will put them in a courtroom. If they use a made up name or anonymous, they think if can not be traced.
They can not or will not be seen as someone who will rock the boat. They think themselves respectable and would not be caught saying the filth and trash they say online.
Needless to say, they are NOT respectable and in fact are just cowardly trash.
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ReplyDeleteI agree with Gary that term limits is not "built into" normal voting. I don't know the history of term limits, but I do recall its becoming an Amendment to the US Constitution during Harry Truman's presidency, in response to FDR's having been elected to a fourth term as US president. Until FDR no president had served more than two terms.
DeleteDespite the fact FDR was a great president during World War II, there must have been sufficient agreement in Congress (three quarters of the Congress must ratify a Constitutional Amendment, I believe) that FDR's longevity in office was not a good thing. Whether this played into the decision, I don't know, but FDR did try to "pack" the Supreme Court, you may recall.
True, the incumbent often has the advantage of name recognition, but he (or she) also has the disadvantage of having made enemies, the more the longer one has been in office.
Note though, that term limits in this country would seem to be the exception and not the rule. Neither US senators Nor US congressmen are subject to term limits, and Supreme Court justices serve for life. I think there should be good, solid reasons for having term limits in any particular situation, not just "We need to get rid of the old fogies" or "We need new blood." One reason the Founding Fathers decided on a six-year term for US senators was because THEY VALUED EXPERIENCE IN OFFICE. In his classic "Democracy in America," Alexis de Tocqueville, states this.
In our CV situation it is a small group called the "malcontents" who want term limits applied to the UCO officers. I believe their reasons are self-serving. A number of them have been voted DOWN by their peers. Term limits would increase their chances of being voted into office. Good volunteers have not been that easy to find here. Term limits may be applicable in some situations; I don't believe it is a good idea here.
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Bob's BlogJuly 9, 2015 at 9:18 AM
you know, if you would at least have to courtesy to print my comments in reply to your insanity, It might show both sides, but as you and your friends don't, this will be the only testament to the opposite side.
AS PREVIOUSLY STATED but not published ON THAT OTHER BLOG>>>
When the Democrats had FDR inn office, they had no qualms about term limits...then it was the republican party, they were the ones that brought about the two term limit for the president of the USA to go in line with the tradition started by George Washington of only two terms. The republican party pushed for a two term limit to be made into law and got it, not realizing they had shot themselves in the foot so to speak when IKE was elected. IKE could have gone on as long as he wanted I the white house had it not been for the term limit. At that point, the president was the only office to have term limits imposed.
Now people think that having more than two - two years terms is too much. the same people that thought a second term was too much for the man that has brought this village into modern times and continues to attempt to keep us there. Some people just want to stay in caves, while others want to fly.