Presidential Term Limits (US)

ELECTIONS: Con seems to be mistaken on what an election is. He says "Natural 'term limits' exist in a Democratic Republic like the U.S. They are called elections." Let's take a moment to define the words "term" and "election". A term (political): noun. 1. The time or period through which something lasts. 2. A period of time to which limits are set. An election (political); noun. 1. The selection of a person or persons for office by vote.Therefore Con is misguided. Con says that an election is a term limit in itself, however elections choose individuals, not limit them."The people should have the power to determine if a politician has served enough terms as President." Con seems to contradict himself by saying this. Earlier in the same argument, Con said that elections are term limits. Now he is saying the term limit should be a separate choice the people make. Con's approach to this issue is inconsistent. Con later says "They could simple vote that politician out of office". That is not limiting the politician's term, that is just ending it. Limiting a term would be electing a president for x amount of years. THE JOB: "Being President of the United States requires incredible skill and poise". Not really. All you need to be president is enough people who agree with you and think you'd do well. There have many plenty unskilled presidents throughout history (i.e. James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Herbert Hoover). Con seems to misinterpret the XXII Amendment. He seems to think that it dictates who the best-fitted would be, when all it does it set a limit for how long such a person can serve.NEGATION: Con thinks he is already negated my arguments, when all he has really done is argue against them. Though the consensus from the Gallup Poll is indeed not referencing the office of president, that doesn't mean it is inapplicable. He also thinks he negated my argument over "fatigue". He says he did so because people can vote for a different president. What must be realized here is that elections occur only every four years. Therefore, a president's time in office without a limit could double up to twelve, sixteen, maybe even twenty years. People would develop fatigue for the long-lasting president within one of those four-year periods. Con seems to think that a period of four years goes by fast."Pro's case is negated. I have present two contentions. Thus far the resolution is negated." Let's not get too excited. The debate's not over yet.______________________________________Allow me to bring to your attention the only incident of a president serving more than two terms. This president was named Franklin D. Roosevelt, aka FDR, and served twelve years as the nations president. This is a total of three terms, and he was even elected to a fourth one, but died soon after. FDR's time, obviously, occured before th XXII Amendment was passed. While many say FDR was a great President, he really wasn't. But that's a whole nother debate. FDR's administration brought political unrest, as the country had had to deal with a Democratic president for twelve years, and eight more since Harry Truman took over after Roosevelt's death in office. That's a whole two decades under a democratic leader. To even more support my case of unrest, look who they elected right after Truman's time in office ended. Dwight D. Eisenhower, a strong Republican. His first victory, in 1952, was quite a landslide against his democratic opponent, Adlai Stevenson. Just take a look at the map: (Red - Eisenhower, Blue - Stevenson) This shows how much the American voters preferred Republicans over Democrats, especially after twenty years of having a democrat as President. This eaxt situation would occur again if term limits are removed.________________SOURCES: http://dictionary.reference.com...http://dictionary.reference.com...http://en.wikipedia.org...