Career politician Dick Lugar's been suckling from the Federal teat for 36 years!! Is it time for Congressional Term Limits??!!

by BlueRepublican Posted 2012/05/10 20:42:08

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	Yes, career politicians need term limits	113 votes	81%
	No, Congress is working just fine without limits	5 votes	4%
	None of the above	21 votes	15%

The President is limited to two 4-year terms of office. Some members of Congress, like Dick Lugar have been there for over 30 years!!
As the people demand change and speak out, elected representatives need to keep pace. It's time for Congressional Term Limits!!
What do you think?
Do you agree, disagree, have another opinion? Then vote now, comment, reply, share and RAVE!!!

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COCO 2012/05/11 02:20:00

Yes, career politicians need term limits

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Time to clean up and take the garbage out.
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John Galt jr or Ron/jon 2012/05/13 16:59:24

Yes, career politicians need term limits

Term Limits when last addressed were shot down as well in an amazing shell game, where everyone gets to support it but flushed it anyway.

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Term limits are arguably most undemocratic in nature and rightly so, it seems that it would take away the peoples choice to elect the same morons into office over and over, but the truth is if we can't have Campaign reform we need Term limits and The yellow bellies currently controlling the future of our country will not do a damn thing to change the status quo as long as it keeps them in power and cash

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wysiwis 2012/05/13 14:55:18

Yes, career politicians need term limits

Absolutely! We have term limits for the President for a reason, and we should impose those terms for ALL of congress for that very same reason!

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Spizzzo BN-0 2012/05/12 11:13:32

No, Congress is working just fine without limits

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You are factually wrong in saying Sen. Lugar has been in Congress over 30 years, when he's been a SENATOR, not a CONGRESSMAN; but I know what you mean. I disagree DEEPLY with Sen. Lugar, but I support the right of his constituents to elect him as long as they wish to. Yes, I'd say the same about a President, too.

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Pat 2012/05/12 04:02:57

Yes, career politicians need term limits

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I would LOVE to see term limits for Congress. These guys become entrenched and you can't budge them after a while. And it's the peoples' fault. They vote for the same guy time after time because he may not have done any good but he didn't do any harm. That's not the way we should be deciding our elections. So, we'd need a Constitutional Amendment and Congress would have to pass it but there is a fat chance of that happening. So what's plan B? Can it start in the states? I don't know the process but we should find out.

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Sissy to Pat 2012/05/12 11:40:04

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The trouble is Pat, that it doesn't matter anymore how long a congressman serves. Until there is campaign finance reform there is not a politico that goes to Washington, regardless if its h/her first term or 100th, they are bought and paid for by special interests, lobbyists and K Street. The '10 ruling by this hapless Supreme Court has made it even more possible for unfettered monies to flow into campaign chests with no accountability whatsoever. Its nothing short of obscene.

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Pat to Sissy 2012/05/12 13:17:07

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I agree with you totally. We need campaign finance reform. The Supreme Court should be ashamed of their Citizens United decision. So should Romney with his "corporations are people" statement.

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Sissy to Pat 2012/05/15 12:03:00

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I absolutely agree.

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ChristianOnly 2012/05/11 23:24:00

None of the above

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No, So long as the people of Indiana want him as a Senator and he wants to be one he should be.

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jackolantyrn356 2012/05/11 21:33:19

Yes, career politicians need term limits

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Lugar always stole the money honest;y with a built in Rst hole which woud close behind him

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Ishmael 2012/05/11 19:51:35

Yes, career politicians need term limits

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If you DON'T LIKE the News, Go out and make some of your own...Scoop Nisker

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Marshal Artz 2012/05/11 19:37:04

Yes, career politicians need term limits

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Time to do it.

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Tony 2012/05/11 19:20:53

Yes, career politicians need term limits

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Should have been that way from the beginning.

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exhon2009 2012/05/11 18:51:04

None of the above

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They aren't part of the 1% Obama is talking about. He's only attacking the 1% that disagree with him. They don't understand that there is usually something in it for them if they go along, like Buffet getting all the extra freight on his railroad when Obama nixed the Canadian pipeline.

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Spizzzo... to exhon2009 2012/05/12 11:17:54

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Huh? How about you offer some actual EVIDENCE that Mr. Obama attacks the "1%" that disagree with him? Like maybe some evidence for your accusation about railroad freight, especially how it might compare to the Koch brothers buying of Republicans to further their ends?

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rand 2012/05/11 18:50:29

Yes, career politicians need term limits

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Honestly, I don't know if it work any better than the current situation, but the U.S. needs desperately to give term limits a try.

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Duke----The Non Racist, Fun... 2012/05/11 18:08:08

None of the above

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Aaaahahaha..." Dick Lugar "

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Revolution 2012 2012/05/11 17:48:23

Yes, career politicians need term limits

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Term limits would be an excellent leap for the democratic system. A country where politicians can view their work more as "paid volunteer work" than a "career" should attract a more morally righteous crowd of congressmen, since they would join politics for reasons other than simply as a job, but as a passion, maybe? Or am I too optimistic?

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Kerri Mackenzie 2012/05/11 17:36:16

Yes, career politicians need term limits

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ABSOLUTELY!! I believe many people who enter politics do so with good intentions and passion to make things better... others do so for their own gain. Regardless, two terms provides enough time for the good guys to accomplish something worthwhile and limits damage the bad guys bring about.

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ReconMa... to Kerri M... 2012/05/12 02:08:35

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Absolutely...and coming from a CA to boot...lol~!!
I totally Agree

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Lanikai 2012/05/11 17:31:41

Yes, career politicians need term limits

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2 terms and end their service with NO golden parachute retirement and NO benefits for life.

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Marshal... to Lanikai 2012/05/11 19:36:33 (edited)

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My thoughts, exactly. But I would like to see a law that would not allow them to lobby, after their term is done for at least 6 years.

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Lanikai to Marshal... 2012/05/12 14:45:33

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I agree, lobbying needs to end, period, in all forms and a serious ban on former congress/administrative or other federal employees lobbying for sure,.

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Lady Wh... to Lanikai 2012/05/11 20:09:21

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agreed

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ReconMa... to Lanikai 2012/05/12 02:09:20

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You Got It Lani...2-terms..just like the Pres...

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POODYLOU ☮ R P ☮ 2012 ☮ 2012/05/11 17:12:25

Yes, career politicians need term limits

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Living in Indiana and not voting for Lugar was a great experience. Placing the Retire Lugar signs and explaining to sheeple why he had to go was a great treat! Along with Term limits we need to do away with their pensions.
I also took the liberty last week of telling Indiana District 9 Congressman, Indiana to his face exactly what I thought of him, and his lame ass excuse for voting for CISPA and NDAA 2012. He is a maggot and I will vote for anyone before casting a vote for him!

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Marshal... to POODYLO... 2012/05/11 19:46:20

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Might make it easier for a Democrat to take his ( Lugers) seat in the general election also.

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Libertys Martyr 2012/05/11 17:10:28

Yes, career politicians need term limits

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Drain the swamp

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Lanikai to Liberty... 2012/05/11 17:32:40

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Pelosi promised to do that in January 2007.

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Liberty... to Lanikai 2012/05/11 18:36:04

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Tell me more.

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Jimbo 2012/05/11 16:29:28

None of the above

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The GOP House has been suckling at the public teat doing nothing to move this country forward passing zilch and taking more time off than in session than any congress in decades. To do nothing these bums get $172,000 per year and benefits far greater than the public sector unions they complain about. They do deserve their approval in the polls.

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dave s to Jimbo 2012/05/11 17:51:43

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they are no different than the dems

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Jimbo to dave s 2012/05/11 22:45:06

Pelosi got things done. You may not agree with her but the fact is she got nearly everything she brought up (more than twice the GOP numbers) to become a passed bill. Her counterpart in the Senate a weakling that got little done, let the GOP run roughshod over him never changing the rules. Over 400 Pelosi House passed bills never got a vote in the Senate. That is more than the previous 30 years combined. I don't blame the GOP, I blame the weakling that let himself get run over. The constitution is clear simple majority in the Senate passes a bill.

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ReconMa... to Jimbo 2012/05/12 02:17:18

REID ran the Senate from 2007 when She ran the House...

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dave s to Jimbo 2012/05/12 14:54:50

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pelosi got many things done wrongly.

it is better to do nothing at all than to do something you know to be wrong

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Lady Wh... to Jimbo 2012/05/11 20:10:14

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COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER

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ReconMa... to Jimbo 2012/05/12 02:15:07 (edited)

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Look to Harry Reid and his HO,, Nancy Pelosi...they controlled Congress from Jan 2007 to Jan 2010 and Nothing was Done to Move This Country Forward...Now Reid is Still in charge of the Senate and will Not allow a Passed Budget, Bi-Partisan and Approved by your hero ODUMBO, Because it does not meet HIS approval to be received for a Vote...
DEMS..have Stalled the Progress...Not The REP's...
Sorry my friend..just saying it how it is...2007 to Now...NOTHING..Except ObamaCare...WOW

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compufreek 2012/05/11 16:11:28

Yes, career politicians need term limits

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No one should be a career politician!!! They need to go back to our founding fathers, being in government was their 2ND JOB not the primary one!! It was a SERVICE to the country to serve in politics and not a paying full-time job. If they didn't get salaries as large as they get now they would leave after terms!

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Path60 2012/05/11 16:08:17

Yes, career politicians need term limits

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For all of you liberals, media sycophants, rino republicans and establishment democrats...

" The rumors of our death have been greatly exaggerated"

Thank you

"The Tea Party"

A proud Hoosier Tea Party Member

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Jimbo to Path60 2012/05/11 16:31:49

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You have gone from near 50% approval to 30%. Your reps walked away from 3.3 trillion in spending cuts in the big WH deal. The result will be only 1 trillion in debt ceiling automatic cuts and 4 trillion in new taxes when the Dubya tax cuts end in Jan. You have gotten nothing but a bad deal from these bums with the no compromise position.

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Path60 to Jimbo 2012/05/11 16:37:21

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go back and look again at who walked away from debt deals because he needed to make it look like Congress was the problem fr someone who apparently is intelligent you are being very naive

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