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John Edwards vs.Walmart and PS3 "Yesterday, a staff person for former Sen. Edwards contacted a Wal-Mart electronics manager in Raleigh, North Carolina to obtain a Sony PlayStation3 on behalf of the Senator's family.
Sending an unpaid volunteer to do your shopping is the type of leadership I think we can all come to expect from our Democratic friends for the next 2 years.
John Edwards talked about the "2 Americas" in his bid for the nomination of 2004. Maybe the "2 Americas" were those with PlayStation 3's and those without. I know that most of us would use connections to get something we want if we had it. In this case Edwards had no connections and simply thought his name would be enough, guess not. Washington is full of these people both Democrat and Republican. Corruption comes from contempt, contempt of those who put you in power. This is why term limits are a necessary evil in politics, not limits on contributions.
The problem is the number of years we should limit too. Senators have 6-year terms but house members only have 2-year terms. It would be wrong to have different amount of years but then if you say 3 terms that is 18 years for Senators. That seems too long. I believe 2 terms for Senators and 6 terms for House members, that would give 12 years of service and then they must move on or out. Sorry but that would mean that Sen. Charles Grassley would have had to go in 1992 but that would be the bad with the good.
It might be a compromise to limit it to 2 consecutive terms and allow people to rerun again after one or two terms. It is not a simple answer and that is why it has not happened along with the fact that no one in the house or senate wants it or lobbyist who have an investment in him or her.
This shake up in congress, though something I did not want to happen, will make both parties learn lessons and hopefully help them serve us better.
Chris Mendelsohn
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