you think term limits are a bad idea? 
My point was the founding fathers, the original federalists, the authors of our constitution thought they were a bad idea.
Effing modern federalist Republicans like to talk about and praise the Federalist Papers, but it appears they don't bother to read them. Instead, they make it up.
Our friends on Fox were just extolling the virtues of the early citizen legislators who considered serving in government an inconvenience. They went to Washington to serve a couple years, then went home. It just never occurred to the founders to include term limits. No need. They term limited themselves.
Sounds good, but that is another Republican lie. They have told that lie so often, they believe it.
Some early antifederalists, but many of our early great statesmen served decades in government.
Another lie: the thing the founders feared most was a powerful central government. Wrong. They also saw corrupt local officials working with powerful landowners to suppress liberty as at least an equal threat.
Another one: the Constitution was created to limit the power of the federal government. Wrong. It was created specifically to create a stronger central government with expanded powers. The bill of rights as originally written limited the central government.
On balance, term limits for the House is a bad idea. I could see it for the Senate. It would take an Amendment.
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