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Bill Clinton: Presidents Should be Able to Serve Three Terms



Nov 8, 2011 15 Comments ›› Toro520

Politico:

Former president Bill Clinton said Tuesday that presidents should be able to run for a third term so long as they take off some time after their second term.

“I’ve always thought that should be the rule,” he said on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. “”Not to affect me, but [for] anyone else going forward.”

Clinton made the remark in the context of a question posed by former Republican Congressman and show co-host Joe Scarborough, who said that many wished that he could run again.

Scarborough cited former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who led his country during World War II and then again in the 1950s, as an example.

The two-term limit for the presidency is mandated by the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, which was ratified after Franklin D. Roosevelt won four consecutive terms in the 1930s and 1940s.

Earlier in the morning, Clinton said that he does not spend time thinking about whether the country would be better off under the leadership of his wife, Hillary Clinton.

“I don’t think about it,” said Clinton, on NBC’s Today Show. “I deal with the world as it is. I think [Obama’s] done a better job than he’s getting credit for.”

Clinton was on the early morning shows Tuesday to promote his new book, “Back to Work.”


  • Gary Indiana

    Since he is stating what he believes………..

    I will state what Majority of Ameicans Believe……….DEMOCRATS ARE TRAITORS AND SHOULD DIE FOR TREASON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • Anonymous

      Are more than a little pissed, Gary?

  • Gary Indiana

    I HATE THAT BASTARD SO MUCH I MESSED UP ON “AMERICANS”

    DIE YOU MUTHER FUCKER AND THE MUZ-SLIME NIGGER TOO!

  • Gary Indiana

    Pat, I am sorry for last 2 posts, but……..

    WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS COUNTRY BEING OUT OF CONTROL BECAUSE WE DIDN’T STOP THE PROBLEM IN THE 1970s AND TRAITOR DEMOCRATS ARE IN POWER BECAUSE WE FAILED THE COUNTRY.

  • Just a girl….

    Gary,

    I understand your anger. Trust me. I think the majority of us do.

  • Noway2no

    …and we should execute treasonous scumbags like you!

  • YERMOM

    someone get this guy an underage girl to molest so he leaves us alone.

  • YERMOM

    someone get this guy an underage girl to molest so he leaves us alone.

  • CJW

    Lying adulterers need not apply…

  • CJW

    Lying adulterers need not apply…

  • JIM D

    I would’nt be against 3-4-5 terms under one concrete rule. We have to have a budget ( something we aint had in three years) and it has to be in the black. No accounting tricks like clinton pulled by paying the bills out of social security trust and making the general fund look like a surplus. This prick should be called out on that! Oh and maybe one more rule, pres has to be an american.

  • JIM D

    I would’nt be against 3-4-5 terms under one concrete rule. We have to have a budget ( something we aint had in three years) and it has to be in the black. No accounting tricks like clinton pulled by paying the bills out of social security trust and making the general fund look like a surplus. This prick should be called out on that! Oh and maybe one more rule, pres has to be an american.

  • JIM D

    I would’nt be against 3-4-5 terms under one concrete rule. We have to have a budget ( something we aint had in three years) and it has to be in the black. No accounting tricks like clinton pulled by paying the bills out of social security trust and making the general fund look like a surplus. This prick should be called out on that! Oh and maybe one more rule, pres has to be an american.

  • JIM D

    I would’nt be against 3-4-5 terms under one concrete rule. We have to have a budget ( something we aint had in three years) and it has to be in the black. No accounting tricks like clinton pulled by paying the bills out of social security trust and making the general fund look like a surplus. This prick should be called out on that! Oh and maybe one more rule, pres has to be an american.

  • remmy

    Two 4 year terms is more than enough for a President.  A Senator’s term should be cut from 6 years to 4 years.