10-15-2016, 12:09 PM
(10-15-2016, 09:46 AM)xxlt Wrote: Anyone know why we have this rule? Why was the 22nd amendment passed?
Republicans had sour grapes over losing to FDR. In reality there were many people that felt too many terms in office for a POTUS was too much akin to a monarchy, it's why Washington stopped at two. But the tipping point was FDR's fourth term and that caused Republicans to make the move.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
