Term Limits for South Carolina: George Will: A bipartisan abdication

Thursday, March 28, 2013

George Will: A bipartisan abdication

As a term limits advocate I appreciated the following article. With the well deserved extremely low approval ratings given to Congress it is appropriate to point out one of their failings. There is a Netflix series that just completed its first season. It is called "House of Cards" and there are thirteen one hour episodes.The language is very rough, as it is in real political life, but the story line is unfortunately too close to reality.The NY Times did a story about the series here

Our founders did not envision career politicians who would enjoy well paid careers with many benefits including a handsome pension. If we had a well informed electorate we would not need term limits.Under the present system the incumbents have an enormous advantage.

George Will: A bipartisan abdication

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The Ins are Always In

Here, there and everywhere
The Incumbents always win,
Their primary focus is to insure,
That the “ins,” are always in.

It’s of little import what they do,
Their record is of little matter,
They raise the bucks, work the PACs,
Anything to make war chests fatter.

Without fail they make the sale
Name recognition can’t be beat,
With all the funds and paid-for-mail,
It’s always another term repeat.

And so we have it for good or not
With hardly any exception
If an incumbent’s name is on the ballot,
He or she will win election.

I know it is difficult to deny your “friend”
Who every few years solicits your vote
But if our uncritical habits we fail to amend
Our nation soon will be of little note!

You ask how we can change the game
There is but one way we can do it
Without this change its always the same
We must force our pols their terms to limit.