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May 30, 2003, 07:04 AM
This is a good idea. We need a fine president like Bill Clinton again. Polls show that most Americans think he was the best president ever.
Really.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,88073,00.html
Former President Clinton Proposes Change to 22nd Amendment
Thursday, May 29, 2003
BOSTON — Former President Bill Clinton (search) says in the future, a former two-term president should be able to return to office later in life -- but the Constitution would have to be amended.
"It wouldn't affect me, but for future generations the 22nd amendment (search) should be modified," Clinton said Wednesday during an appearance at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum.
"There may come a time when we have elected a president at age 45 or 50 and then 20 years later the country comes up with the same sort of problems the president faced before, and the people would like to bring that man or woman back," he said. He added that he didn't feel strongly about the issue, though.
At present, the constitutional amendment, enacted after Franklin Roosevelt (search) was elected to four terms, limits presidential service to two terms in a person's lifetime. But many state or local term limit measures instead limit the number of consecutive terms a person may serve.
Really.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,88073,00.html
Former President Clinton Proposes Change to 22nd Amendment
Thursday, May 29, 2003
BOSTON — Former President Bill Clinton (search) says in the future, a former two-term president should be able to return to office later in life -- but the Constitution would have to be amended.
"It wouldn't affect me, but for future generations the 22nd amendment (search) should be modified," Clinton said Wednesday during an appearance at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum.
"There may come a time when we have elected a president at age 45 or 50 and then 20 years later the country comes up with the same sort of problems the president faced before, and the people would like to bring that man or woman back," he said. He added that he didn't feel strongly about the issue, though.
At present, the constitutional amendment, enacted after Franklin Roosevelt (search) was elected to four terms, limits presidential service to two terms in a person's lifetime. But many state or local term limit measures instead limit the number of consecutive terms a person may serve.