Lame Duck

Who's the genius that decided that no person can serve more than two terms as president? There is no better way to create a lame duck president than to limit his terms. The best way to keep the people in control of a president is for the president to fear the loss of support for his reelection campaign. If a president had no limit to the amount of terms he can serve, he is far more likely to do what the people, more specifically his party, want him to do. Since everybody loves to talk about Bush, let's say a word concerning him. Say what you will about Bush, but at least he used to put our need for oil far above the ridiculous demands of environmentalists. Now that he can't be reelected he can take the easy way out, because he's not seeking another term. Environmentalists have tried to put the Polar Bear on the endangered list for a long time, and now that he's a lame duck, Bush gave in to their request to shut them up. Now it's even harder to drill for oil in Alaska, and the Governer of Alaska has sued the government for doing this because it really hurts the economy there. Even though Bush has finished his two terms, Jeb Bush still needs the support of Florida voters. Bush no longer has to listen to his party, so he's free to take actions that help Jeb's political career regardless of what his party or anyone thinks. The consequences are gas prices that keep climbing, because we can't drill off the florida coast like China and Cuba do. Once again, a law that does everything but protect americans continues to stay in effect. Bush used to do more to secure the borders like his party wants, but he's been pretty lazy lately. If there were no restrictions on how long a man can continue to run this would not happen. To Bush's credit though, so many of the things we see wrong in our system we immediately blame Bush for. Most of the things Bush has had to spend money on were a result of Clinton shutting down necessary programs to save a little money during his terms. For example, Clinton saved millions by shutting the military almost completely down. When Bush took office he had to spend way more than we ever saved to get the military going again. Let's not turn Bush into a Blame Duck too.