Wise American Tradition

by Paul Jacob, Contributing Author: On Sunday, onetime Pres. Barack Obama acknowledged — inwards the breach — the “wise American tradition of ex-presidents gracefully exiting the political phase too making room for novel voices too novel ideas.”

The onetime president’s utter at the University of Illinois made big news inwards large occupation because it was a straight assault on the electrical current president.

“We accept our start president, George Washington, to give cheers for setting that example,” Mr. Obama explained to the students. “After he led the colonies to victory, every bit General Washington, at that spot were no constraints on him, really. He was practically a god to those who had followed him into battle. There was no Constitution. There were no democratic norms that guided what he should or could do. And he could accept made himself all-powerful; he could accept made himself potentially president for life. Instead, he resigned every bit commander-in-chief too moved dorsum to his position down estate.”

Noting that “six years later” Washington was elected president, Obama added, “But after 2 terms, he resigned in i lawsuit to a greater extent than too rode off into the sunset.”

The two-term limit, constitutionally imposed on modern presidents, was established every bit a tradition when self-imposed yesteryear the human known every bit the father of our country.

“The indicate Washington made, the indicate that is essential to American democracy, is that inwards a authorities of, too yesteryear too for the people, at that spot should live on no permanent ruling class,” the onetime president concluded, “. . . entirely citizens, who through their elected too temporary representatives make upward one's hear our course of didactics too make upward one's hear our character.”

On that, Americans across the political spectrum tin agree.

It’s called term limits.

This is Common Sense. I’m Paul Jacob.
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Paul Jacob is writer of Common Sense which provides daily commentary well-nigh the issues impacting America too well-nigh the citizens who are doing something well-nigh them. He is likewise President of the Liberty Initiative Fund (LIFe) every bit good every bit Citizens inwards Charge Foundation. Jacob is a contributing writer on the .

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