New Rule: If a senator has served more than 6 years in the senate

[burythehatchet]

He should never think of running for president.

Something happens to these good people when they're re-elected. They completely lose touch.

[jobycom]

1. New Rule: We need fewer rules.

:rofl:

[mondo joe]

2. I don't like undemocratic rules. NT

[Vexatious Ape]

3. sounds good to me, along with:

New rule: Mandatory IQ tests for Presidents. If the average American scores a 100, (thats what I read somewhere) then the Prez has to score at least 125.

[burythehatchet]

4. I would rather have an "EQ" - Emotional quotient

[Vexatious Ape]

7. That too.

I'd just feel a lot better about things knowing that the man in the White House could think his way out of a paper bag. A few rounds of Jeopardy might prove to be quite telling along with the debates during the election campaign cycle.

[Mist]

21. Wow, Presidential campaign Jeopardy! MUCH better than debates, and

I'm actually half-serious about that.

[Vexatious Ape]

23. Can you imagine the Chimp in a Jeopardy contest against

Gore, or Kerry.

[bdamomma]

6. Mandatory psychological and psychiatric assessments

of Presidents should be required also, their bodies can be fit, but what about them mentally, after * this should be considered as mandatory.

[Vexatious Ape]

9. Yes. That should weed out the the sociopaths.

[Donnachaidh]

12. AMEN!

And drug testing throughout the term. Hell, drug test the WH and Congress. If *we* have to be subjected to that -- so should they.

[John Gauger]

10. IQ tests are bs.

They don't measure anything but your ability to take a test. We should be able to just tell people, "Don't vote for a moron." That should be enough.

[Vexatious Ape]

19. I think a mandatory IQ test would of stopped the Chimp

from climbing into the White House. The tests might not be perfect, but it couldn't hurt.

[John Gauger]

25. Yes, it certainly would have.

But that's not the point. A good score on an IQ test is not necessary to being a good President. How many big words you know doesn't have much to do with your ability as President, nor does your knowledge of differential calculus (though I do wish Bush knew the word 'compunction,' as well as 'tact' and perhaps 'shame.') My point is that the fact that he is eminently unqualified for the position should be enough to keep him out of office; people should not have even considered voting for him.

[Bill McBlueState]

27. i haven't taken an IQ test in years...

but I'm pretty sure they don't test you on differential calculus!

I don't think mandatory intelligence testing is the way to go, but it would be nice if candidates for high office spent as much time convincing us that they can think rationally as they do convincing us that they feel our pain.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

17. 100 is average on an IQ test

doesn't matter what your nationality. It would be interesting to find out what the average American IQ is.

[Bill McBlueState]

26. but what about Jeff Sessions?

He couldn't get a job anywhere else.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

5. I don't think they lose touch at all.

Quite the opposite - I think they see a lot more than we give them credit for.

The problem, as I see it, is that the Senate is an institution that is based upon and thrives under a now-dirty word known as "compromise". Not much gets done in the Senate without compromise. But few can stake claim to a Presidency when you have to run on a record of compromising.

[demnan]

8. I don't necessarily buy that

I do think we need term limits in the House and Senate. I don't think anyone should serve over 12 years in either house.

[blm]

11. Really? Kerry testified for gays to serve openly in military during his 2nd term. And wrote

The New War alerting this country to the growing threat of global terrorism in his 2nd term. Same with the public financing of campaign bill in 97. I guess that would be considered 'out of touch' to those who aren't concerned with REAL progress, justice, or preventing events like 9-11.


And Universal healthcare for EVERY CHILD is a third term submission. So was the Iraq withdrawal plan - out of touch?

[burythehatchet]

15. ...in these times...

[blm]

20. So a senator who chooses to play it safe and NOT take on serious tasks deserves

our trust and our votes .... in these times?

It's time to CHANGE 'these times' not to continue to give in to the BULLSHIT from the corporate media that makes so many Dems frightened to cross them.

[cali]

13. No.

Not that he's ever expressed any interest in running, but my Senator, Pat Leahy, has gotten better and better over his 32 years in the Senate, and he's definitely not out of touch.

[EST]

24. If congress were strictly term limited, we would lose what little

control over them that we do have.
How could we threaten them with losing their jobs if they are going to lose them anyway?

I'm with you.

[maxsolomon]

14. new rule: question time

just like in parliament, bush would have to stand up in chamber & debate, complete with grumble grumbles & harumphs.

after being exposed that way, he wouldn't have been re-elected.

[burythehatchet]

16. you would sell out pay-per-view if you had chucklenuts

in that situation

[KingFlorez]

22. Now that's a good idea

[skipos]

18. I don't know about "losing touch" but they certainly have a tougher time becoming president

2 senators have been elected president in the last 100 years, and neither of themn defeated an incumebent pres. However, in the last several elections alone, Ford, Carter and HW Bush were all defeated by governors.