Paul Zarembka wrote:
Michael L.,
I didn't understand your comment below. Why is it a bad analogy to support
terms limits for a union President and also support term limits for
President of a socialist movement such as the Bolivarian? The power of a
Presidency in either case leads to a flow of payoffs/perks that can
institutionalize the incumbent and limit the development of the power of
the people. I think it is a pretty useful analogy.
Term limits is not the issue. Socialism is the issue. If a candidate
from Chavez's party runs in the next election, there will be millions of
dollars poured covertly into the Venezuelan electoral process, just as
has always been the case, to rally voters around the issue of "single
party domination". When Somoza was re-elected time after time without
regard to term limits, there was not a peep from the imperialists.
