# Term limits - we already have 'em, but are things better?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/term-limits-we-already-have-em-but-are-things-better/647650>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [January 18, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/term-limits-we-already-have-em-but-are-things-better/647650 "2013-01-18T21:13:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/term-limits-we-already-have-em-but-are-things-better/647650/41 "2013-01-28T14:18:34Z")

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I didn’t mean to push you into a corner and make you present facts, opinions, and conclusions in the context of a _debate_. What was I thinking?

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**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/term-limits-we-already-have-em-but-are-things-better/647650/42 "2013-01-28T14:26:08Z")

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> [@Ravenman](#):
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> I didn’t mean to push you into a corner and make you present facts, opinions, and conclusions in the context of a _debate_. What was I thinking?

It’s not my burden to disprove an absurd claim like “lobbyists are legislators.” It’s yours.

Will you also insist that pigs are horses and expect me to disprove that too?

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