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Here is who really NEEDS term limits; the Speaker of the NC House and the President Pro Tem of the Senate. There is way too much power concentrated in those offices to the detriment of individual legislators and their constituents. Has Perry introducted any legislation on that? No, he hasn't.

For a century, there was a honor system in the NC House of one term Speakers, which prevented a concentration of power. Then Democrat Liston Ramsey decided he was going to be Speaker for life and in the process became an obnoxious dictator. A group of conservative and good government Democrats led by Joe Mavretic joined with Republicans to oust Ramsey and elect Mavretic as speaker. Unfortunately, our last two GOP Speakers have turned out to be Ramsey wannabees, and that is not good for the state or the GOP.

In the Senate, there was no concentration of power because Senate power was divided between the Lieutenant Governor and the President Pro Tem. When Jim Gardner was elected as a GOP Lt. Governor, the Democrats stripped him of most of his legislative power and concentrated it in President Pro Tem Marc Basnight, who became another little dictator. Unfortunately, Republicans have followed in Basnight's footsteps and kept too much power concentrated.

Term limits on these offices, even if only two or three terms, would do a lot to end this concentration of power.

Commented: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 9:13 pm By: Steven P. Rader

Or maybe you prefer listening to Globalist John Brennan "Little Bobbie!"
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Maybe you should RESEARCH for yourself before you go judging other people!!

Commented: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 8:13 pm By: PK

Read the United States Patent yourself Little Bobbie!!!
US 6,315,213 B1

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Commented: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 7:59 pm By: PK

Some states, including North Carolina have taken care of such problems by passing statutes dictating who a governor can appoint for such a vacancy. Does Kentucky have veto-proof majorities to do that? McConnell is awful and needs to go.

Commented: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 7:13 pm By: Rino Hunter

The best of elected Republicans have always known that Democratic Socialists were very poor at simple math (especially at budget time), but no preponderance of that group ever considered that science was yet another weak subject for the Democratics until just a scant few years back during the Covid Years.

Commented: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 5:38 pm By: Stan Deatherage

Yeah CV, with these Leftists, there is always some clichéd boogie man waiting to get you, and often it can be just a very successful Republican president, like Donald Trump.

Commented: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 4:59 pm By: Stan Deatherage

This may be the last of these Department of Interior posts that will published here until whatever administration begins to concentrate on the National parks themselves, and less about the politics of spending money on frivolous goals and ideals.

I am a profound nature guy and I did give it a shot to impress our audience; it did not.

Commented: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 4:31 pm By: Stan Deatherage

Sorry Big Bob, I am a simple man with a complex brain, and I don't see Nazis everywhere, but I do see a whole bunch of Stupid.

Education is the key, and obviously that is a failing as well ... School Choice is the next big issue very near on the horizon.

Commented: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 3:16 pm By: Stan Deatherage

I grew up in a time, in a family, the head of which was a WW II combat veteran, and he took Nazis very seriously. My wife has Jewish blood, ergo, my 4 children are of Jewish lineage.

Christ and all of His 12 disciples were Jews; I am a Christian; I honor Jews, knowing that they are not perfect, as I am not perfect; however, there was one Jew that was perfect.

Commented: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 2:58 pm By: Stan Deatherage

Stan, if we cant agree Nazi pigs, are pigs, we wont agree on much else.

Commented: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 2:51 pm By: Big Bob

I'm the Bear Jew!

Commented: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 2:43 pm By: Big Bob

Big Bob: Are you a real Jew, or just another Leftist pretending to be one?

Commented: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 12:35 pm By: Stan Deatherage