Ohh That's Rich- Alaska has a candidate who's family has been in Alaska more than 1000 years

[Figarosmom]

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[Cirsium]

1. Term limits

How do term limits help us? We already have term limits - it's called elections. The Republicans are fine with electing any old seat warmer to rubber stamp their agenda. Term limits won't hurt them. In a two party system, anything that does not hurt them cannot help us.

[Figarosmom]

2. So you will discount her candidacy all because

She's for term limits? Something that will never pass anyway? She's a good candidate.

[Cirsium]

3. What?

Of course not. I fully support her candidacy. I don't think we should push term limits, that's all.

[Figarosmom]

4. Okay, i don't like term limits either

It's, a way of losing good people.

[Wonder Why]

7. I beg to disagree. The lack of term limits is like the presence of gerrymandering. It

dramatically helps the ones in office because they control the rules and the purse.

[Cirsium]

9. Term limits will help Republicans

What's wrong with elected Democrats in Congress controlling the rules and the purse? Imposing term limits does not solve the problems of campaign finance (legalized bribery), the "revolving door" phenomenon, gerrymandering, and the influence of lobbyists. It may well exacerbate those problems.

But the bigger question is this: why can't I vote for my choice, incumbent or not? Term limits means that after some arbitrary period of time I can no longer vote for my candidate of choice.

[drmeow]

12. Which makes term limits

profoundly undemocratic!

[cksmithy]

5. Native Americans, North America peoples

have been here for nine thousand years, from my Native America History university classes that I took around 1999-2000. Of course a candidate could say they have been there for a 1,000 years. I don't know their party, but they could very easily have an Alaskan history of 1,000 years. (Oral, or artifacts that have been handed to down family to family.)

[Figarosmom]

6. She's a Democrat.

[cksmithy]

10. Good.

[Celerity]

13. Humans have been in North America for far more than 9,000 years.

Earliest evidence for humans in the Americas

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53486868

Humans settled in the Americas much earlier than previously thought, according to new finds from Mexico.

They suggest people were living there 33,000 years ago, twice the widely accepted age for the earliest settlement of the Americas.

The results are based on work at Chiquihuite Cave, a high-altitude rock shelter in central Mexico.

Archaeologists found nearly 2,000 stone tools, suggesting the cave was used by people for at least 20,000 years.

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[cksmithy]

14. Yes, I know humans have been here a lot longer than I said, I did clarify my information was from 1999 to 2000.

I took a Native American history class, which discussed the current time lines at the time. Clovis arrow heads that were found in the US were actually earlier, but according to professor dates were not confirmed. He also said, the Clovis arrow heads were from Europe, but apparently my quick Google search today says they were only found in the US. The Clovis arrowheads were from 13,400 to 12,700 years ago, according to google.

My mother, who researched our genealogy, went back to the 1400's. So I could say I have information that I have my family history for 600+ years. I just said, through oral history handed down, it would be easy to go back 1,000. According to my long deceased mother, we had a g.g.g.g.g?.grandmother named Freya. She was so happy to have a grandmother who was named after goddess.

I was just saying, it is easy to have a 1,000 year family record. That is, if your family talks and shares stories.

[ToxMarz]

8. Term limits will create just as many problems as they attempt to solve when they are not inherently the problem

The problem with politics is the money and it wasn't always this big of a problem. Get the money out!!!! Get it out of the elections! Senators, Congressmen, Presidents and Supreme Court Judges should not be able to become mutil millioniares and billionaires just by holding office. And multi millionaires and billionaires should not be allowed to "rig" our elections.

[malaise]

11. Nicely done

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