Apathetic voters across PA are indeed to blame. Philly and Pittsburgh put Rendell in office.

RSE:

Your argument for unlimited terms for our legislators would hold water in a perfect world. Unfortunately, this is far from a perfect world: WE THE PEOPLE are largely uninformed, apathetic, and ignorant of what our elected officials are doing. And further - no single person on this planet will ever warrant indefinite service in the Legislature.

People vote for names they recognize, they vote for parties they recognize, and give very little thought to a candidate's actual record. Exhibit A is Barack Obama. Some people (the uninformed and ignorant) are shocked to see that our young leader is forcing a big government, socialist agenda in his first 3 months. If they knew the candidate's record, that of the MOST liberal of the 100 Senators, they would NOT be surprised.

The framers of our founding documents never envisioned a scenario that would permit CAREER POLITICIANS. Many of the most CORRUPT, PARTISAN, and UNRESPONSIBLE members of Congress have LITTLE or NO real-world experience in the private sector. That fact that a professional politician - with NO EXPERIENCE - like Barney Frank can be Chairman of the committee that oversees the housing and banking industries is PREPOSTEROUS and an affront to liberty.

While years of experience is invaluable in most PROFESSIONS - it should never be required for effective government. If it takes a decade of experience for a Congressman to be able to effectively read, write, and vote on legislation, than our system is hopelessly broken. The gradual buildup of the Bureaucracy has muddied the legislative process - and term limits would have a secondary effect of trimming the cumbersome and unwieldy aspects of the process.

The 22nd Amendment was ratified in 1951, and limits the President to TWO TERMS. Groups of legislators who use decades of re-election to gather power and influence are every bit as threatening to the republic as an aspiring tyrant.

Professional politicians - regardless of party - have polarized, politicized, and corrupted the legislature. Term limits for Congress are ESSENTIAL to getting America out of this mess.

Chuck. Do yourself a favor and put your partisan agenda aside for 10 minutes. That's all it takes to watch the video. Then, take a minute or two to think about our Constitutional Republic - NOT Bush or Scooter Libby or even Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton, for that matter. Our heritage and our liberties are uniquely AMERICAN - and are infinitely more important than ANY government official.

When you get your head straight - and realize that NEITHER of the two "parties" keep US and our FREEDOM at the top of their priority lists - you will be able to objectively assess the situation.

I ask you this: What specific portion of the video do you disagree with? If you can point it out for us and back it up with FACTS, you'll be doing us all a huge favor.