The 22nd Amendment

RE: No More Second-Term Blues

To the Editor--

In light of today's White House, which adheres to the law only when it is so inclined, I view the 22nd amendment as one of the few safeguards against a complete dictatorship in the US. I hardly think it would raise an eyebrow to hear Dick Cheney say, "The President needs to be remain in office indefinitely in the interests of national security and the war on terrorism." (Maybe that's what Bob Ney and Tom DeLay were thinking when they were taking kickbacks from Jack Abromoff too!) I think this is one of the worst ideas I have ever seen in the Op-Ed pages. What we really need is more of a parliamentary-style "vote of no confidence" instead of term limits, so that we could recall our current President right now rather than have to hope that we don't start WWIII before he leaves office.