[tomdemaine]

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They are. They're enforceable every four years. Ask Bush Sr.

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This is the correct answer. Anyone who doesn't take campaign rhetoric with a gigantic grain of salt is a fool. Even those things that a candidate genuinely believes and genuinely wants to do, some are simply out of their control and some the facts and circumstances change.

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Sounds like an awesome system you've got cooking there.

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Are you proposing something where a candidate can't take into account changing circumstances or one where president's are given more power so that they can fulfill their promises?

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How about something where movie stars cocaine addict frat boys and career politicians don't get the power to make life or death decisions for millions or billions of people?