Essay - In the Senate of the United States Congress, Three Members...

In the Senate of ***** United States Congress, three members have had a combined tenure ***** nearly a century: Sen*****tor Strom Thurmond from South Carolina, Senator Robert Byrd from West Virginia, and representing Massachusetts- Senator Edward Kennedy.

The former two have, in the past, had direct ties to white supremacist movements in the United States. Sena*****r Kennedy, in the court of public opinion, has been held responsible in the death of a young woman ***** the Chappaquidick incident. One cannot imagine Senator *****, approaching100 years in age, mak*****g a worthwhile contribution to ***** legislature of this country. Mr. Byrd otherwise known as the Senator of Pork acquires public funds for pet projects that keeps him in the public eye and ensures reelection. Numerous monuments, build*****gs and stretches of highway have been named ***** ***** Byrd. Senator Kennedy's drunken debaucheries and *****izing are legend.

*****, hypothetically, term limits were established in the US Senate, perhaps, more talented ***** worthy men would be ***** the Senate.

If you, as the reader, ask at ***** point, "Where is the reference to California? Isn't this introduction larger long." It isn't. It supports the thesis ***** this essay. Term limits good. No ***** Limits—not so *****. These examples illustrate how not having term limits can be a disservice to the n*****tion.

C*****er politicians al***** live on the ***** dole. One never sees ********** however, performing real acts of public service. Former President Clin*****n, though incredibly *****, has *****, in his entire life, purchased a home or been through any of the turmoil (except ***** ones he created for himself) that most citizens go through. Even if one looks at the presidency of Bill Cl*****ton from a bi-partisan standpoint, one shudders to imagine the n*****ure of discussions that his indefinite ***** ***** evoke—*****ly fodder for late night comedians and intense partisanship.

***** limits on the ***** presidency have ***** a vibrant country where polar opposite ideologies, differing experiences and pers*****alities ***** ***** brought into play towards national and international policy—notwithstanding the results.

In 1990, California voted on Proposition "Prop" 140. The people proposed to impose ***** limits on the ***** of the State ***** and the Assembly. This propositi***** eventually became law in 1997. Thus, assembly members ***** be elected for three terms of ***** years each and sena*****rs—two terms ***** four ***** each.

With respect to ***** 49 other states in the Union (***** we know from the recent presidential election debacle in Florida ***** every state counts), California has become the flagship state of this *****. Soon after the USA was born as a n*****tion, 90% ***** the population lived with***** 100 miles around capital. The I-95 belt from Boston to Washington DC or the East Coast, defined the nation.

Perhaps it was the lure of ***** Mediterranean climate, the picturesque setting that made people move to California and stay *****re. Today "CAL DRMN" (***** Dreaming) as m***** license plates proclaim is here to stay. That California boasts of the largest slice of *****