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Posted May 25, 2026 09:37 · last edited May 25, 2026 09:43

AucklandPhoenix wrote:
 Nelfoos wrote:
A US president can only stand 2 terms because that's all they're allowed to.

Terrible analogy BTW.
Ummm exactly, that’s what I said.

Ten years tops.
My apologies, misread and assumed you were talking about the public limiting them like with NZs 3 year terms.

But the times they are a-changing, I dont think anyone will be too bullish on the current NZ govt surviving for that long and there's no guarantee the current POTUS decides the 2 term rule applies to him.

Either way at the risk of pushing this already rough metaphor too far, its really hard to make a pie of the same quality as the bloke spending twice as much as you on raw ingredients, even if the pie baking facility we have is world class and any comparison ignoring that might well be grinding an axe rather than making any sort of reasonable comparison.

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Nelfoos edited May 25, 2026 09:43
AucklandPhoenix wrote:
 Nelfoos wrote:
A US president can only stand 2 terms because that's all they're allowed to.

Terrible analogy BTW.
Ummm exactly, that’s what I said.

Ten years tops.
My apologies, misread and assumed you were talking about the public limiting them like with NZs 3 year terms.

But the times they are a-changing, I dont think anyone will be too bullish on the current NZ govt surviving for that long and there's no guarantee the current POTUS decides the 2 term rule applies to him.

Either way, its really hard to make a pie of the same quality as the bloke spending twice as much as you on raw ingredients, even if the pie baking facility we have is world class.
Nelfoos edited May 25, 2026 09:41
AucklandPhoenix wrote:
 Nelfoos wrote:
A US president can only stand 2 terms because that's all they're allowed to.

Terrible analogy BTW.
Ummm exactly, that’s what I said.

Ten years tops.
My apologies, misread and assumed you were talking about the public limiting them like with NZs 3 year terms.

But the times they are a-changing, I dont think anyone will be too bullish on the current NZ govt surviving for that long and there's no guarantee the current POTUS decides the 2 term rule applies to him.
Nelfoos edited May 25, 2026 09:38
AucklandPhoenix wrote:
 Nelfoos wrote:
A US president can only stand 2 terms because that's all they're allowed to.

Terrible analogy BTW.
Ummm exactly, that’s what I said.

Ten years tops.
My apologies, misread and assumed you were talking about the public limiting them like with NZs 3 year terms.

But the times they are a-changing, I dont think anyone will be too bullish on the current lot surviving for that long and there's no guarantee the current POTUS decides the 2 term rule applies to him.