Re: O/T: A Milestone

Han wrote:
Just Wondering <fmhlaw@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:X04uk.662$fJ4.386@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

"Age and Citizenship requirements-US Constitution, Article II,
Section 1

No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the
United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution,
shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any
person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to
the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident
within the United States."

That's it. Those are the requirements for being President.


Those are the minimal constitutional requirements. Are you
suggesting that every single person who meets those requirements
is
actually qualified to be the chief executive of the federal
government?

They are not minimal: they are the only requirements under our
constitution. Yes every person who meets those requirements is
qualified to be the chief executive of the federal government.


Thinking like that is scary.

No it isn't scary, that is why there is a campaign and a vote. The
qualifications set down in the Constitution date back to when it was
written, and are phrased like that to prevent a royal from Europe or
another "outsider" to become POTUS. You are still free to require
qualifications like intelligence, not burdened by campaign donors'
restrictions or allegiance to corrupt politicians.

IMNSHO, the election process has gone further and further from real
political ideas that the candidate stands for. The current
pandering
to the perceived lowest common denominator of whatever the public
wants is what irks me. That and the obligation to choose between
only 2 candidates, with third, fourth etc opinions not really
getting
any weight whatsoever. True democracy should (IMNSHO) take into
account more than that.

The Founders didn't trust democracy as a form of government and
carefully avoided creating one. It's a pity that their carefully
crafted system is being corrupted into one.


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