Last night I was talking to a friend about Sarah Palin. And they said “She is not qualified to be president.” I have two issues with this and do not feel like I was able to respond properly. So I chose that I will do it here. I have two issues with what she said. One of them I got to say the other I didn’t.
The one I got to say was that she’s not running for president. And I got the response “Well, she’s only a heart beat away.” This angered me. You NEVER assume someone is going to die. Never ever ever! This is like the ultimate anti-humanity. I don’t know how to express how disgusted I am by this statement. Apparently though it’s acceptable, because everyone is doing it. But I will leave this aside.
Let’s look at the qualifications to be president. My source is The Constitution of the United States, Article II, Section 1, Paragraph 5:
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
So, there are only three qualifications:
- Natural born citizen
- 35 Years old.
- Lived in the United States at least 14 of those 35 years.
Interesting, I didn’t know that 3rd one existed until I pulled out the Consution this morning. But the first two are required learning in public Jr. High school. So everyone should know at least those two of the 3 requiremets. They should know the qualifications to be president have nothing to do with their policy, nothing to do with religion, nothing to do with their intentions, nothing to do with most of their past. Only where they’ve lived, how long they’ve lived and where they were born. Simple. So let’s take a look at the 2 presidntal canidates and “just in case” the two VP canidates as well. Note
Obama (from his wikipedia). BORN: August 4, 1961 Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.
Biden (from his wikipedia): BORN: November 20, 1942 Scranton, Pennsylvania.
McCain (from his wikipedia):BORN: August 29, 1936 Coco Solo Naval Air Station, Panama Canal Zone, Panama. (A U.S. Naval Air Station is still U.S. Soil)
Palin (from her wikipedia): BORN: February 11, 1964 Sandpoint, Idaho, U.S.
There you have it, all 4 qualify for #1 and #2. In reading those wikipedias and doing some math they all also qualify #3. You are welcome to read the Wikipedias if you wish.
So, I NEVER EVER again want to hear one of these for is not qualified to be president! They fit all qualifications just fine. You may not agree with them you may not feel they deserve your vote for whatever reason. But I can tell you, they are all supriemly qualified.
There are no policy reqiremnts, there’s no past job history requirements. Do not change the Constituion in your own mind.
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