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In reply to the discussion: The People Who Run This Country Are All Too Damn Old [View all]Jilly_in_VA
(10,177 posts)I published the article as a point of debate, and you're making it PERSONAL. That's nasty and undemocratic (big D as well as small d).
I don't support an age rule. What I want is a rule that require anyone seeking public office at any level to pass a civics test which demonstrates that they have a basic knowledge of how government works. I would prefer that test to be the citizenship test that immigrants have to take, but you can't have everything, I suppose. There are plenty of Americans of all ages who can't even pass a basic civics test, FFS. And Khizr Khan knows more about the government than any of them. I would also like a rule that requires anyone seeking public office to have to pass a mental fitness test. That would certainly avoid the travesty of such as the Slobfather.
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