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Agnosticsherbet

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2. The US Constitution does not mention best or worst at anythng as qualifications for the office.

Mon Oct 19, 2015, 12:33 PM

Oct 2015

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.

The best or worst chess mater, car mechanic, brain surgeon, egotistical real-estate mogul with the vocabulary of a Dick and Jane book and a blatant example of failed modern business school philosophy meet the above qualifications for office

What citizens voters are supposed to do is decide who among all the applicants will best represent us in the office.

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Could there be a general consensus... [View all] MrScorpio Oct 2015 OP

For me it depends on WHY they are the world's best 'X'. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2015 #1

I believe that temperament is a necessity for public office MrScorpio Oct 2015 #6

Nixon was a sleaze, but he got us the EPA, Clean Air and Water, and was talking about Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2015 #11

The US Constitution does not mention best or worst at anythng as qualifications for the office. Agnosticsherbet Oct 2015 #2

Precisely Sherman A1 Oct 2015 #3

I didn't say eligible, I said credible... MrScorpio Oct 2015 #4

Credible - able to be believed; convincing. or Agnosticsherbet Oct 2015 #5

Then you'd agree that there's a breakdown somewhere in the consensus of their credibility, right? MrScorpio Oct 2015 #7

No, I think they have a consensus of their supporters to be considered credible. Agnosticsherbet Oct 2015 #12

I think the relevant definition this context would be... LanternWaste Oct 2015 #8

That's correct MrScorpio Oct 2015 #10

Bobby Fischer would have made a terrific President! KamaAina Oct 2015 #9