2007-12-14 15:00:19 · 9 answers · asked by okrife 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I like the Constitution when it gives freedom - not when it takes it away. I believe that we have something called Amendments to the Constitution.so we can change it when its out of date. For the PINHEADS out there who NEED to be led to the water, I am not advocating that non-US citizens be allowed to run - DUH!!!! People who have been here 20 years should be able to run. If you cannot trust them after 20 years WHY SOULD THEY STILL BE IN THIS COUNTRY!!!!!!!!
2007-12-15 10:17:07 · update #1
I like the Constitution when it gives freedom - not when it takes it away. I believe that we have something called Amendments to the Constitution.so we can change it when its out of date. For the PINHEADS out there who NEED to be led to the water, I am not advocating that non-US citizens be allowed to run - DUH!!!! People who have been here 20 years should be able to run. If you cannot trust them after 20 years WHY SOULD THEY STILL BE IN THIS COUNTRY!!!!!!!!
2007-12-15 10:17:24 · update #2
NOPE i DON'T THINK SO
2007-12-15 11:43:41 · update #3
I do too. Not that I want Arnold as our president, but simply because someone is born outside the US shouldn't disqualify them from being President. That doesn't mean that ANY body could run though. We already have the arbitrary age of 35 set as a requirement for the Presidency- why not require that someone simply need be a US citizen for 35 years? Is that not "American" enough?
What about a child born in another country and who immigrates to the US with his parents while still a baby.. He grows up his ENTIRE life in the US... Should this person not have the right to run for President? They're an American in my book.
Anyone who puts in their time and commitment and has been a US citizen for at least 35 years should be eligible to run in my book.
In the years to come we shall see how archaic this requirement is; a legacy from the colonial days... Arnie is only one example; there are literally millions of foreign-born Americans out there, many whom have been here 40, 50, 60 years.... NONE of which have the eligibility to run for president. Are they not American enough? Are they not Americans??
2007-12-14 15:18:48 · answer #1 · answered by Frank 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Constitution of the United States disagrees with you.
2007-12-14 23:02:59 · answer #2 · answered by Citicop 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I thought you believed in the Constitution?
2007-12-14 23:03:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Oh, yes!
Then, Margaret Thatcher could run our WH.
Then, perhaps, we could recruit Howard.
Then, the Canadian president could sit in for a few terms.
It would be a jolly good time.... here in the USA.
2007-12-14 23:10:29 · answer #4 · answered by wider scope 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hasta la vista, Bin Laden.
2007-12-14 23:14:39 · answer #5 · answered by Psychedelic P 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sorry, I disagree with you. I think the Consitutional requirements should remain as is.
2007-12-14 23:06:20 · answer #6 · answered by Molly Pitcher 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Only in the movies, I'm afraid.
2007-12-14 23:11:16 · answer #7 · answered by Fast Eddie B 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well, why don't you move to Austria and run for their President??!!!!
2007-12-15 14:01:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
not hardly
2007-12-14 23:06:07 · answer #9 · answered by CFB 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋