Originally posted by Davo:
Originally posted by sigma:
The fact that a person is more "qualified" to be President if they were born outside the US to US citizens, live outside the US for 40 years then move to the US and run for President at 54 than someone who moved to the US when they were 3 days old and lived here for 54 years is absurd.


Except for the fact that the Constititution says that's the way it is.

EDIT: Plus this logic assumes that everyone on Earth was born with the right to run for president of the United States, which is ridiculous.



um, not even all US-born citizens are allowed to run for President. i know his because i fall into this category. citizens born abroad may not run for President. a candidate must be born on US soil. (I think this is kind of weak, especially if both parents are US citizens).

I do not see it as illogical that a candiate must be born a US citizen. The logic behind it is that the candiate puts America 1st, and not some other country. Just because he/she has lived here for 40 years doesnt mean much. you dont know where his "true" sympathies in his heart lie. there are plenty of people who have lived here for that long but still maintain loyalist feelings toward their homeland just like there are many Americans who are/have lived abroad for this long and still put American before the country they live in.

as for Arnold being a successful business man? what would make you think that? because he was in movies? the only business he was involved in, that im aware of, was in the Planet Hollywood restaurant chain which tanked. http://slate.msn.com/id/2086889 Im suprised to see there are any locations still left.

Originally posted by Tourgasm:
Sometimes you can mess up a word so bad that spell check doens't know what the hell you're talking about.