Do We Let Them Vote Next Time?

Do we also ban GOP voters?

Because based on today ....

 

You can propose an amendment to article 2 of the constitution.

To serve as president, one must:

• be a natural-born U.S. citizen of the United States;
• be at least thirty-five years old;
• be a resident in the United States for at least fourteen years.
  
• not be a reality TV show host.

There. Problem solved, and nobody gets disenfranchised. Only negative is, it won't lead to you becoming Supreme Commander.

 

The same ones that would disenfranchise voters. I thought we were not concerned with the logistics.

 

Abortions, morning-after pill, prayer in school...just to get us to sit at the table to start talking.

 

So did we, in the Pampas. Evil knows no borders.

 

Well yeah. Haven’t you heard? We need to save our nation from TV show hosts.

 

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I did not. I'm following your lead, you posted this:

I chose to engage the discussion based on the above statement. The brilliance of this thread is tied to that statement. If we were to engage in a discussion about the logistics of getting the constitution changed - other than in jest - it would ruin this thread, and I'd see no more reason to participate. So, stop asking me about the logistics.

You stated that there is no middle ground between electing an incompetent president and disenfranchising your political opponents. I pointed out that there is an obvious middle ground, which is to make the requirements for becoming president more stringent. Logistics aside, I'm sure you can see that this is indeed the case.

 

You are thinking long term. For the current crisis, Reality TV Show Host will work. Of course, it has to be made retroactive, otherwise by the next election there might not be a nation left to save.

 

America has become a cargo cult

You turn on your 85 inch smart LED Flatscreen to watch a nappy swaddled President claim that scientists are part of a liberal marxist conspiracy to put bird murdering windmills all over American that will mean your TV stops working on still days.

This is the country that sent man to the moon. Now Mr Nappies proposes a space force that is little more than a badge on a hat.

Few people see the irony in that.

 

A simpler solution would be to ban criminals from running for president.

require massive disclosure of tax returns, financial info, funding etc

 

Yes. But shouldn't be go beyond that? Just about every job that requires any sort of skill - from CEO to Janitor - always comes with requirements based on qualifications and experience. And yet the so called "most powerful job in the world" does not, other than age and being a US citizen. Isn't that a bit odd? And as far as I know, it's pretty much the same non-requirements in most if not all presidential democracies, so it's not just the USA.

As far as Broomie's idea, I find it brilliantly creative. In Argentina we have a very long history of people voting stupid, and throughout our history we've tried just about everything - outlawing candidates, outlawing political parties, even outlawing elections. But nobody ever thought of actually disenfranchising only those particular voters who vote stupid. I know it's extreme and it's unlikely to work, and it's impossible to implement save by force, but as an idea, it's freaking awesome!