Fine, How about Rachel Maddow?

[kurtboss]

She's a Rhodes Scholar, smarter than anyone, knows how to argue...only "problem" is she's gay. But again if competence were the criteria she's the best we have...and she has ZERO experience. Experience is biggest bullshit argument ever in politics.

[AllentownJake]

1. Too young

She isn't eligible to run for President. I'm not sure what the VP criteria is though.

[kevsand]

3. The only criteria for VP...

...is that they be able to serve as President if needed, so it's the same requirements.

[AllentownJake]

4. Someone argued with me

that the constitution said it was to be elected President and not becoming President. I said it would be an interesting Supreme Court case that would never happen.

[kevsand]

8. Actually, that's not what the Constitution says.

Here is the paragraph:

"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."

This clearly discusses eligibility without any special qualifiers regarding election. While the bulk of the section this comes from does describe the election process, the three paragraphs following this one cover (in order) succession, compensation, and the oath of office, so it can not be automatically assumed that everything in the section refers only to election. Eligibility is a term that is not limited merely to election unless specifically defined as such.

[kurtboss]

5. Same as Pres, 35

She isn't 35?

[AllentownJake]

6. I guess I was wrong

She turned 35 this year. Born on April Fool's day no less.

[Motown_Johnny]

2. for Press Secretary? I am all for it (better than the late Tony Snow)

no disrespect intended

[mucifer]

7. I don't think she's old enough

[berni_mccoy]

9. I think she would be an excellent choice. She has demonstrated more intelligence as a talking head

than all of the GOP VP candidates combined.

[Doctor_J]

10. ummmmm...yeah

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