Sunday, March 02, 2008

How to make the Gubernator the POTUS

Many wide eyed republicans have often wished to make Arnold Schwarzenegger the President of these United States. Unfortunately Arnie wasn't born in America. As such he is constitutionally disqualified from the office. Here's the text:

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.

It seems a little strange that we can have a 35 year old we can't have someone who's managed the world’s 8th largest economy in the world. Playing with the 35 year old theme a bit, I wondered how it would sound if the constitution were amended to say you needed to be a US citizen for 35 years instead. Here is what I came up with:

No person except a citizen of the United States for 35 years shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who have not been fourteen Years a resident within the United States.

It still means 34 year olds can't be president. But it also opens a window of opportunity for our friend Arnold.

Arnold Schwarzenegger was born in 1947 and became a naturalized citizen in 1983. So let's do the math. 1983+35=2018. He would be eligible to run in the election due to be held November of 2020. He'll miss the 2016 election by a couple of years... So how old would Conan be when he took office in January of 2021? 74. Just two years old than McCain...

Peace

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