What Qualifies Obama to be President of the US?

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

1) Obama has defeated the Clintons (who were supposed to be undefeatable), and

2) With less than a month to go, he is 7 points ahead of McCain in the polls.

If that doesn't sound like a skilled politician leading a well-run campaign, I don't know what is.

sounds more like a decent campaign manager instead.

A well-run campaign augurs a well-run government.

that's reaching.

[akdiver 3]

I don't see it. Educate me.

According to the U.S. Constitution, the only qualifications to be president are:

Age and Citizenship requirements - US Constitution, Article II, Section 1

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.

Term limit amendment - US Constitution, Amendment XXII, Section 1 – ratified February 27, 1951

No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.

Obama claims to meet these requirements.

[Cassie 8]

I don't see it. Educate me.

According to the U.S. Constitution, the only qualifications to be president are:

Age and Citizenship requirements - US Constitution, Article II, Section 1

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.

Term limit amendment - US Constitution, Amendment XXII, Section 1 – ratified February 27, 1951

No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.

Obama claims to meet these requirements.

Oh, but that's not a good enough answer for VW. try again.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Not a half-bad diversion from an inability to explain Barry's policies and platforms.

I don't have to - as I said I'm using your tried and trusted strategy of not having to justify anything I say or believe.

You do what you criticise and compromise your moral sense of justice to be what you see me to be. Kinda like cutting your hair into a "Rachel" to "connect" with Jennifer Anniston; relates to your fantasies, but not much to reality.

Thank you for your answer . While we agree that Obama was able to defeat the Clinton machine, I don't believe that took much skill. He only wom coz he is Black and guilt ridden White folks felt more of a need to redress the Black plight than to put a White woman in office.

I haven't seen the well run campaign you see. What I do see is an effort to prevent any discussion of his shady connections, how he won't release his medical or academic records, how he flip flops on issues. We just see things differently, and I don't like how his activities are not well examined by a fawning media.

If you don't like "well-run", how about "better run"?

McCain lost the election when he nominated Sarah Palin. He was supposed to be the "safe"

candidate to Obama's "wild card". The nomination of Sarah Palin flipped that on its head -

Obama is now seen as the "safe" candidate to most voters, while McCain is seen as reckless.

As far as I know, the election is still on November 4th.

Barry's campaign wasn't so well run when his pastor was running amuck. He's had his downs and he probably will again. Why doesn't it bother you to have a fabricated image as your prez? He really hasn't been vetted coz the mainstream media won't allow it.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

I don't see it. Educate me.

According to the U.S. Constitution, the only qualifications to be president are:

Age and Citizenship requirements - US Constitution, Article II, Section 1

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.

Term limit amendment - US Constitution, Amendment XXII, Section 1 – ratified February 27, 1951

No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.

Obama claims to meet these requirements.

Oh, but that's not a good enough answer for VW. try again.

Why is that a good enough answer for anyone? What's the point of an election competition if that's all you need?

Remember, Sarah Palin meets those requirements, too. I expect that there will be no more harping about her "lack of" qualifications if that's "good enough" to qualify everyone else.

hahahaha! Hypocrites will not get that point! I have something of their own making to remind them of from here to 11/4.

Edited October 6, 2008 by Virtual wife

[IAMX 3,055]

Why is that a good enough answer for anyone? What's the point of an election comptition if that's all you need?

Remember, Sarah Palin meets those requirements, too. I expect that there will be no more harping about her "lack of" qualifications if that's "good enough" to qualify everyone else.

hahahaha! Hypocrites will not get that point! I have something of their own making to remind them of from here to 11/4.

You must be entirely oblivious to the fact that people only point out Sarah Palin's experience as a stuff-it-in-your-face to those who had been suggesting Obama's qualifications have anything to do with experience, i.e. criticizing him for not being "experienced enough".

Much like Palin's ties to witch-doctors when mentioning Obama's religion.

Just another thing that went over your head.

[natty bumppo 297]

I don't see it. Educate me.

According to the U.S. Constitution, the only qualifications to be president are:

Age and Citizenship requirements - US Constitution, Article II, Section 1

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.

Term limit amendment - US Constitution, Amendment XXII, Section 1 – ratified February 27, 1951

No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.

Obama claims to meet these requirements.

Oh, but that's not a good enough answer for VW. try again.

wow ... so you're stating Obama has great qualifications ... along with millions of others ...

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Why is that a good enough answer for anyone? What's the point of an election comptition if that's all you need?

Remember, Sarah Palin meets those requirements, too. I expect that there will be no more harping about her "lack of" qualifications if that's "good enough" to qualify everyone else.

hahahaha! Hypocrites will not get that point! I have something of their own making to remind them of from here to 11/4.

You must be entirely oblivious to the fact that people only point out Sarah Palin's experience as a stuff-it-in-your-face to those who had been suggesting Obama's qualifications have anything to do with experience, i.e. criticizing him for not being "experienced enough".

Much like Palin's ties to witch-doctors when mentioning Obama's religion.

Just another thing that went over your head.

No, she has been plenty criticized for being "unqualified". Clearly, she is fully qualified.

I love this thread!

[nowhereman 1]

Everything I said is 100% true and you know it. You have consistently mispresented & ridiculed other points of view. You have consistently ignored any facts that don't support your position. You have consistently labeled anyone & everyone with opposing views as a liberal or stupid. Yet despite all of this you act like you have been wronged in some way & that your viewpoint demands respect, even though you give no respect in return. Amazing.

The very first post you ever directed to me was to hope I couldn't reproduce cause that would be a crime. That was your introduction to me. It's been downhill from there. Do you really think I should take you seriously when you're admonishing me about how I post? Your self-righteous hypocrisy fails to appeal to me, for good reason. Tell it to your mama,bro, coz I couldn't care less.

Translation: Nowhereman ridiculed me once, which makes the fact that I ridicule opposing views every single time I post perfectly acceptable. He also apologized for this, which makes him much more decent than me because I've said much worse & never apologized for anything. Nowhereman is also 100% correct in the post I quoted above, but I will chose to ignore it because I have no rebuttal at all to it.

Bottom Line: Approximately 50% of the country will vote for Obama (give or take a few percentage points) & there's a pretty good chance he will be the next president of the United States. This irritates you to no end, so to make you feel better about your own opinions you chose to think of all Obama supporters as stupid left wing whackjobs who are incapable of independent thought. Of course this is a ridiculous assertion, but then again you have never cared much for facts or opposing views.

Oh yea and to answer your original question "what qualifies Obama to President of the US" the US Constitution, Article II, Section 1 states "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."

No one ridcules anyone but VW, and she is the only one that needs to stop. That seems to be a crowd pleaser.

Your "apology" was a joke predicated on the idea that I needed to agree with you from thereon to not be insulted again. I didn't, so you continued to insult in your "apology" thread.

We have been here before with the polls. Kerry was supposed to win, according to the polls. So was Gore. I'm convinced that polls don't work like they used to due to the prevelence of unlisted cell phones and people comfort level with lying. I bet White Guilt will fail in the polling booth, too. If I'm wrong, I'll live thru it just as I lived thru the abismal Carter administration that Obama's policies so remind me of.

Vote for me. I meet all those qualifications and have an Ivy league education, to boot!

You folks are too easy to please.

Yup once again you didn't answer any part of my post (I'm so shocked). As for my apology I never asked you to agree with me so that's nonsense. You like attention; everything you do on this forum proves that. You make posts to stir up trouble and sit back like Urkel and say "did I do that?". You label, misrepresent & stereotype other opinions in almost every single post. You make ridiculous assertions (Obama supporters are dumb liberals) over & over. When confronted with a coherent rebuttal to something you said you do everything but actually address the issue. You know I'm right & that's why you won't actually address anything that I've pointed out.

Whether Obama wins or not is totally irrelevant to your question... he's qualified to run, period. If you don't want to vote for him don't, it's as simple as that.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Not a half-bad diversion from an inability to explain Barry's policies and platforms.

I don't have to - as I said I'm using your tried and trusted strategy of not having to justify anything I say or believe.

You do what you criticise and compromise your moral sense of justice to be what you see me to be. Kinda like cutting your hair into a "Rachel" to "connect" with Jennifer Anniston; relates to your fantasies, but not much to reality.

What I see you to be?

All I did was repeat your own words back to you. You have said those things on numerous occasions - perhaps I don't understand how then you can now ignore all that in saying that you want debate, while showing no respect to anyone whose opinion you are supposedly interested in.

As you said - you aren't up for debate. Why change now?

[IAMX 3,055]

No, she has been plenty criticized for being "unqualified". Clearly, she is fully qualified.

Care to read the post you responded to?

Or are you just some broken record who only says a bunch of random sh!t?

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Keep diverting, Paul. It's far easier than supporting Obama.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Keep diverting, Paul. It's far easier than supporting Obama.

Diverting? Why do you seem to think you are owed some sort of explanation when you aren't prepared to do the same?

Or indeed, when this "non-debate" forum is only interesting and "telling" when you deign it to be, and some sort of sad, "get a life" distraction when you don't.

[Cassie 8]

I am seeking concrete policy positions and values.

Alright, fine then. Though I cannot vote in this election, I will list a couple of reasons why I would vote for Obama.

For example, I agree with his plans for a multi-prong approach to the issue of immigration. From his website:

Obama and Biden want to preserve the integrity of our borders. He supports additional personnel, infrastructure and technology on the border and at our ports of entry.

Obama and Biden believe we must fix the dysfunctional immigration bureaucracy and increase the number of legal immigrants to keep families together and meet the demand for jobs that employers cannot fill.

Obama and Biden will remove incentives to enter the country illegally by cracking down on employers who hire undocumented immigrants.

Obama and Biden support a system that allows undocumented immigrants who are in good standing to pay a fine, learn English, and go to the back of the line for the opportunity to become citizens.

Obama and Biden believe we need to do more to promote economic development in Mexico to decrease illegal immigration

I also agree with his approach to foreign policy, particularly his plans for rejuvenating American diplomacy/American standing and respect through the world, fighting poverty and genocide in Africa, and his commitment to the war in Afghanistan.

I also agree with his ideas on the environment, particularly reducing dependance on oil (foreign AND domestic).

I also like his ideas on Universal Voluntary Public Service.

Those are a few reasons.

[nowhereman 1]

VW likes to assert that Palin is fully qualified and Obama isn't. VW's too biased & close-minded to figure out she's being a raging hypocrite by doing this. News flash: Both meet the basic requirements for their respective office. You can argue all day long which ticket is the better one but it all comes down to personal preference.