If any one has payed attention in their history class they know that the requirments are simple. You have to be born on us soil, you have had to live in the U.S. for 14 years straight and you have to be 35. I think that we need to add one more requirment and that is that a candiateshould have served in the armed forces because if they are going to run the militarythey should know what it is like to be a soilider. I bring this up because next year is the presidential election

No way.

I think that'd be tying the military into the government a little too much, since you'd then have people going "well I was a sargeant, he was just a private!" and garbage like that.

yeah thats true but if you are going to be in charge of thousands and thousands of people's lives who fight in a war or something you should have some experince

The president is already in charge of millions of lives, since the president's decisions for the nation affects all of its citizens' lives. He or she should be able to empathize with soldiers and understand the dangers they go through, but requiring service in the armed forces seems like too much.

The army, Navy, and etc. won't respect the president unless they've been in the army.
They don't have to be a general or anything like that.

Originally Posted by fuyumi_saito

The army, Navy, and etc. won't respect the president unless they've been in the army.
They don't have to be a general or anything like that.

yeah but once again those millions of people aren't always at gun point that the president can prevent

I think the requirements should definitely include "Have a better GPA than a C-average."

Just saying...

he realy didn't have a c average you cannot get into yale on a c average

Requirement 001: Basic world Knowledge
Requirement 002: Basic knowledge of economics
Requirement 003: Basic Knowledge on "How not to piss voilitile nations or groups off"

Requirement 004: Intellegence above that of a highschooler
Requirement 005: Understanding of the English Language

These requirements would nix just about every presidential candidate I know.

No.

Military isn't everything.

We could get a shitty leader because he was a Marine or something, over someone who would be amazing but didn't serve.

ln(e)'s requirements are much, much better.

How about knowing the difference between Austria and Australia. It'll come in handy when you're representing the United States of America in Australia.

No. If all our presidents were in the army before, they'll be disciplined, but it's an unnecessary requirement. We rarely need our Presidents to command the army. And I don't trust them to not resort to violence. People who've been in the army, especially nowadays, have many issues after serving the war.

I think the requirement of being born in the US should be gotten rid of.

As long as you're a US citizen you should qualify. But that's just my two bits.

i said it should be a requirment not the requirment and if he is crapy in all the other politcal areas there is a slim to none chance that he would even be a canidate.

also because he was in the military he wouldn't rush as many things because he or she has an understanding on what the cause and effect of a certaian action would be

Being in the military does not mean that you gain the ability to understand things better.

Mayhaps if you required them to be a certain rank, but currently you're saying any military experience.

yes thats what im saying these politicans go to colledge and if you go join the military you already get a higher rank and a better understanding being the leader of others and you have to stay in the military if you join for a minnimun of four years any way so that would actually help get a rank if there was a requirment

Uh that's not true. I know people who have been in the military for 4 years and are still the lowest rank.

i didn't say any thing about starting from the bottom im talking about comin from colleage

Did I say my friend started from the bottom? He graduated from college, joined the military and is still one of the lower ranking officers.

no ovence to you freind but what is he doing wrong then because it shouldn't take that long to rank up if you do your job right and better

You might as well say that they have to have worked as a doctor to know about the health service, and to have been a teacher to know about education, etcetera. That kind of inside knowledge is what advisers are for - a president just needs to be somebody who's smart, responsible and dedicated enough to be trusted with governing a country, with the help of a lot of experts for specialist issues.

I do believe that the president should have military knowledge..

• because he is commander in chief as one of his duties and he needs to know how to do it
• it shows that he has some logical knowledge and will know what to do in pressured situations that you are forced into while being president...
• it also shows that you know how to listen to commands as well as giving them to others...

I also believe that they should Have Atleast a B average.. I mean I have an A- average and I don't even try.... It also shows how they are to balance things and know what is going on in a variety of situations

Also the 14 years of living the country does not have to be consecutively.. it can be like 3 years when they are born.. then be out of the country on a visa for a couple years.. then come back and that type of a thing.. but I am not too sure about that though...

Originally Posted by Spatterdash

You might as well say that they have to have worked as a doctor to know about the health service, and to have been a teacher to know about education, etcetera. That kind of inside knowledge is what advisers are for - a president just needs to be somebody who's smart, responsible and dedicated enough to be trusted with governing a country, with the help of a lot of experts for specialist issues.

yeah they may have advisors and such but look at kennedy when he was first elected in to office cuba had just became a dictatorship and the CIA was training cuban imagrents to go over there and take over the goverment. Kennedy asked when he go elected if the u.s was going to be dragged into the war and that was a lie because the" Advisors" wanted to get into a war and they did this by putting those cubans over there.
Also doctors cannot just become some one who controls the operation on someone without having doing it themselves because why would be in control of these other doctors woth out being it themselves

I hate the fact that the president has to be born on American soil. Just because we weren't born here doesn't mean that we're ignorant of what's going on in the world. I honestly don't see the point of having the president be American. An American citizen? Yes, that I can understand. But born in America? What the hell. I honestly see that as a form of racism.

What if there was a major foreign power scheme to put first generation immigrants on American soil, get them citizenship, and give birth to a child genetically engineered to win the presidency, and then raise him with anti-American ideals???

You know, sort of like the Omen. Only not. :3

You have to realize that the President is more of a figure head and final "yay or nay" sayer than anything. Congress and his cabinet make more decisions than he does, and can often over write his decision. If he was solely in charge of everything, i could understand your point, but the fact is that the government comprises of the 3 branches who work together, not just the president. He has his advisors that are a PART of the military for a reason.

Just because you've served in the military doesn't mean that you can run it. Do you know how difficult it is to be a general? Imagine if Bush spent 4 years in the military and then was in charge of the entire military...we'd be SCREWED.