Posted on 09/18/2015 9:06:56 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
lol
Certainly no bigger than being a foreign born Indonesian citizen with a stolen social security number.
To be expected from the Jewish Necon establishment, that a generation ago couldn’t even get invited to the country clubs of the country club republicans.
For those that failed Civics (like the author, apparently) a quick Google search shows that the qualifications to become President are:
- Natural Born Citizen
- 35 years old
- 14 years of permanent residence in the United States
Carson and Trump are both natural born citizens, over 35 and have lived here their whole lives. In short, they’re qualified. The author’s assertion that further qualification is required (presumably to navigate the tremendous government and professional political class) is EXACTLY THE PROBLEM with Washington DC.
Kristol seems to forget that the Constitution states only qualification to be POTUS is Natural Born Citizen who is 35 y/o. There’s nothing that states Kristol is the gatekeeper of qualifications
Check out the date of the article!
Well, they’re both over 35 and as far as I know they’re both natural born citizens.
I think I’ll stick with the constitution on this one Billy boy.
Started laughing reading article thinking it was a joke. Only realized who wrote it and that he was serious with a jump to the comments. A “Your Fired” is in order
Actually Billy I did watch the debates. Maybe if you media morons tried asking issue based questions instead of juvenile high school level “gotcha” inanities, we might actually have a debate ON THE ISSUES for once?
They’re as qualified, if not more so, than the current (p)resident.
Ring-a-ling, It’s the Clue Phone......Bill....it’s for you....
“Oh, come on,” you’re inclined to respond.”
No, My first thought was, Oh, noes—one forgot to disclose that he is not a natural born citizen (Obama) or a felon (Clinton he-she)?
But here it’s just that they aren’t a Bush, so they fail the neo-con pusillanimity test. Dry up Bill. You fail to pass the relevancy test.
I think Trump missed a golden opportunity to stick it to the GOPe by not exclaiming, "Yea, let's all sign the pledge!" It would have cost him nothing and put all the sycophants on defense.
There will be many, many issues each day on a president's plate... the president will lead the team that will tackle the issues. Memorizing names and other trivia before a debate is not really the main quality I look for.
When Kristol answers that one adequately, then his inferences may fall on deaf ears.
By early standards (reference both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson's Inaugural Addresses) Ronald Reagan was the last candidate who met those two intellectual giants' standards for the Office, because of his devotion to the cause of liberty, and his belief in Divine Providence and the Constitution's limitations.
Better that citizens recognize, with George Washington (see Farewell Address) the potential evils of what he called "the spirit of Party," and express their anger at the Party bosses by calling for "outsiders" than that they allow the failed candidacies of the "Party" to continue.
Does Kristol consider Cruz "qualified"?
Bill forgets that we have done it his way for 20 years, with only EPIC FAILURE for results.
Hannity Mocks Bill Kristol For Vowing To Support Third Party Candidate Over Donald Trump
Sean Hannity: “It Sounds To Me Like You’re Picking Up Your Little Toys And You’re Going Home If You Don’t Get Your Way”
SEAN HANNITY: We have the first “I’m taking my toys and going home if Donald Trump wins,” and that’s Bill Kristol! This was on Breitbart today. So Donald Trump now, has taken the pledge not to go third party, which everybody was worried about — considering he keeps dominating in the polls. And Reince Priebus, maybe he needs to now make sure that the Republican establishment takes the same pledge! Because you’ve got major establishment Republicans, on the eve of this big debate tomorrow night, coming out against Donald Trump. You’ve got the Club for Growth, and I generally like them. They’ve announced a one million dollar anti-Trump campaign ad that we’ll get to in a few minutes, and then we’ve got Bill Kristol out there saying that he doubts that he would support — he said one of the biggest, you know, the Weekly Standard editor, Bill Kristol! Doubts he would support a Democrat in the general election, but would quote, ‘support getting someone good on the ballot as a third party candidate.’
That sounds to me like an establishment guy, no offense, Bill. Never had any issues, any problems with Bill Kristol, but it sounds to me like you’re picking up your little toys, and you’re going home if you don’t get your way, and your fellow Republicans decide that they want Donald Trump as the nominee. He said, “I doubt I would support Donald, I doubt it. I doubt I would support a democrat, I would support getting someone on the ballot as a third party candidate.” And that will guarantee the election, Bill Kristol, of a democrat. And if anybody that considered themselves a conservative, like me, that have had to suck it up for years with crappy candidates, and establishment candidates that can’t win? Now all of the sudden, there’s somebody that you don’t like, that 33 percent of the Republican party likes in a 16 person field at this moment! And if you don’t get your guy, or somebody that fits your description of what a Republican could be, you’re going to pick up your toys and go home!
We elected “qualified” Republicans to Congress. We elected “qualified” Republicans to the Senate. All they are qualified to do is lie to us, pursue their own agenda, and line their own pockets. I’m tired of being thrown under the bus by “qualified” politicians.
This in point is so much of the problem. The inside the Beltway and New York Elite Media are obsessed with the need for Professional Politicians to run this country.
Never mind that most of them have never had any sort of “Real” job except Public Service. Not to mention these people make laws and proclamations on how Fix the economy, etc., etc., and all they do is keep making promises they can’t keep and add to the problems we have.
At this point I am willing to take my chances with Trump as I don’t think he can do any worse and I expect that will he will not be able to do everything he would like he will be fine and office of President will suit him fine.
To whom is this out-of-touch, inside-the-beltway GOPe-er speaking? He really believes that his readers are unaware of the commanding lead that Donald Trump has? God, how out-of-touch can this effete, narcissistic, snob Kristol be?
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