Election Thread 2016

[Andrew]

It was supposedly to restrict the placement of foreign agents and such into the high political office. I suppose these days it's archaic but what would be a modern equivilent? No corporate officers?

Or lawyers... not a dig at Obama, just lawyers in general

I just think that they days of an English duke potentially coming in and fooling the masses are over. These days, it's more restrictive than helpful.

Take, for example, an adopted Chinese baby. Said baby could arrive in America at infancy, grow up with a strong appreciation for this country, be very bright, possess all the qualities most desired in a leader... and yet end up ineligible for the presidency on a technicality.

[Drewbacca]

It was supposedly to restrict the placement of foreign agents and such into the high political office. I suppose these days it's archaic but what would be a modern equivilent? No corporate officers?

It's still a pretty basic idea. It's not like modern day espionage isn't as rampant as ever before, and much, much grander in scale and longer in gestation periods per objective. But it's far more likely that if someone wanted to plant a sleeper politician in the US they'd just cherry pick a US citizen out of the cradle. So it doesn't really solve anything.

[Frogacuda]

Planting an agent to win the presidency is a lot like planting an agent to win the lottery, don't you think?

[Josh]

No.

[Advocate]

Take for example Advocate, an adopted Korean baby. Said baby arrived in America at infancy, grew up with a strong appreciation for this country, be semi bright, possess all the qualities most desired in a leader... and yet ended up ineligible for the presidency on a technicality that was amended back in 1979, saying anyone naturalized after 1975 is ineligible for seeking the presidency.

[YellerDog]

Phew... dodged a bullet with that one.

[Advocate]

Phew... dodged a bullet with that one.

touche

[Frogacuda]

I hope they amend the Constitution just so I can see this debate. Well that, and the fact that the current restriction is archaic and needlessly discriminatory.

Arnold can't even give a speech without throwing in quotes from movies he did (and parodies he thinks he did). I can only imagine he would be the worst debater in our history.

[Josh]

Fuck that. He'd be amazing.

[Advocate]

Come on Obama put down the shit gun.
Schwarzenegger 2012