presidential qualifications

[Full Quiver]

Much was said about whether Sarah Palin was qualified to be vice president much less the president.

I have been thinking about this for months and the thread about Caroline Kennedy trying to get appointed to the Senate in NY provokes me to start this thread. Sure Caroline meets the requirements thus qualifications to be a Senator but should she be appointed to that seat (not elected). Keep in mind that the governor that would appoint her was not even elected to the office he holds and probably will not get elected when he has to run, IMO.

George Washington was our first president as we all know, I hope. What qualified him to be so? The obvious is that he was a war hero and the commander of the Continental Army. The people adored him for this. Of course the "people" didn't vote just a few elite Americans back then but that's a different thread.

Throughout history we have men getting elected to the presidency who did not serve, or were not heroes, but were qualified in their own right.
The Bible speaks of "for a time such as this" and we have probably all heard that in many ways and fashions. Why would Sarah Palin not be qualified for said office with these thoughts in mind? Is America not at the point of needing an everyday American at the helm? Do we need to recover our nation from the "traitors" that rule in DC?

[Dr. Ron]

Interestingly enough, the qualifications of which you speak are more in the minds of the voters than in a book.

We have elected far too many lawyers for example. What qualifies a Lawyer to be president? He has studied some law, but he is not necessarily a law scholar. And the presidency is not judicial.

We have elected some who were military greats....Andrew Jackson, Teddy Rooselvelt, Dwight Esienhower, .....et al.....But the presidency is not a miltiary dictatorship

We have had governors......and those have proven to be the best in terms of reasonable fiscal issues. If they have done well with their states, they seem to have a better handle on how to "run" the office....Jimmy Carter nothwithstanding...(possibly the worst president in histor)....

But look at Reagan, and others who were able to keep the wheels turning.

As for international issues, well that is another thing altogether. The foreign policies of those governors has been mostly that of their advisors...while the military guys were more up to the job.....hence McCain would have been the better choice there.

So, could Palin handle the job? Yep.....as well as anyone up there now and better than anyone I have seen on the horizon.

Anything is better than a "community organizer and professional candidate". Bill Clinton is the later. He is still running for something....King of the World I think.....