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Originally posted by iccky
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The idea is inherently anti-democratic and smells a lot like how they decide who can be a candidate in Iran. If we did something like this the people you would have to create an elite who would decide what a president should know. This would be their view, not the view of the majority of american people. Further, the tests would invariably reflect what slant they took on the controversial issues involved. So the people get to chose between a few candidates who mostly agreed with some powerful elite. Who has the real power in that situation? The powerful elite, not the people.
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That is already an issue, we are electing people who are in agreement (if not owned by) a powerful elite, Corporate Amarica. Who has the real power in THAT situation?