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Baraka_Guru · 04-29-2011, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by aceventura3

Every politician running for President is going to have some "gut" feeling type issue they have to deal with. For example Trump - it is going to be taxes. Also, Trump is a Vietnam era person, who did not serve. He is going to have to address that as well as every Vietnam era person who did not serve. Most people deal with their issues up front. Another example was Edward Kennedy and Chappaquiddick. Or, for certain Southerners they have often had to address past positions on civil rights. Giuliani and Gingrich have infidelity and divorce issues. Bush had the National guard issues. Romney has an issue with his religion. Everyone has something that at a "gut" level raises questions, it is not new and won't stop. Again, it is not all about Obama. Obama is not some kind of unique victim. People have "gut" level questions, I have them - by not addressing them it make me and others more uncomfortable.

You're missing my point. I'm not suggesting that we aren't influenced by gut reactions. I'm suggesting that it's poor policy to expect the office of the president to act or respond in certain ways based on intuition. Intuition is important and has its function in everyday life, but in this case, you're suggesting it as the sole criteria as to whether we should have the elected president prove he or she was born in America.

It's trivial and subjective and ultimately useless.

This isn't about character or about marital/religious choices. This is about whether the president is legally qualified to hold that office. Why not just call it the Gut Feeling Clause of the office of the president by making it mandatory that they publicly submit all required documents proving they qualify to hold the position?