ABikerSailor
Diamond Member
You know, based on a lot of the things that I've seen on the news as of late, I've come to the conclusion that the tea party candidates know litte, if anything, about how government works.
I have a solution........
Now, when you graduated HS and went into college, you had to take entrance exams to show that you had the intelligence to complete a degree, they're called the SATS.
When I entered the Navy, I also had to take an entrance exam called the ASVAB (which is probably much easier than the SATS), but, you had to meet a minimum score, otherwise the military would tell you that you don't have the skills to learn basic teamwork and training.
Now, I know that before a politician runs for either state or federal office, they have to pay a filing fee. For presidential candidates, it's about 50,000.
Me? I think that when a person shows up to file to be put on the ballot, there should be a basic exam before they are allowed to file. Nothing too hard, but something that would be geared towards what any political sciences sophmore would have to know. The tests could be administered locally by various political science professors who are currently teaching sophmore political sciences. The exam would be held in a room where the candidate would be grilled by 1-3 teachers, and they would have to meet a passing score of at least 60 percent before they would be allowed to pay their filing fee. If they pass, they are allowed to run, if they don't they are told to try again.
What's more, the test wouldn't be administered any more than 9 months prior to the elections, so that if someone did fail, they would have time to make it up, but, it would also keep the election campaigns from starting 2 years in advance. And, everytime you decided to run, you need to take another exam, that way we'd know you're up on what current laws and Constitutional interpretations are.
After the ignorance displayed by Cantor, I think this would be a great idea.
Discuss........
I have a solution........
Now, when you graduated HS and went into college, you had to take entrance exams to show that you had the intelligence to complete a degree, they're called the SATS.
When I entered the Navy, I also had to take an entrance exam called the ASVAB (which is probably much easier than the SATS), but, you had to meet a minimum score, otherwise the military would tell you that you don't have the skills to learn basic teamwork and training.
Now, I know that before a politician runs for either state or federal office, they have to pay a filing fee. For presidential candidates, it's about 50,000.
Me? I think that when a person shows up to file to be put on the ballot, there should be a basic exam before they are allowed to file. Nothing too hard, but something that would be geared towards what any political sciences sophmore would have to know. The tests could be administered locally by various political science professors who are currently teaching sophmore political sciences. The exam would be held in a room where the candidate would be grilled by 1-3 teachers, and they would have to meet a passing score of at least 60 percent before they would be allowed to pay their filing fee. If they pass, they are allowed to run, if they don't they are told to try again.
What's more, the test wouldn't be administered any more than 9 months prior to the elections, so that if someone did fail, they would have time to make it up, but, it would also keep the election campaigns from starting 2 years in advance. And, everytime you decided to run, you need to take another exam, that way we'd know you're up on what current laws and Constitutional interpretations are.
After the ignorance displayed by Cantor, I think this would be a great idea.
Discuss........
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