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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nelson Atwell" data-source="post: 541152" data-attributes="member: 59102">Anyone that the US voter selects is fit to be President.  That is the beauty of our system.  There is no birth-right as in a monarchy.  There is also no sort of special requirements either.  You just have to meet the qualifications set forth in the Constitution -- be born in the US and meet the minimum age.There are folks that have been elected to be President that would not pass a military physical (FDR is one example).  There are others that would not be granted even a basic security clearance (I won't give an example of this, since it would make my statement too politically charged).  It is ironic to think that every Private in the Army has been screened more than our President is required to be.In any case, whoever is selected by the populace deserves to be in the office.  That is the only qualification.  You can argue about it until you are blue in the face, but until the Constitution is changed, you will always be wrong.</blockquote>