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Hissyspit

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Mon Aug 13, 2012, 05:25 PM Aug 2012

Paul Ryan Not Qualified to Be President, According to Mitt Romney Proposal This Year

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/13/paul-ryan-qualifications-mitt-romney_n_1773303.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009

Paul Ryan Not Qualified To Be President, According To Mitt Romney Proposal This Year

The Huffington Post | By Nick Wing

Posted: 08/13/2012 2:37 pm Updated: 08/13/2012 4:31 pm

GOP vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is a skilled bowhunter and one-time Oscar Meyer Weinermobile jockey, but according to a proposal laid out earlier this year by Mitt Romney, he probably doesn't have the business accumen to serve as president.

Speaking at a campaign event in May, Romney appeared to endorse a supporter's idea for a constitutional amendment stating that a “president has to spend at least three years working in business before he can become president of the United States."

Romney continued, "You see, then he or she would understand that the policies they're putting into place have to encourage small business, make it easier for business to grow.”

(Video above via BuzzFeed)

Of course, the problem here is that Ryan, doesn't actually meet this criteria. From the Associated Press:

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