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Norbert9

(494 posts)
Tue May 2, 2017, 10:50 PM May 2017

We must make neuropsychological testing a prerequisite for being POTUS

He's beyond gone. It's more than a full time job to keep up with his demented tweets. What safety nets will be put in place to make sure such an unqualified buffoon does not return to the office?

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We must make neuropsychological testing a prerequisite for being POTUS (Original Post) Norbert9 May 2017 OP
That's what the EC was supposed to do Warpy May 2017 #1
Even just brain and a heart would be a good thing C_U_L8R May 2017 #2

Warpy

(111,255 posts)
1. That's what the EC was supposed to do
Tue May 2, 2017, 11:04 PM
May 2017

instead of just rubberstamping their party's choice. They were supposed to keep dangerous populists who are too ignorant to run the country out of office, that's the core reason for it. The founders feared "the rabble" and were afraid the landless and uneducated would fall for frauds and demagogues every time and needed a fail safe to keep them from destroying the country.

Turns out they were dead wrong, that the people have generally made the better choice and the EC has put unfit men into office more than once.

C_U_L8R

(45,001 posts)
2. Even just brain and a heart would be a good thing
Tue May 2, 2017, 11:25 PM
May 2017

How this ridiculous doofus blustered his way into office is appalling

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