Is it true that to be  president of the USA you need an IQ of less than 10 (or smoke cigars)?
111371
Only if you are running on the Republican ticket.
220118
Did you know the smartest people are the ones that act dumb? Take Einstein, he wasn't a great student in school. And if you see how he talks you wouldn't consider him smart. Most genius are mental and not verbal. Not saying Bush is a genius, just saying he is smarter than you think if you consider how he fooled us all into a war. I wanted Bin Laden's head for 9/11 and got all these innocent dead people instead.
843919
I'm pretty sure the United States has/had some of the best universities in the world.\n\nI'd also be willing to bet that any person who has the ability to become president of the United States (however it's done) is at least 50% smarter and 50% more intelligent and has 50% more ability than the average American as well as the average person. Bad president DOES NOT equal stupid person.... honestly, people, think about what you are saying....\n\nA vote for my post is a vote for bringing objectivity back into reality.
131268
No I can't since the current law requires the president to be an American-born citizen. Now an American of African decent, no problem. I just watched Colin Powell on Leno last night with the hopes that he would soften a little on the idea of running for President. He would be a good one.
719352
Well, all it seems to take for President nowadays is the ability to make decisions -- doesn't really matter if they're good ones, and obviously knowledge of the law is not required.\n\nAs long as a person looks good on TV and can generate soundbites, that seems to fit the requirements.
317307
No, I see intelligence in it. As long as you do not turncoat from repuglican rhetoric then you are smarter then half of the people in 04
443445
Doesn't really. A persons IQ is fairly constant, basically almost the same throughout its entire life. It is only our level of education that changes. \nThe more educated people a country has the more productive it becomes. \nEconomy and politics are more or less the same thing nowdays. Without a well-trained work force with a high level of education a country cannot be competitive on the global market.
63426
Are you talking about George W. Bush or George H.W. Bush or some other George Bush?  Your sentence should read "He faked his way through college on a phony scholarship."  I wonder what is your IQ?  You can't even form your thoughts into the form of a question.  I worry about people who are so shallow that they base their whole selfworth on a high IQ score.  If they need to brag about it online, that should give you some insight into their insecurity.  As for President George W. Bush, one should remember that wisdom and character are not based on IQ.  Anyway to think that he has an IQ of 88 is silly.  I'm sure Bill Clinton had a higher IQ, but he scored a zero in the wisdom and character test.\n\nNOTE TO Under Dog:\nI have read what you wrote about me.  I apologize if I have offended you.  I now understand that you do not want to debate or have differing points of view expressed when you post a nonquestion.  I have learned from an associate that you suffer from use of the drug effexor and that it may not be helping you with your depression.  This might explain your anger with me and your frustration with life.  Please, for your own sake, get some help.  Don't take it all so seriously.  Have some fun.\n\nGood luck!
886347
The first requirement for becoming president of the USA is you must have been born in the USA.\n\nFrom my perspective here in UK, I think getting to be president is extremely difficult, even for a very rich person.  However, you do not have to actually be that rich because a lot of the money is put up by supporters and businesses and private individuals by way of donations.\n\nThere have been one or two not very rich men who got to be president of the USA.  I'm thinking in particular of Abraham Lincoln.  Much of the money which helped get him elected came from Welsh support in the State of New York and from Wales.  Abe was a small town lawyer but eventually got elected mainly on the anti-slave ticket and was backed by the powerful anti slave or abolitionist movement.\n\nWhere to start?  You could try local politics and then move up from there - its a long haul but worth all the effort.\n\nAs for the 'democracy' angle, I think it best for the most part to ignore this word.  It has no real meaning in modern government, which is in effect more of an elected dictatorship.\n\nOne thing you do need in politics is a skin as thick as a rhinoceros.  Just about everyone is going to be sniping at you once your in public office.\n\nGood luck and please study political science.
1040462
Sounds like its a slang term for a test. like POTUS ( president of the united states )
221187
i woman of corse yes.BUT  child...no i dont think that a child would ever be mature enough and have to knowledge and political strength to ever lead a country...unless the child has the mind of a grown person lol...anyways its against the rules...a person has to be at least 35 to even run for president.
122471
no.. you have to be an american by birth, in the united states.. besides would you want an israili or packistani in the oval office???  HELLO..
949083
I am the President of the United States.  That statement was stupid on many levels.  It's also like this one.\n\nThe following statement is true\nThe previous statement is false.\n\nI lifted that from George Carlin.
661725
Due to the fact that the president's intelligence quotient is 96, a bum on the street has a good chance of being smarter than our president.\n\nPatriotic Man:  How can you be so "smart" to say that you are more intelligent than someone you have never met when you are ridiculing Daniel for doing the same thing?  You are what me and Daniel in Wisconsin call a DUMBASS.
1053313
IQ is not a requirement - \nand voters prefer the mentally disabled candidates
488738
NO it can ONLY be awarded by the president of the United States, It may be presented by a lower ranking officer.
314874
Section One of Article II of the U.S. Constitution establishes the requirements one must meet in order to become President. The president must be a natural-born citizen of the United States (or a citizen of the United States at the time the U.S. Constitution was adopted), be at least 35 years old, and have been a resident of the United States for 14 years.\n\nThe natural-born citizenship requirement has been the subject of controversy recently. Some commentators argue that the clause should be repealed because it excludes qualified people based on so-called "technicalities", and fails to appreciate the contributions made by immigrants to American society. Supporters counter that the requirement protects the United States from foreign interference — another country could send an emigrant to the United States and through subterfuge get them elected. Many prominent public officials are barred from the presidency because they are not natural-born citizens (for example, Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and Madeleine Albright, and Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger of California and Jennifer Granholm of Michigan), as well as other well-known persons born in other countries who have done great service for the United States (Bob Hope). Constitutional amendments are occasionally proposed to remove or modify this requirement, but none has been successful.\n\nThe only time recently that the natural-born citizenship requirement has been implicated in regard to a presidential candidate was in 1968. That year, Michigan Governor George W. Romney was a candidate for the Republican nomination for president. Romney had been born in Chihuahua, Mexico to American parents. However, Romney's campaign fizzled and the question was never seriously discussed.