“I was speaking with one of these business owners who owns a couple of restaurants in town,” Romney said. “And he said ‘You know I’d like to change the Constitution, I’m not sure I can do it,’ he said. ‘I’d like to have a provision in the Constitution that in addition to the age of the president and the citizenship of the president and the birthplace of the president being set by the Constitution, I’d like it also to say that the president has to spend at least three years working in business before he could become president of the United States.‘”
Romney continued: “You see then he or she would understand that the policies they’re putting in place have to encourage small business, make it easier for business to grow. (here)
Okay. So I see his point. So, in order to understand how someone should govern as President. They should also have served in the military (Um, Romney went to France after he protested to support the draft).
Also, they should be poor for a while and have to stand in line for welfare (um, R-money is worth a quarter of a billion dollars).
They should also be a minority. And a woman. And gay.
And a student who has a massive amount of student loans.
And a farmer.
And a factory worker.
And a coal miner.
Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).
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Good post. Romney’s grasping a gold-plated straws to fabricate humanity. It’s not working.
And a citizen of Vietnam, and a citizen of Iraq, and a citizen of Afghanistan, and a citizen of Nicaragua, and a citizen of all the many other places where the US has been throwing its weight around and acting the global bully boy.
I am not sure being called ‘Mitt’ is an advantage but it’s probably better than his first name, Willard, which is a willie like a dick. Sorry – that’s vulgar and nothing but ad hominen but he says such extraordinary things, it’s quite difficult to know where to turn. I wouldn’t vote for someone that extraordinary… I’ll go and wash my mouth out with soap…..
Syria and Iran, here we come. War makes good business (except for the young 18 year old’s that actually have to fight it, while the generals and politicians line themselves up for profits as revolving door defense consultants). Mitt will love DC.
Was Mitt a small business owner? I sure Mitt has good business sense, but he didn’t create anything.
did not create anything except an extraordinarily high opinion of himself and a few fantasies.
And a stay-at-home parent, widow, foster child, adopted, get laid off, have a special needs child, and be the victim of serious violent and property crimes … you know, just to get every relevant experience.
I’m not sure that bullying and animal cruelty experience were really necessary, though.
I don’t like much of anyone this year. Blasted Neo-Cons.