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Letter: Some voters don’t have a clue

The Columbian
Published: November 3, 2011, 5:00pm

Those who worry about Democrats vs. Republicans, relax, here is our real problem. In a Purdue University classroom, students were discussing qualifications to be president of the United States. It was pretty simple. The candidate must be a natural born citizen at least 35 years of age. However, one girl in the class immediately started in on how unfair was the requirement to be a natural born citizen. In short, her opinion was that this requirement prevented many capable individuals from becoming president. The class was letting her rant, and not many jaws hit the floor when she wrapped up her argument by stating, “What makes a natural born citizen any more qualified to lead this country than one born by C-section?” Yep, these are the same people who are now voting in our elections.

I’m disgusted with voters who don’t have a clue what’s going on. I’m disgusted with Occupy whatever that litter our parks, costing taxpayer money, obviously not looking for a job, and have no clear agenda or plan. Most of all, I’m disgusted with our politicians in all our parties who do nothing but protect their comfy jobs. It’s time for term limits.

Roger Womack

Vancouver

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