Romney pitches a Constitutional requirement

Romney pitches a Constitutional requirement that would keep Lincoln, Eisenhower, and others from being President. bit.ly/JRC3BC

Speaking at a campaign rally in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Governor Mitt Romney decided to share an
idea with his audience——an idea calling for a constitutional amendment requiring that a three year business background be required as a prerequisite for becoming President of the United States.

So, how good is this latest Romney’s idea? Would we be a better nation had the Founders been clever enough to include such a requirement in their original draft of the U.S. Constitution?

Had our Founders shared in the wisdom of the Romney proposal,  it would have been bye bye Honest Abe Lincoln .  While Lincoln twice attempted to start a business , he was such a miserable failure at the process that neither business lasted more than a year and left him deeply in debt. Thus, he would have failed the three year test of Romney’s concept of what he believes is required to be an adequate president.