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We no longer require that the franchise be limited to property owners, even though the idea that only those who actually own a piece of the country have a real stake in the process. We no longer limit the franchise to males of a certain race.
As a female property owner, I suddenly feel part of a really bizarre subset of the population.
I don't think it makes any more sense to limit eligibility for the presidency to a certain arbitrary subset of the population. Is the ability to make war properly the defining capability of most administrations? And while Bush may be extraordinarily bad at it, Clinton didn't seem to do a half bad job. And hey, if Clinton had been excluded on this kind of ridiculous premise, who might we have elected--or reelected?
Entertaining premise, but really, really bad public policy, Mr. Keillor.
But your monologue on Cheney last week? That, sir, was Comedy.
