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"The simple fact that Soetoro is a Socialist makes him constitutionally ineligible to hold elected office in America. "

Why is that? Serious question...

[Objective Scrutator]

The Tenth Amendment states that powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution are reserved to the states or the people. This is incompatible with the philosophy of socialism, which states that power must be centralized within a single (federal) government as much as possible. Ergo, holding such a philosophy makes one ineligible for federal office. Granted, this argument is not sufficient to disqualify Socialists from state or local governments, because the only things the states are not allowed to do are violate the other amendments (this is why local and statewide gun control bills are unconstitutional, but a Vermont bill to have a statewide socialist healthcare system would not be explicitly forbidden by the Constitution).

Socialists also generally believe that international law supercedes the Constitution, a belief which is explicitly forbidden by the Constitution. This argument, admittedly, would not work on the National Socialists, but Democrats are International Socialists.