Posted on 08/13/2018 6:20:32 PM PDT by SMGFan
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) One of the four Vermont Democrats seeking the party nomination to run for governor in the fall election isnt old enough to vote, let alone drive. Ethan Sonneborn, 14, of Bristol, met the requirements to be on the primary ballot and is taking his place with the states more age-appropriate candidates on the Tuesday primary ballot, to say nothing of numerous candidate forums and debates.
I think Vermonters should take me seriously because I have practical progressive ideas, and I happen to be 14, not the other way around, Sonneborn said in a recent televised gubernatorial forum. I think that my message and my platform transcend age.
The Vermont Constitution doesnt have an age requirement for people seeking the states highest office beyond having lived in the state for four years before the election. Sonneborn qualifies.
That apparent oversight by the states founders more than 225 years ago was enough to encourage the politically precocious teen to collect the signatures needed to place him on the primary ballot.
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Yeah, he did this on his own. Someone should kick his ass and teach him about the real world. Oh, and kick his parents ass too.
Their new star, Ms. Occasional-Cortex is the same age mentally as this lad, so why not?
“I have practical progressive ideas”
Oh boy. The Youth are ruined!
I hope he gives it a good effort. It wouldn’t surprise me if a 14-year-old could hold his own with adult “progressives.” Several of my children have been informed, articulate conservatives at 14.
I am sure that the little twerp has all the answers...
He’s a teenager, of course he does. Wouldn’t it be funny if he wins the Democratic primary. Everyone in Vermont, let’s the vote out and help.
the kid’s parents should be working on his weight & save the politics for later.
The kid has not missed a meal in ages from the look of him.
he is still young enough to be disillusioned by progressivism. at 14 he really has no experience to gage the validity of the libral shit that has been put into his head.
Of the four democrats, the kid is probably the least insane.
Another budding liberal a-hole. Swell
Given these choices, I'd go for the dance festival organizer. She's had to do something practical.
I was a Republican by the time I was 14.
Doyle Connor was elected to the Florida Senate when he was 17.
A one-cell amoeba is more qualified to hold elective office than an DemonRat, whatever their age.
I don’t think VT has a governor’s mansion. Is mommy going to drive him to the State House in Montpelier?
There are a lot of rat idiots in the world - the same mentality that allowed a ship in the UK to be named “Boaty McBoatface” - perhaps enough in Vermont to actually elect this young douche. Would serve them right.
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