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To: Art in Idaho
As I understand it, a felon is likely ineligible for the presidency."

Nope, if otherwise qualified, they are as eligible as anyone. IIRC, we have more than one Convicted Felon in Congress. Obama's congressman, and Black Panther Bobby Rush(D-Chicago) for example. Alcee Hastings(D-FL 23) for another.(Now that is Gerrymandered District if I ever saw one.) Although technically Hastings is a not a *convicted* felon, but, as a Carter appointed Federal judge, he was impeached by a Democrate House and convicted in the (Democrat) Senate for taking a $150K (1981 dollars) bribe from a racketeer.

Now a President could be impeached and convicted for committing a felony, if in their judgment it rose to the status of "high crime". Diddling the interns and lying under oath apparently does not, if the President In Question is a 'Rat that is.

281 posted on 07/21/2009 3:51:56 PM PDT by El Gato
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To: El Gato
"As I understand it, a felon is likely ineligible for the presidency."

Nope, if otherwise qualified, they are as eligible as anyone.

I stand corrected. Read that somwhere. .

301 posted on 07/21/2009 6:39:03 PM PDT by Art in Idaho
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