Posted on 04/18/2015 6:19:14 PM PDT by Kaslin
Time.com's Zeke Miller tweeted yesterday that a "reporter" asked recently declared presidential candidate Marco Rubio of Florida the following question: "Is 43 old enough to be president?" Meanwhile, two weeks ago, a column at Time.com claimed that Hillary Clinton is "biologically primed to be a leader." Seriously.
Since he either can't or won't tell us who asked the question, we're unable to determine if the "reporter" to whom Miller referred was asking the question because he or she doesn't know the Constitution or was trying to bait Rubio into giving an answer implicitly or explicitly criticizing other candidates. It would be worth knowing, because the first answer betrays ignorance, while the second reveals bias and a likely double standard in interviewing. Miller's tweet, which includes Rubio's priceless answer, is after the jump:
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Thanks. I was about to write that too. JFK was 43 years old when elected POTUS.
I think those liberals who are using Rubio’s age against him are hoping we will not remember JFK’s age or they are too ignorant to know it themselves.
How, pray tell, does Hillary being post-menopausal makes her ‘perfect?’
I mean, get real!
HITLERY HAS PERMANENT PMS!
Zer0 was 47 years, Kennedy was 43 years, Theodore Roosevelt was 40 years, Grover Cleveland was 47 years, and Ulysses S. Grant was 46 years,
Rubio’s age is not the problem. His stand on granting amnesty to the squatters is the problem.
I like Rubio. I could see myself voting for the man.
I like that he is pretty accomplished at a young age. I tend to respect Cubans for their work ethic and conservatism.
Compared to Obama, this guy is significantly more qualified than Obama.
Is he perfect? Nope. But he is pretty darned good.
liars never make good leaders ... Rubio always tell “his truth” when speaking in Spanish ... not so much for his “English speeches” so much I think ...
If Rubio were elected, he would be 45 on inauguration day—less than a year younger than Bill Clinton was when he became President, or, for that matter, less than a year younger than Ulysses S. Grant was when he became President. To be sure, Grant had a more impressive resume.
Rubio looks young, but he is actually older than Bobby Jindal (by a couple of weeks) and just a few months younger than Ted Cruz.
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