God Bless America, But I Can’t be the President of USA. Thank You!
Dr. Hasan A. Yahya, Professor of Sociology.
Have you ever thought like me, to be the President. The idea came to me several times and people and friends asked me to apply. But I am a little short of the Office of the President of USA qualifications. In the past few years, some hundreds of people encouraged me to do just that.
Will, I said: I wish, but it is impossible without changing the Constitution.
But you are well qualified for the Office, you will be a great president. You are highly qualified, and have I.Q. 147 score, much higher than many presidents. Take for example, President Barack Obama, he has I.Q. score of 127, and the previous one may have less.
May be it’s true, I replied. “But this is not enough. The Constitution is clear, even though not fair in this regard.
How’s that? People continue to ask.
It’s simple, I said: “The US Constitution, Article II, Section 1 reads: “No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.”
Unfortunately I am a little short of these qualifications to be nominated for the Office of the President of the United States of America. The first qualification as you see, is unfair for millions of Americans like myself, who were not natural born citizens, like the other millions who immigrated to this blessed country, and were born not citizens at the time of the adoption of the constitution.
One listener to my answer, said: But this is unfair in America, the dream land of liberty, freedom and equality.
Other person said: The constitution should be changed. We have to do something.
Others said: But this needs time and power to change the constitution. It may need generations to change it.
I said: No matter how long this will take, I think it is the right of all citizens of the United States to be qualified for the Office of the President. Because America is not governed by one person, King or Queen. Or “the natural born citizen”. The idea should be the seeds for changing the Constitution, where every citizen (female and male) should look at and work for. If the nomination was nullified in my times, it should succeed in the future. Immigrants who are qualified for the Office of the United States should be equally treated as citizens.
It is my belief, that according to human rights in a leading great democratic nation like America, every person, male or female should be qualified for the Office of the United States of America.
Suppose I was born one day before becoming citizen with my family. Should I be disqualified for the Office of the President for that reason?
I represent millions of deprived persons from that honor, I strongly think, and strongly believe, this condition in the Constitution should disappear in the coming or next, or 2020, Presidential nominations.. There are many immigrants who love America and defend American interests, learn and grew up in America, loved and married their girl, boy or same friends much more than the qualified natural born citizen President? I hope this will find ears to listen and brains to think about in the coming decades. God Bless America. Amen. (605 words) www.dryahyatv.com
Summary:
Hasan A. Yahya is an American writer, scholar, and professor of philosophy. He’s the honorary member of the Arab & Muslim Writers Union-A&MWU). Has a 2 Ph.d degrees from MSU. He published 40 books (29 Arabic and 11 English), and 230 plus articles on sociology, religion, psychology, politics, poetry, and short stories. Philosophically, his writings concern logic, justice and human rights worldwide. Dr. Yahya is the author of Crescentologism: The Moon Theory, and Islam Finds its Way, on Amazon. He’s an expert on Arab and Islamic cultures, and was invited to several TV shows and international conferences on religion, world affairs and future strategic planning. email: askdryahya@yahoo.com