Naturalization Test

In order to become a US Citizen, immigrants must pass the Naturalization Test. American citizenship bestows the right to vote, improves the likelihood of family members living in other countries to come and live in the US, gives eligibility for federal jobs, and can be a way to demonstrate loyalty to the US (Naturalization Test, US Immigration Department).

Just looking at the cadre of candidates already elected into office from both political parties and especially the current crop of T-Baggers, I wonder if we should create a law that before you take office you too should pass an exam we insist future potential US citizens take; the NATURALIZATION TEST! We have politicians who pretend they carry the Constitution right next to their Bible and assault weapons. We have politicians who insist that it was Jesus who was the Father of this country. We have politicians who will swear on a stack of New Testament Bibles that this IS a Christian nation. We have politicians who believe the 10 Commandments IS the law of the land. We have politicians who think slavery was a wise capitalistic form of doing business. We have politicians who BELIEVE that the supremacy clause, which is part of article VI of the Constitution. (The supremacy clause contains what's known as the doctrine of pre-emption, which says that the federal government wins in the case of conflicting legislation.) is not valid because the only supremacy is that of the Lord and Savior. We have politicians who like to pick and choose the ruling of the Supreme Court, and if they don’t like that form of democracy use the excuse that the only Supreme ruling comes from Jesus.

I wonder, just how many of the current crop of bigots, racists, gerrymandered, politicians could actually pass the NATURALIZATION TEST? I would like to know that those who create the laws of the land actually know how the law of this land was created? I would like to know if the eager bunch of T-Baggers understood why tea was thrown into the river? I would like to know if those politicians who think women don’t deserve equal pay for equal work, immigrants did not create this nation, minority lives don’t matter, other than Christians can be elected to any office in the land, why our Founding Fathers made very clear a distinction between church and state, can recite the history proving them wrong! No one says you have to be brilliant to become a politician in this nation, but shouldn’t we expect that those who run this nation know as much as those who seek its citizenship?