“And why did you skip high school?” “Because I was governor of Vermont.”

* * * * *

“And why did you skip high school?” “Because I was governor of Vermont.”

> BRISTOL - Whether by design or accident, Vermont's founders imposed no age
> requirement on those who could run for governor of this state.
>
> …
>
> The constitutional quirk paved the way for Ethan Sonneborn, 13, of Bristol,
> to announce this summer that he's running for governor.
>
> Eligible candidates must have simply lived in Vermont for four years before
> the election — "which I’ve tripled, and then some," said Sonneborn, a 13-
> year resident of Vermont.
>
> …
>
> [H]e admits it will be challenging to travel the state and simultaneously
> attend eighth grade. Hitting the campaign trail will mean getting rides
> from his parents. But he expects that ultimately his age will be an asset,
> not a liability.
>
> "We elected our oldest president ever," Sonneborn said, "and he tweets like
> a kindergartner."
>

Via Jason Kottke [1], “Meet the 13-year old running for Vermont governor [2]”

I'm like, this is amusing! Bunny is like, “Of course, it's Vermont!”

More power to you, Ethan Sonneborn.

[1] http://www.kottke.org/
[2] http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/politics/2017/08/31/meet-

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