Before I was hired by the police department in south Florida, I had to pass a number of tests. I believe that our presidential candidates should be subjected to the same requirements. After all, if the FBI, Secret Service or Homeland Security considers you a threat, so should the voters.

• Polygraph
• Psychological
• Medical
• FBI background check
• Swim Test

Why? Easy:

Polygraph: There is so much lying or untruths in the presidential campaigns that voters need a polygraph examiner to determine the truth.

Psychological: (MMPI) A psych test with over 900 psych questions created to weed out sociopaths, psychopaths and other mild mental problems such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Medical: Is the candidate going to drop dead from cancer, heart attack, stroke in the next 4 years? Voters want to know.

FBI Background check: Voters want to know who the candidate has associated with throughout his life. If the FBI doesn't want to hire you, the voter doesn't want to vote for you either.

Swim Test: It's a sink-or-swim type of job. If the candidate can't swim in the deep end, he should stay in the kiddie pool.