Posted on 06/30/2011 11:56:04 AM PDT by mandaladon
Remember the buzz surrounding Arnold Schwarzenegger a few years ago, when the hot topic was whether he was upset that he couldn‘t run for president because he wasn’t a natural born citizen? It was a short-lived controversy, as Schwarzenegger understood the Constitution forbade it, and for the most part he was fine with it.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) might want to get a civics lesson from Schwarzenegger.
During a Tuesday hearing on the DREAM Act, Durbin recognized a group of young illegal aliens in attendance and said one of them may be “our president” some day.
“When I look around this room, I see America’s future, our doctors, our teachers, our nurses, our engineers, our scientists, our soldiers, our congressmen, our senators, and maybe our president,” he said, after the group stood and was recognized:
But there’s just one problem. As Schwarzenegger understands, the Constitution doesn’t allow that. CNS News explains:
Making the young people Durbin was speaking of eligible to become president would require more than passage of the DREAM Act, however. It would require a constitutional amendment.
As the U.S. Constitution now stands, even legal immigrants are not eligible to serve as president. Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5 of the Constitution says: “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.”
(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...
The man is a moron.......
Paging Mr. Halperin:
We have another dick for you to diss.
He is a traitor and should be hanged for his crimes against our soldiers.
Too many politicians, right or left..............just say what ever seems to work, its crap.
We have to move back to a Constitutional Government period.
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same..."
This is the same Dick who called our soldiers “Nazis.” I’d say it’s time to kick Illinois out of the Union if they can’t send a real American to Washington D. C.
Durbin is a Dick.
Whomever Putz Durbin runs against next time has the only campaign commercial soundbite they’ll need to win.
“If it wasn’t for politics in Illinios, Durbin couldn’t find any job.”
Neither would the Obamaloon.
If you thought Durbin took his oath to the Constitution seriously then you don’t know dick.
No, actually he is right. The WH, HLS, Immigration and the congress are all ignoring the law against illegals so one of them might damn well be president some day.
as sad as it is, I find it very hard to imagine that this will remain one country in 20 years.
What loyalty will south California have to the rest of USA or vice versa in 20 years?
how about a “dumb as a rock” montage of “durbanisms”.
What’s the big deal, there is one sitting in the white hut today.
He’s not being an idiot.
He’s telling you what he’d like to do the constitution to make it happen.
I think it’s treasonous.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.