Yes, Ted Cruz Can be President

Cato Institute ^ | August 26, 2013 | Ilya Shapiro

[highball]

When I concluded in post 300 That Natural Born Citizen means, a person born of citizen parents both mother and father loyal only to the USA. That was a contextual conclusion based the logic of the framers.

Yes. Unfortunately, it's counter to what the Founders actually wrote into the Constitution, and also counter to at least what one prominent Founder, James Madison (who knew a thing or two about our greatest document) believed.

Guesses and extrapolations about intent can never trump their actual clear words.

[Constitution 123]

"it's counter to what the Founders actually wrote into the Constitution""""

You and I read the same words. To me they are quite clear. Yet you think they mean something they don't mean.

I have an idea.... Let others here read what I wrote in post 300 and then read your reply. Most with sufficient grey matter will agree with me.

[highball]

There we go.

Childish personal insults reveal a lack of faith in your argument.

I don’t blame you - the argument is emotional piffle, PC nonsense and frankly very unworthy of both you and the forum.

Enjoy your penumbras. I’ll stick with what the beautiful document actually says.

[Jim Robinson]

He’ll be getting my vote too. If Cruz runs and he’s the strongest conservative running, FR will be Cruz Country. And I believe millions of patriotic grassroots tea party conservatives will be right there with us.

[Constitution 123]

""""Childish personal insults reveal a lack of faith in your argument."""""

Thank you so much for your analysis of my subconscious motivation. And also, thanks for not blaming me. I feel so much better now. It is hard to believe that you're providing this service for free!

But seriously, the reality is quite opposite.... I am confident in my position with regards to the intent of the framers when they authored the NBC eligibility requirement for president.

The fact that you think that I was childishly and personally insulting you when I just said that people with grey matter will agree with me, may be something for you to think about.

[WildHighlander57]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3059031/posts?page=295#295

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3059031/posts?page=305#305

...Point of Wilson is that no divorce from Wilson was found. ...”

Two points to consider:

A)There didn’t have to be a divorce of Eleanor and a guy named Wilson for her name to be Wilson.

Did Eleanor’s mom remarry?

Did Eleanor’s name change from Darragh to Wilson as a result of that?

B) in addition to the Texas statute presuming the husband is the father, there was (and still is) common law marriage in Texas.

So there doesn’t necessarily have to be anything on record in a county in Texas .

Situation in B) could be true for Darragh to Wilson and Wilson to Cruz.

[BigEdLB]

As my late mother said about people of dubious origins, “A buzzard laid him on a tree stump”. This does explain Obama, be the buzzard be in Kenya or Hawaii