Posted on 01/10/2016 12:52:07 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Link only: http://magicvalley.com/news/opinion/columns/other-view-why-rubio-is-fleeing-the-establishment/article_11736d0f-be40-53f1-b803-ae8e292946dc.html
Link to article: http://magicvalley.com/news/opinion/columns/other-view-why-rubio-is-fleeing-the-establishment/article_11736d0f-be40-53f1-b803-ae8e292946dc.html
Its written from a leftist POV
Rubio is wasting his time. He campaigned for US Senate as a Tea Party candidate, and I believed him. US Senator Rubio immediately joined the Gang of Eight, advocating Amnesty. I don't care how far right Candidate Rubio pretends to be - I know "President" Rubio would do just what we saw from US Senator Rubio.
I will not vote for Jeb/Rubio/Christie in the primary or in the general election. Nominating any of the three will result in a repeat of 2008/2012.
Rubio LIed from his heart directly to my face in Lake City, FL on June 5,2010.
He is now lying to us about the Article 5 statements as well.
We agree completely on Rubio. He’s a slick campaigner, but enough conservatives are quick learners that we will avoid making that mistake again.
Ditto everyone.. Not falling for any more of Rubio’s fakiness. He is turning into Charlie Crist right before our eyes. Now elevator shoes to matche Jeb’s tippie toe stunt. Gang of 8 was already the last straw. Where does one go after the last straw? Go Trump - Go Cruz.
First time I saw him, I said: “ I wouldn’t buy a used car from that guy. “
Just a first impression opinion judging a book by it’s cover based on half a century of experience.
even if he is elected.
“Like!” Thumbs Up! Right ON! Right ON! Right ON!
We all know the reason rufio is not running for reelection to his senate seat.He stepped on his unit with his association with the gang of eight and he knows it.
Conservatives remember that type of betrayal and no longer trust that person especially after many years of watching republican candidates in presidential elections run as conservatives in the primaries and be moderates in office. It is too late for Rubio to play that game you can only get away with once.
Very well said, Pollster1!
Marco Rubio, as the child of two non-American foreign nationals, is an anchor baby. In other words, his supposed citizenship, much less the natural born citizenship required to serve as President of the United States, is premised on a complete misinterpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment, one which ignores the clearly-stated intent of that amendment’s framers. They never intended that the children of foreign nationals would receive the precious gift of American citizenship just because they happened to be born on our territory.
Please read the following important excerpt:
” Senator Jacob Howard worked closely with Abraham Lincoln in drafting and passing the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which abolished slavery. He also served on the Senate Joint Committee on Reconstruction, which drafted the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. In 1866, Senator Jacob Howard clearly spelled out the intent of the 14th Amendment by stating:
“Every person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons. It settles the great question of citizenship and removes all doubt as to what persons are or are not citizens of the United States. This has long been a great desideratum in the jurisprudence and legislation of this country.”
This understanding was reaffirmed by Senator Edward Cowan, who stated:
“[A foreigner in the United States] has a right to the protection of the laws; but he is not a citizen in the ordinary acceptance of the word...”
The phrase “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” was intended to exclude American-born persons from automatic citizenship whose allegiance to the United States was not complete. With illegal aliens who are unlawfully in the United States, their native country has a claim of allegiance on the child. Thus, the completeness of their allegiance to the United States is impaired, which therefore precludes automatic citizenship.
Supreme Court decisions
The correct interpretation of the 14th Amendment is that an illegal alien mother is subject to the jurisdiction of her native country, as is her baby.
Over a century ago, the Supreme Court appropriately confirmed this restricted interpretation of citizenship in the so-called “Slaughter-House cases” [83 US 36 (1873) and 112 US 94 (1884)]13. In the 1884 Elk v.Wilkins case12, the phrase “subject to its jurisdiction” was interpreted to exclude “children of ministers, consuls, and citizens of foreign states born within the United States.” In Elk, the American Indian claimant was considered not an American citizen because the law required him to be “not merely subject in some respect or degree to the jurisdiction of the United States, but completely subject to their political jurisdiction and owing them direct and immediate allegiance.”
The Court essentially stated that the status of the parents determines the citizenship of the child. To qualify children for birthright citizenship, based on the 14th Amendment, parents must owe “direct and immediate allegiance” to the U.S. and be “completely subject” to its jurisdiction. In other words, they must be United States citizens.”
http://www.14thamendment.us/birthright_citizenship/original_intent.html
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