Posted on 12/14/2009 7:02:03 AM PST by Danae
Students of history know that history repeats itself, and today we are reliving the past of 1880s. Some of the similarities between the 21st President and the 44th are startling, and the ramifications are huge.
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During the campaign of 1880, questions were asked about Chesters birth place, but just as today, those doing the research were looking in the wrong direction. Arthurs father, William Arthur was a British citizen at the time of the future Presidents birth. Born in Ballymena, Ireland in 1796 he would not become a Naturalized citizen until August 31st, 1843. No one ever checked into his immigration status at the time of his sons birth. Chester Arthur, 14 at the time his father was naturalized, and would surely have known this. Sound somewhat familiar?
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Today, a direct and startlingly similar situation exists between President Arthur and President Obama. The 44th President was also born to a British citizen, not a naturalized citizen of the United States. For the same reasons both Presidents were not eligible for the office, the only difference lay in Barack Obamas public admission of his fathers status:
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“But in the very least you can admit that there COULD be circles within the natural born citizen circle, which in and of itself blows to hell all you bluster about native born citizens having a seperate name proving that they are a seperate class.”
I only said that because I wasn’t sure you knew that Both men and women could be natural born. If their parents were citizens, they’re NBCs whether they are boys or girls.
“Whats it like to live in a world where everyone who disagrees with you is an agent of The Enemy?”
I don’t know. What’s it like?
Just because I may be superior to you in intellect and facts, it doesn’t mean that you aren’t superior to me in stubborness and nah nee nah nee boo boo.
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