I didn’t bring up the subject, I didn’t know it was even a remote issue until inside the last 3 or 4 weeks. But once it was brought up... and so far no proof has been offered showing us that Aldo was a citizen when Rick was born, we have nothing. This should be EASY to deal with. REAL easy.
Sorry Jean, but the absence of a thing does not prove it’s existence. I am not going to buy into that logic. As far as I can tell, Rick Santorum is not answering the question, and I know it has been asked, by people who should be able to get answers. The campaign is silent, Rick is silent.... what does that tell us? It does tell us something. I can say this much, that telling isn’t coming from me, it is coming from Rick. I am merely making public note of what Rick’s actions or lack thereof tells the public. I am making an observation. I didn’t create the situation, I am noting it.
If it were a “yes” and Aldo was a citizen, then he would say yes, just like we have said about Obama since 2008 who just refused to directly answer the question. If he were a Natural Born Citizen born to two parents who were citizens then say so! It’s E A S Y to do... if it is true. If it is NOT true, then one can only speak the truth and bow out, or duck the question and hope it goes away. That was Obama’s tactic. Is Rick Santorum doing the same thing??? I would like an answer.
It isn’t a tough question, unless it can’t be shown that Aldo was a citizen when Rick was born. Then the only option Rick has is to avoid answering the question or get out of the race. Just like Obama. If this is true, then he is literally following in Obama’s footsteps, and that is not something I am going to support. I really don’t like that, I really sincerely do not like that, but I have no other option.
Here, lets use me, since my silly documents are public. Shoot and I am not even running for POTUS!I was born to two parents who were citizens when I was born. My mom was born to two Naturalized citizens - My grandfather was from England by way of Canada, my grandmother was Canadian. They were naturalized before my mom was born by just about two years. My father was born to two parents who were themselves Natural Born Citizens and we can trace that back to before the Civil war.
It is an E A S Y question.
Shoot, it could be answered by Aldo’s Military Records. Whats the hold up if he was a citizen when Rick was born? Seriously! Why duck the question?
Why is Rick relying on the STIGMA of questioning his hero father’s citizenship status? I don’t like the smell of that at all, and neither should anyone else.
I am not questioning Aldo’s heroism, nor his RIGHT to get and hold American Citizenship! He earned it on a level most Americans can’t relate to, or in some ways appreciate. That is a hugely honorable thing.
However, that does not mean that his son is an automatic Natural Born Citizen if Aldo was not himself a citizen at his birth. The father’s honorable WWII achievements is not enough to prove his son is a Natural Born Citizen. If Aldo was a citizen when Rick was born this should be EASY to document.
Easy peazie lemon squeezy easy. As my daughter would say.
Don’t ask me what the hold up is, ask Rick Santorum. He is the only one who can answer that, and frankly a lot of people are waiting for that answer.
Maybe he doesn't want to humor pinheads for whom Aldo's military service, sufficient to earn his citizenship (under U.S. Code) and dispel any notions of divided loyalty (the purpose of the NBC requiremen), apparently aren't enough?
If I were Santorum I'd tell y'all to go pound sand. I imagine he doubts there are many voters who would follow your particular path of indecent excess on this subject. And given how little traction the birther movement has gotten, he's probably right. No sane person can question Aldo Santorum's loyalty to this country in the manner that your intransigence represents.
Now, go ahead and rant how I an not a good American for refusing to follow you down your rabbit hole. See where that gets you as well, insulting conservatives on FR. I used to have sympathies for the birther movement, but you are rapidly eliminating them.