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To: Fantasywriter
What’s hilarious is that our #1 [anti-Birther] has been stating since he joined the site that one thing & one thing only is necessary: birth on American soil.

Another of your false claims. I've many times cited to the statement by James Madison that mainly it's birth that is the criterion; but sometimes parentage. So birth on the soil is sufficient, but the English law from which ours was derived recognized birth to parents abroad. Your low watt bulb just can't seem to follow along.

The thing you seem not to get is that some insist that was the original rule, and based on that supposed rule it's claimed Cruz is not eligible. I am the one here opposing that rule. There was no "two citizen parent" requirement; so that is no obstacle to Cruz.

It's like Alice in Wonderland here. I'm stridently opposing the (false) rule which some conservatives claim makes Cruz ineligible, and the likes of you critique me for that.

So was the "two citizen parent" requirement adopted into Article II? Or not?

Let me help you out here: no, it was not.

226 posted on 02/02/2015 6:31:20 AM PST by CpnHook
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To: CpnHook

What is your earliest citation of the Madison statement? Was it when you joined up and preached jus soli all day every day? Or was it after the site owner threw his support behind Cruz?


227 posted on 02/02/2015 6:38:05 AM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: CpnHook

I moved a paragraph in the post above. By “some insist that was the original rule” I meant the “two citizen parent rule.”


228 posted on 02/02/2015 6:42:48 AM PST by CpnHook
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To: CpnHook

Oh, and are you saying the Madison statement sets jus soli aside, and makes Cruz fully eligible? Would you support Cruz if he runs, and celebrate if he wins?


229 posted on 02/02/2015 6:43:12 AM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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