Posted on 07/21/2013 9:20:29 AM PDT by Ira_Louvin
Sen. Ted Cruz rejected questions Sunday over his eligibility to be president, saying that although he was born in Canada “the facts are clear” that he’s a U.S. citizen. “My mother was born in Wilmington, Delaware. She’s a U.S. citizen, so I’m a U.S. citizen by birth,” Cruz told ABC. “I’m not going to engage in a legal debate.” The Texas senator was born in Calgary, where his mother and father were working in the oil business. His father, Rafael Cruz, left Cuba in the 1950s to study at the University of Texas and subsequently became a naturalized citizen.
President Obama has been hounded by critics who contend he was born outside the U.S. and, therefore, ineligible to win the White House. Obama was born in Hawaii. But some Democratic critics have taken the same charge against Obama by so-called “birthers” and turned it against Cruz. The Supreme Court has not definitively ruled on presidential eligibility requirements. But a congressional study concludes that the constitutional requirement that a president be “a natural born citizen” includes those born abroad of one citizen parent who has met U.S. residency requirements.
“I can tell you where I was born and who my parents were. And then as a legal matter, others can worry about that. I’m not going to engage,” Cruz said in the interview with “This Week” on ABC.
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Hey fool, read the other posts on this very thread. There is plenty of refutation for your little brain to contemplate. You don’t rate special attention and repetition of JW’s fecal floaters.
It's interesting how you describe those who post the facts and make rational arguments as "Alinskyesque," rather than even attempting to show they're wrong.
People simply ignore that point. Posterity means DESCENDANTS, not people who just happened to be born here.
The meaning of Article II is written right there in the Preamble. "To Secure the Blessings of Liberty for Ourselves and our POSTERITY" Meaning our children and our descendants.
And yet you offer your uniformed support to the a particular side and then have the gall to get testy when called out on your ignorance of the topic.
Apparently you are not only too stupid to comprehend the other posts on this thread but you also admit you have not followed the issues. So why is it you think you rate a lengthy repetition of the dungpile your little friend jiffy has posted?
Let me follow your reasoning: you think it’d be better if the juvenile behavior I see on this thread not be “public?” That’s a plan for victory. Go Birthers!
I said I didn’t follow the McCain “legislation.” Learn to read, woman.
No, I prefer to believe the historians quoted in post #321.
Yaelle, I added some more from my earlier post. All are in agreement that the purpose of the grandfather clause was not what DiogenesLamp adamantly claims it was.
Actually, people did dispute that. Most notably, a University of California professor wrote a paper arguing that "because Senator John McCain was not a citizen at birth, he is not a nnatural born Citizen' and thus is not 'eligible to the Office of President' under the Constitution."
It wasn't a bill, anyway, it was just a resolution "recognizing that John Sidney McCain, III, is a natural born citizen." In other words, they weren't claiming that the "bill" made him eligible, merely that they were recognizing his eligibility.
There's no "selective editing." The purpose of my quotation was to show that the grandfather clause wasn't passed to make George Washington eligible. The later words you quote weren't relevant to that purpose.
We are sick of reading your constant idiocy and your custom stretched "crap-truths". When you grow up, perhaps it will be worthwhile to pay more attention to you, but for now, your opinion is unworthy of consideration.
You are a delicate and pleasantly scented flower among the few odious thorns on this thread. You one of the great assets of Freerepublic, with facts and data at your fingertips, able to offer truth unabashed. Thank you for just being you, m’lady. I am not so tolerant as you, so I can appreciate the strength of your character.
So you aren’t informed but feel free to pick a side and won’t take responsibility for it. Got it.
By the way, I’ve seen your posts before. You are no innocent bystander.
Nice try though.
Anybody that follows one of your links is wasting time that would be better spent doing anything else.
Unfortunately, there are a number of people who have lost their mind over the issue.
You asked me a question, I asked some in return. You appear to believe the McCain issue is relevant. But you have yet to prove it. God [pun intended], I feel like I’m on the Religion Forum.
Bwahahaha, you post that detritus to a 68 years old man? Bwahahahaha, perhaps a name change to ‘foolboy’ is in your future?
More garbage from Jeff.
Rotfl.
I downloaded the opinion, the dissent and the “syllabus” from Wong Kim Ark. I only found one case of “natural born” with my browser search but when I tried “natural-born” I found 34 more. I appreciate all the data - from both sides. I’ll get to reading it some time and then recheck further discussion on this thread. Alas I have return to work on complying with Obama, specifically his latest HIPAA regulations. A task the Founders and Framers would all have considered grounds for revolution.
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