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To: Pajamajan
Yep. there are a bunch of trolls on this thread. Cruz should expect this though. He is a threat to both elitist GOP and Dems. They are both going to come after him.

Yes, after five years of listening to turdburgers such as Jeff arguing that anyone born *IN* this country is a "natural born citizen" and therefore eligible to be President, it is now those people objecting to Jeff alleging a matrially foreign born person being "Natural born" who are the "trolls."

How about we just say that anyone who has ever MET an American is a "natural born citizen"? After all, if it doesn't achieve the purpose for which it was created, and it really has no discernible purpose, why should we bother with it?

582 posted on 07/22/2013 6:15:04 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp (Partus Sequitur Patrem)
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To: DiogenesLamp
How about we just say that anyone who has ever MET an American is a "natural born citizen"?

If you can justify that standard to yourself as a voter, there isn't anything the rest of us can do about it except to try to persuade you that more is required. As a voter in a presidential election, you have a constitutional obligation to refrain from voting for a candidate who is not a NBC.

After all, if it doesn't achieve the purpose for which it was created, and it really has no discernible purpose, why should we bother with it?

Many of us would argue that the NBC does have a purpose as it, along with the 14 year residency requirement, prevents the selection of someone who has little or no connection or personal experience with the United States. Like I said, as a voter you are obliged to "bother" with these questions, but no one will imprison or fine you if you don't. We cannot have a republican government at all without some measure of trust.

I want to trust you. ;-)

585 posted on 07/22/2013 6:40:40 PM PDT by Tau Food (Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.)
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