Posted on 05/06/2013 3:20:11 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
You are mistaken, and Ted Cruz has already spoken to this and in effect, has told you so.
Carville may have some high thinking on Cruz, but I suspect what is also going on here is the desire to get Cruz to fall into the typical trap. Believe the good things people say about you in the media, get all buddy buddy with them and then they drop the hammer when the timing is right.
For any conservative who is spoken highly of by liberal media, the critical thing to avoid is becoming chummy with them because they say nice things about you. You can be pretty certain after the handshake the shank will be the next thing to come.
Watch Cruz closely over the next year or so. Lets see if an uptick in appearances on TV begins to correspond with a softening of his stances, something we have seen all too often.
In the eyes of certain FReepers, Reagan was a RINO - he cut and ran from Lebanon, gave amnesty to illegals, and raised taxes. In their eyes, HE’S JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
In the eyes of certain FReepers, Jesus Christ was a RINO - He befriended and forgave tax collectors, advised people to pay their taxes to the government, and consorted with known prostitutes. In their eyes, HE’S JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
So ask yourself, why did we end up with Willard as the GOPe nominee? Because in the case of every conservative candidate, the cry rang out on every thread: YOUR GUY’S JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
The FReeper’s Definition of Conservative: “I'm not sure, but whatever it is, it sure as hell ain’t YOUR GUY!!!”
Cruz spokesman Sean Rushton has informed the media of Cruz’s belief in what natural born means. The modern day equivilant of the Founders “natural born” is “citizen by birth”, which is distinctive from “citizen by naturalization”.
Ted Cruz, and many legal scholars (of which Ted is one, having clerked for William Rehnquist and argued cases before the Supreme Court), say there are two types of citizens: one, citizen at the time of birth, two, citizen later by the naturalization process.
Now you can make demands and claims and weep and wail and accuse all you want. HE has already spoken to what he believes this means. So what can you do now? You COULD pound sand... Just sayin’...
Spokesman: ‘Senator Ted Cruz is a U.S. citizen by birth’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2995704/posts
Just to flesh it out a little more, Cruz knows the circumstances of his birth and has researched this matter. His claim of citizenship by birth is based on the fact that he attained citizenship based on his mother’s citizenship. The fact that she happened to be working in Canada the day of his birth is meaningless. He wasn’t a Canadian citizen the day of his birth, he wasn’t a man without a country the day of his birth, he was a citizen of the United States that day, therefore he never needed to become a citizen by naturalization.
All natural born means is that when born, you are a citizen. That you don’t need to become one later by being naturalized. And if you have to become one later by being naturalized, you cannot run for President of the United States.
Comes as a total shock to you, I’m sure, but isn’t shocking at all to those who know this.
I remember the last election and I almost left FR because of it (not that I would be missed). I also stopped donating to FR as a protest because my anger and disgust went right to the top.
Triple bttt! I can.t believe how some ‘freepers’ are still attacking people we will need in the next admin.
Chris Christie, after the conservatives split their votes.
Unfortunately you may well be right. Or someone worse.
I think we need to start sending money to Cruz, show our support for him!
His only viable option to win over these voters would be to acknowledge these very legitimate doubts, but point out that because this did not stop aka obama from being elected, an apparent state of Constitutional dissonance exists that can only be cleared by an open, honest national debate by the people, the press and in Congress and then formally brought to the supreme court for resolution. Of course, since the jobs of the two aka obama appointees there would be on the line, they absolutely would have to recuse themselves from taking any part in the proceedings.
When well over 90 percent of the population are unquestionably natural born Citizens per the strict blood-and-dirt definition, why can't we just pick a president who is one of those? (President Palin, yes; presidents Cruz, Rubio, Haley or Santorum, no freaking way am I voting for one of those while this issue is left in limbo...)
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