Arnold for president?: Ted K backs allowing foreign-borns to run

The Boston Herald ^ | Monday, March 22, 2004 | Jules Crittenden and Noelle Straub

[Radix]

I sometimes think that Massachusetts should be designated a foreign country, and that natives here should not be allowed to run for political office.

[EEDUDE]

Ted Kennedy is mentally deranged.

He's really come unglued since 2000.

[GraniteStateConservative]

While there is speculation that Kennedy might be backing the amendment in order to allow someone like Granholm a place on the Democratic ticket, Watanabe said, there is probably insufficient time in this year's election cycle to allow the two-thirds votes in both the House and Senate and the two-thirds ratification by the states that an amendment would require.

You think?

[Gefreiter]

MA is tiny but the political and cultural gaps between east and west are huge. Let Boston be in the EU. The rest of us like it in this country.

[xrp]

He is 72 years old. He's approaching the end of his life expectancy. He's grossly obese, too.

[Eccl 10:2]

Dems want to make Osama vice-president.

[trebb]

``Most American historians believe that it's probably an anachronism in any event, due to the time, and I would (support the change),'' Kennedy said on

Let's do the "Kerry test" on this one and ask Teddy to name five credible American historians that think it's an anachronism...

If he can make the statement, he must have studied up on it...

[DM1]

to be honest i am surprised he lasted this long the obvious health nut that he is

[Prime Choice]

Gee, that's really keen...pass a law to allow a foreign born person to become leader of our nation.

How much longer until we try on "President bin Laden"?

[WHBates]

I thought the Democrats were against outsourcing?

[kellynla]

Ahnold POUS? ya gotta be kiddin' me right? LMAO Why Ahnold can't even handle the job he's got now...
And who cares what the MA drunk whale thinks...let us know when the lard ass comes up with a better story as to what really happened the night he got drunk and left the woman to die at Chappaquidick.

I did catch the drunk's answer to Russert's first question and wouldn't you know it would be a lie...he says "Bush entered the war in Iraq UNILATERALLY"...maybe the drunk was on a bender at the time but it is well documented that we went to the UN and got unanimous resolutions passed to demand that Iraq account for the WMD or else before we finally went to war with several countries in the coalition against Saddam... Kennedy & Kerry should coauthor a book "How to lie." Better yet, maybe they should read "How to lie convincingly!"

[Seruzawa]

He is 72 years old. He's approaching the end of his life expectancy. He's grossly obese, too.

And you can bet he's on a whole bunch of meds including crap like Paxil. That will really screw you up. As if he wasn't screwed up enough already.

[tomball]

``I think in general people think the provision is anachronistic. People who become citizens should have all the rights of citizenship,'' said Paul Watanabe of the University of Massachusetts at Boston, a Utah-born child of immigrant parents. ``Most people would be prepared to say that's a judgment that could be exercised by the electorate rather than mandated by the Constitution.''

This is rather scary considering the INS has been Kennedy's domain since Clinton installed him there.  It was specifically under Kennedy's  watch that the terrorists were allowed into this country, and continued to stay unchecked with expired visas. 

Several years ago there was an article in the Wall Street Journal about how people are allowed to "immigrate" into this country.  It seems the INS has no problem approving the entry of criminals and people with entitlement issues from socialist and repressed countries.  It was implied that that the INS agency did this with abandon around election time specifically because these people who were nationalized were more inclined to vote a liberal ticket, based on their native origins.  It was also written that the INS did not want to allow people who had money who wanted to come to this country to retire because it was believed that by their being able to take care of themselves, they would be bringing with them a conservative mindset.  That the article last week from USA Today stating that the make up of America will place "white" people as being the minority in the next fifty years only proves the INS has a specific diversity program in mind for the make up of the USA, and its political leader (Kennedy) is its acting divining rod.  Democrats want control at all costs - even if it means undermining our national security.

 

 

 

[rottweiller_inc]

How about a president George Soros..that is more likly what he's aiming at.

[Redbob]

I thought foreigners already could run for President:

How else could the Dimocrats be running John Kerry?

[sharktrager]

Ted just said that so Arnie will pick him for his team the next time the family plays touch football.

[Dan from Michigan]

NO GRANHOLM! No Ahnold too for that matter.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

When native borns become an endangered species the illegals can run Fidel for prez, he will outlast us all.

[CyberAnt]

Not just unglued .. Teddy actually think Maria is going to convert Arnold to become Democrat and that's how they'll get back the WH in 2008 - - - OH HILLARY ... They're plotting against you already!!

[GraceCoolidge]

Teddy actually think Maria is going to convert Arnold to become Democrat....

I found that comment by Ted Kennedy offensive in a way. I am trying to imagine if, say, a prominent woman was married to a man of a different political background. I think if someone were to speculate about how maybe the husband could influence the wife, he'd be accused of being patronizing, a woman is allowed to think for herself, she doesn't need her husband's approval, etc. Maybe Arnold should be influencing Maria... of course, that would just show he is a Neanderthal who fails to appreciate a woman's ability to think for herself, right? Frankly, though, I've never understood how someone with sincerely held, deep political beliefs can be married to someone with dramatically opposing views. I mean, no one agrees on every point, but I have to say, Mary Matalin's marriage with James Carville just makes me doubt her sincerity.