Don’t Let Schwarzenegger Tamper With the Constitution

CHRONWATCH.COM ^ | DECEMBER 2, 2004 | CHRISTOPHER ADAMO

[NormsRevenge]

So, to nobody’s great surprise, Schwarzenegger is advocating the passage of a constitutional amendment to remove this roadblock. And equally predictable are those unprincipled Republican ''moderates'' who, rarely hesitating to jump on any passing ''bandwagon,'' believe this to be a good idea.

[perfect stranger]

I might have missed something but I don't recall(no pun intended) Arnold Schwarzenegger "advocating the passage of a constitutional amendment" for this purpose.

I think they might be wrong.

[clee1]

Don't sweat it... this'll never fly.

[REDWOOD99]

I think we should repeal the 22nd Amend. and make W Pres for life. If that doesn't rid the country of DUmmies, nothing will.

[Two-Bits]

Interesting the man wants to run for President and yet we are still waiting for him to improve the State of California. Arnold you may have been a so so actor but trust me when I say you are a no no Governor.

[McClintock]

"...predictably resulted in rumblings from the right that, indeed the Electoral College needs to be discarded."

This is absolute poppycock!

It has never been Conservatives who wanted to do away with the Electoral College.

("Poppycock" IS a quaint British way of saying "bullsh!t," isn't it?)

[asgardshill]

And equally predictable are those unprincipled Republican ''moderates'' who, rarely hesitating to jump on any passing ''bandwagon,'' believe this to be a good idea.

I have yet to see a single post on FreeRepublic agreeing that this should actually happen. Have any RINO and/or 'moderate' Republican politicians actually publicly supported this yet?

[Noachian]

Arnold Schwarzenegger can serve this country in numerous other ways. If he truly holds it in high regard, he will leave its Constitution intact.

The people have always been more disinclined to change our Constitution than the Judiciary has been.

Even if a resolution was passed among the states it would probably take years for it to be either ratified or dismissed, and by then Arnold would be out of the picture.

I respect Arnold, but to change the Constitution for one man today and leave that door open for a foreigner in the future is dangerous as well as shortsighted.

[Yaelle]

Not having been born within the borders of this nation, or on an American military base overseas, he is presently ineligible for the presidency.

I believe one has to be born an American. You can be born an American overseas. It doesn't have to be on a military base. If a child is born an American overseas and he lives here most of his life, he can be President.

If the amendment to change to Constitution were to pass, it would pass too late for Mr. Schwarzenegger.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Arnoooold needs to work on governing!

[Kirkwood]

Don't fix what isn't broken.

[freeparella]

I trust in the judgement of our framers. They had to have a good reason for only allowing natural born citizens to be president. Besides that, I am no fan of Schwartzenegger because he supports killing babies, doesn't he? I could be wrong, but I swear I read somewhere he is pro-abortion.

[Trepz]

I might have missed something but I don't recall(no pun intended) Arnold Schwarzenegger "advocating the passage of a constitutional amendment" for this purpose.

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/10/29/80903.shtml

Friday, Oct. 29, 2004 8:05 a.m. EDT

Schwarzenegger Wants Change to Run for President

California's movie star governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, says he wants to be able to run for president and approves of moves to raise the constitutional ban on foreign-born U.S. citizens holding the highest office, AFP reports.

"Yes, absolutely," Schwarzenegger said when queried by CBS "60 Minutes" about changing the Constitution to allow foreign-born citizens to run for president.

"Why not? With my way of thinking, you always shoot for the top," Gov. Schwarzenegger said.

[OriginalChristian]

Indeed it won't. For every good foreign born leader, there's a George Soros clone or two who'd love to buy the WH. Remember he tried it this year and failed miserably.

It'd NEVER be ratified.

[perfect stranger]

Thanks, I missed that.

Maria Shriver: Schwarzenegger Won't Be President

She may be a Kennedy but considering her comments later in the article maybe she's the more conservative of the two.

[gwbiny2k]

What size blinders are you wearing? Talk of a tunnel vision!
For crying out loud how many Amendments have been attached
to the constitution? With your tunnel vision, we should have
not tampered with the constitution, and therefore none of the
amendments were a good idea?

I am just happy there are more thinking people in this country.

[cricket]

"Arnold Schwarzenegger can serve this country in numerous other ways. If he truly holds it in high regard, he will leave its Constitution intact."

Absolutely the truth of the matter!

If he wants to be President; he can go back to Austria and 'be President'.

[gwbiny2k]

If Arnold is doing lousy job as gov, how come his job
approval ratings in CA are so high?

In any case atleast Arnold is electable as opposed to
some of the other republicans in CA such as McClintock
who can't get elected even as a state wide dog catcher.

[gwbiny2k]

Don't be a rightwing nut. Arnold has never supported anyone
killing babies. Unless you are talking about fetuses, which
are entirely dependent on mother's body. If you mean Arnold
wants the mother to have the freedom to decide on abortion,
and if in your mind that equates to killing babies, you might
want to schedule an appointment with a competent psychiatrist.
Or atleast dont buy a gun and shoot someone who is performing
abortions on people you don't even know.