Mikhail Gorbachev is Not a Citizen of the United States

HAL9000 | April 22, 2005

[HAL9000]

It's time to put an end to this nonsense that Mikhail Gorbachev is now a U.S. citizen.

It started in an article by Judi McLeod titled "Gorbachev comes out" from the "Canadian Free Press", posted here, which stated -

"Gorbachev, now a citizen of the United States of America, used the occasion to boast to reporters."

However, the link to the original article now publishes the sentence as -

"Gorbachev, now a resident of the United States of America, used the occasion to boast to reporters."

Apparently, CFP recognized the obvious error and quietly modified the article without publishing a separate correction notice.

The bottom line - Mikhail Gorbachev is not an American citizen.

[HAL9000]

fyi

[swilhelm73]

Hmm, I wonder if Gorby could be prosecuted along the same lines as Pinochet?

Then again the idea of prosecuting former heads of state when they travel abroad is a singularly bad one.

[Phocion]

"The following classes of persons are barred from naturalization:

[snip]

Individuals who are members of or affiliated with the Communist Party of the United States or of any foreign country, or any front organization (membership must be meaningful)"

Rumor has it he may have been a Communist. ;)

[SteveMcKing]

He is a special guy.

[Salman]

I know ex-Communists from the USSR who became US citizens. No sneaking around about it, either.

Of course they weren't Gorby types, just people who joined the party in order get into college.

All are proud to be Americans now.

[spyone]

Thanks for the excellent research. You'll agree though that his comments about the US are inappropriate. He lives here to avoid being assassinated and then proceeds to trash us.

[Salman]

I know ex-Communists from the USSR who became US citizens. No sneaking around about it, either.

Of course they weren't Gorby types, just people who joined the party in order get into college.

All are proud to be Americans now.

[Flux Capacitor]

----Mikhail Gorbachev is Not a Citizen of the United States----

In other news, Yoda is not a resident of Des Moines.

-Dan

[BurbankKarl]

did Rush Limbaugh play the music today?

[HAL9000]

You'll agree though that his comments about the US are inappropriate.

Yes, we absolutely agree about that.

[MJY1288]

Rumor has it that if Goeby manages to rub off that hideous birth mark on his forehead, The State Department might classify him as eligible for consideration for US Citizenship :-)

[MJY1288]

Goeby = Gorby

[fish hawk]

Then make him go back to that country that he loves so much and let him stand in line for a loaf a bread like the rest of his countrymen. Why should he benefit from a Capitalist country when that is against the Commie way?