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NYT: McCain's Birthplace in Canal Zone Raises Eligibility Questions...
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Posted on 02/27/2008 6:12:38 PM PST by Kay Ludlow
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To: RDTF
popcorn, please? This entertainment is SOOOOO good, the popcorn is $10.00 a box!
I haven't enjoyed a primary this much in my entire LIFE ;-)
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posted on
02/27/2008 6:31:16 PM PST
by
Kay Ludlow
(Free market, but cautious about what I support with my dollars)
To: steve86
McNuts doesn’t go by the Constitution, (Up and down votes on judges) why should we.
82
posted on
02/27/2008 6:31:16 PM PST
by
factmart
To: Kay Ludlow
The NYT once ran a banner headline story “revealing” that George H Bush was a WW II war criminal because his diary entry seemed to say he strafed some Japanese troops in the Pacific. Enough said.
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posted on
02/27/2008 6:31:17 PM PST
by
Williams
To: Kay Ludlow; All
once again, the story is not the story, it's the media. the media is the story.
the media and its smoke and mirrors.
I never understood what Marshal McLuhan meant when he said "the media is the message." Now I think I might be getting it.
84
posted on
02/27/2008 6:31:28 PM PST
by
the invisib1e hand
(the model prescribes the required behavior. disincentives ensure compliance.)
To: Kay Ludlow
So far, it’s just Drudge, right? I wonder if the NYT is really going with this stupid story, or did Drudge get suckered this time?
85
posted on
02/27/2008 6:31:45 PM PST
by
Rocky
To: Ditter
Yes, became a state in 1959. Obama was born in 1961.
86
posted on
02/27/2008 6:31:50 PM PST
by
LucyJo
To: icwhatudo
McCain was born on August 29, 1936, at the Coco Solo Air Base in the then-American-controlled Panama Canal Zone[2] to Navy officer John S. "Jack" McCain, Jr. (19111981) and Roberta (Wright) McCain (b. 1912). His father and grandfather both eventually became United States Navy admirals,[3] and were the first father-son pair to both achieve four-star admiral rank.[4] His grandfather, Admiral John S. "Slew" McCain, Sr., was a pioneer of aircraft carrier strategy[5] who commanded all carrier forces in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II, and led American forces into epic actions such as the Battle of Leyte Gulf, dying four days after the conclusion of that war.[4] His father was a submarine commander[4] decorated with both the Silver Star and Bronze Star.[5] McCain has Scots-Irish ancestry.[6]\\
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mccain
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posted on
02/27/2008 6:32:06 PM PST
by
Brian S. Fitzgerald
("We're going to drag that ship over the mountain.")
To: Kay Ludlow
I wish they would play this card. This again would show the democratic party trying to disenfranchised the military vote by saying the family members of service members are not eligible to run.
88
posted on
02/27/2008 6:32:18 PM PST
by
Perdogg
To: factmart
My nominee of douchebag post of the day!!!
89
posted on
02/27/2008 6:32:32 PM PST
by
guido911
(Islamic terrorists are members of the "ROP", the "religion of pu*&ies")
To: yield 2 the right
You’ve got to be kidding. This will also backfire. These pieces only help McCain.
90
posted on
02/27/2008 6:32:36 PM PST
by
Norman Bates
(Freepmail me to be part of the McCain List!)
To: Kay Ludlow
MCCAIN'S BIRTHPLACE IN CANAL ZONE RAISES ELIGIBILITY QUESTIONS
That's just the NY Times realizing that neither Obama nor Hillary will be able to beat McCain and that McCain needs to be taken out before the election.
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posted on
02/27/2008 6:32:41 PM PST
by
adorno
To: Kay Ludlow
I don’t think this has any legs. John McCain was born, to 2 “Natural-born” American parents, in a US base in the Panama Canal Zone, which was also controlled by the United States, his Father serving as a navy officer at the time. The whole point of the “Natural-born citizen” clause in article 2 was to prevent any possible subterfuge by foreigners. One can hardly make the case that McCain or his family deserve any skepticism in their loyalty to the US, John McCain especially.
Goldwater was born in the Arizona Territory, but no one made any serious qualms about his citizenship status when he ran in 1964. Only the the biggest liberal stickler would seriously contend that McCain is ineligible. Because it is such a complex topic ( what counts as american “soil,” unincorporated vs incorporated, etc) then we should err on the side of permission.
To: Kay Ludlow
To: SpaceBar
Did you ask Fred if he wants to do this?
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posted on
02/27/2008 6:33:11 PM PST
by
Perdogg
To: DocRock
If the editors at the NYT could read, they would see he is eligible.I think you overlooking a big factor.
You are quoting that old document called the Constitution. You should know that it has been replaced by the Living Constitution. It is a similar document but has an implied provision that allows almost any judge anywhere and at any time to decide what it should mean. Since it is in the best interest of The People and The New York Times to have McCain be ineligible to run for the Presidency then the provision you quoted can clearly be interpreted to mean that he can't.
It's actually quite simple.
To: Kay Ludlow
OK, fine. We’ll give’m McCain ... in exchange for about seven million anchor babies. Deal?
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posted on
02/27/2008 6:33:43 PM PST
by
Fast Moving Angel
(Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. --Einstein)
To: Mean Maryjean
My father was American; my mother Canadian when I was born in a military hospital in Newfoundland. I am an American citizen as much as any natural born citizen. Actually, could you not have chosen to be a Canadian citizen when you became an adult?
Did you not choose to become an American? Which then would make you more of an American then many people born here, since they had no choice.
PS: Congratulations on your choice.
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posted on
02/27/2008 6:33:51 PM PST
by
Michael.SF.
("democrat" -- 'one who panders to the crude and mindless whims of the masses " - Joseph J. Ellis)
To: SpaceBar
Fine. Lets play along. Disqualify him and put Fred Thompson in his place. I like the way you think! I'm in!
To: Mean Maryjean
The NYT propaganda machine is trying to push what they think are conservative buttons. They think that they are driving conservatives away from McCain. Thus they accuse him of marital infidelity, something that no Dem would care about, but Republicans would. They accuse him of being a foreigner, something no Dem would care about, but Republicans would.
To: Kay Ludlow
I thought since he was born on a military base that this would not be a problem. The base is considered American soil.
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posted on
02/27/2008 6:34:27 PM PST
by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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