In a similarly psychic demonstration, I predict that the Pittsburgh Steelers will win the Super Bowl in 2009.
Posted on 06/29/2011 5:29:05 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Durbin: Maybe Illegal Alien Will Become President Someday Wednesday, June 29, 2011 By Terence P. Jeffrey
(CNSNews.com) - Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.) said in a congressional hearing Tuesday that a young person who is an illegal alien in the United States today may someday become president.
“When I look around this room, I see America's future, our doctors, our teachers, our nurses, our engineers, our scientists, our soldiers, our congressmen, our senators, and maybe our president,” Durbin said immediately after having asked all young persons in the room to stand if they were currently undocumented aliens who would be eligible to become citizens if the DREAM Act were passed.
As a videotape of the hearing shows, a large portion of the audience in the room rose at Durbin's request. Durbin also said in his introductory remarks that there were "hundreds" of young people in the room eligible to become beneficiaries of the DREAM Act.
“I ask my colleagues to consider the plight of these young people who find themselves in a legal twilight zone through no fault of their own,” said Durbin. “They are willing to serve the country they love. All they're asking for is a chance.”
Making the young people Durbin was speaking of eligible to become president would require more than passage of the DREAM Act, however. It would require a constitutional amendment.
As the U.S. Constitution now stands, even legal immigrants are not eligible to serve as president. Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5 of the Constitution says: “No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President.”
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Clearly, you haven't heard the idiotic ramblings of Lautenberg.....
I transcribe congressional hearings and let me tell you, the self-important and vacuous things these people say would astound you. Give them a gavel and a committee post with lights and cameras and they become even more insufferable.
They have a country elsewhere ~ something like 80% of them belong to Mexico which is far from the worst place to live. At least the narcotrafficantes have not yet turned to cannibalism like so many other uprisings around the world have done.
These kids can all go home tomorrow, but where do American kids go to find a country they can call home?
With the elevation of illegal aliens to an exalted position in our society they have privileges no American can ever attain.
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He KNOWS this is possible, cause it DID.
Not if the Constituton is followed...
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He KNOWS this is possible, cause it DID.
In a similarly psychic demonstration, I predict that the Pittsburgh Steelers will win the Super Bowl in 2009.
We’ve already got one, thanks.
The left no longer bothers to hide their treason.
“An illegal alien who actaully is proud to stand by what this country has offered him and would fight for a constitutional america, or Zero.
Tough call.
Just pondering ... don’t kill me.”
I’ve worked with many naturalized citizens who have greater respect for the law and more knowledge of how government works under the Constitution than many of our representatives apparently do.
What oath did Durbin take when he took office and is he in violation of that oath with this statement?
Durbin is a stupid dickhead who has no idea how close he is to being hanged for treason.
We asked that very question after the first few months of Obama's reign, and look what happened....
Thanks for the excellent post on NBC. I’ve got it bookmarked for future reference.
I’m sure that it will happen, if we leave the Democrats to their devices.
Oooooops. Good catch.
I left last December.
Dick Durbin is less than useless.
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