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Posted on 09/05/2011 4:20:57 AM PDT by Kaslin
Marco is absolutely great as a senator. He should replace Mitch McConnell as leader ASAP.
But it HAS TO BE SAID. Regardless of what any pundit or GOP promoter like Dick Morris thinks, Marco is NOT A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN and should not be considered as VP material.
Marco was absolutely and provably a NATIVE BORN citizen, born in Miami in 1971....his parents, however, did not take the step of naturalization until 1974.
Marco, I think, knows this and that is one reason why he is so coy about higher office. Marco believes in the Constitution and our country’s established practices. And he knows that a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS A PERSON BORN IN THE USA OF TWO CITIZEN PARENTS.
http://www.birthers.org/USC/Vattel.html
It is not Rubio’s fault that his parents were tardy but what is, is.
If someone wants to start a movement to amend the Constitution, that’s fine and dandy. But the Constitution and the debates surrounding its enactment should be the authority, NOT politics or popularity.
Marco Rubio would be great as a leader, and hopefully one day he will be. However because he is a junior Senator the time is not yet
I take it, then, that the constitutional issues surrounding a Rubio candidacy don’t concern you?
Not eligible is not eligible and nothing can change that short of a constitutional amendment. But he should take over Reid’s job once the Republican’s win back the Senate.
I did not say that. I replied to the part about him becoming Senate leader
He's one of the few who understands it. The deficit and all the other nuts and bolts problems we are trying to solve right now all come from the fact that we have created a monster in the federal government and it is devouring our lives as well as our fortunes.
Rubio is great and he has what Reagan had, which was more than just a grasp of the immediate problems, but an understanding of the fundamental philosophical problem. Then as now, the real problem was the direction in which the country was moving and the way it conflicted with the essential nature of America.
Well said and well reasoned. I agree entirely.. and admire Rubio immensely.
Gentlemen, aside from appearing on every thread that mentions Rubio to discuss your erroneous belief that he is not eligible for the presidency, maybe it would be worthwhile thinking a little more about what he said. Every single thread about him gets dragged off topic.
I think Star Parker is right; we have immediate problems to solve (deficit and economic matters) but none of those will be solved until we make a fundamental readjustment in our attitude and return to the traditional American ideal of the primacy of the individual and private life. The government should exist only to make these things possible and protect the individual in situations in which he himself is unable to do so (attack by a foreign power, for example).
That said, I’m not sure that even if Rubio were President, he could undo the monstrous, stifling structure that has been built over the past few years. I’m not sure how we go about doing that.
Government is God to the half of the nation that is now dependent upon it to supply the basic needs of food, housing, transportation and income. And as long as people with no skin in the game are free to keep voting for representatives that promise to redistribute the fruits of their productive neighbors then this situation will only worsen. Heck when folks are forced to pay for stranger's birth control and renovations to stranger's rental properties while not being able to afford to flood insurance on their own property it begs the question; when does half the country start standing on it's own two feet? Answer: only when they have to.
Wrong. ONLY two categories of citizens: Natural born and naturalized. Native born IS natural born.
BTW, I get a kick out of the Birth Bozos. See, for years they were hunting down Obama's birth certificate while it was a flat out fact that his father was a citizen of Kenya. So how often did we hear this NEW argument about native born not being natural born if one parent a foreigner at birth? Hardly ever. At the same time they were desperately hunting down Obama's birth certificate which would be completely unnecessary if their fictitious citizenship rule applied in real life.
FUnnie, but it didn't keep Chester A. Arthur from being chosen as part of the Presidential ticket with James Garfield in 1880. And Arthur had a LOT of enemies, especially within his own Republican party. They tried to track down where Arthur was born in order to disqualify him. But guess what? None even thought to disqualify him on the basis that his father was a foreign citizen at the time of his birth. Why? Because this new natural born rule is a recent FICTION.
I'd say that people today...
are obsessed.
I mean, real drawn for security.
They want protection, coddling from the cradle to the grave.
I say that weakens the moral fiber.
Daniel Boone wasn't looking for unemployment insurance and old age pension. All he needed was his ax and his gun...
and a chance to hew a living out of the forest, with his own hands.
That’s the spirit that built this country.
That’s two taking on big government. That, along with Obama’s political terrorism, is what Sarah Palin took apart in her Indianola speech. Rush does a good job, too.
But his analysis was courageous and profound.
It seems rather mundane and obvious to me. What Republican politician doesn't say this?
While most of them at the same time are helping increase government's role in American life.
I mean, in the recent debate over the debt ceiling, Rubio supported a plan that would have raised it by $2.4 TRILLION dollars, which is pretty much where we ended up.
IMO a direct result of the "fairness" mindset. People electing representatives that forever promise to "level the playing field", and representatives willing to try doing so to maintain their own power. The rub is that the playing field will never be level. People have differing degrees of ambition and comfort levels. The illusion of providing "fairness" ensures the never ending need to elect the do-gooders with good intentions. Consequences be damned.
You got that right! And I can think of a LOT more adjectives to describe them, too. :) bttt
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