Posted on 05/08/2012 5:04:45 PM PDT by Semper911
Rep. Michelle Bachmann is now officially a Swiss miss.
Bachmann (R-Minn.) recently became a citizen of Switzerland, making her eligible to run for office in the tiny European nation, according to a Swiss report Tuesday.
Marcus Bachmann, the congresswoman’s husband since 1978, reportedly was eligible for Swiss citizenship due to his parents’ nationality — but only registered it with the Swiss government on March 19. Once he did so, Michele automatically became a citizen, too, according to the Honegger.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
lots of kids born of foreigners can claim US citizenship.
I’m still wondering why the Peruvian embassy hasn’t intervened in the Zimmerman case...
Smart? She’s so stupid neither her or any of her bloated staff knew the difference between the day Elvis was born and the day he died.
That’s not a gaffe. That’s incompetence.
And that’s important why? You sound like the kind of man-on-the-street morons who wouldn’t vote for Palin because of stupid lower-than-non-issues like that or dumb SNL jokes.
FTA: “Congresswoman Bachmann’s husband is of Swiss descent, so she has been eligible for dual-citizenship since they got married in 1978. However, recently some of their children wanted to exercise their eligibility for dual-citizenship so they went through the process as a family,” said Bachmann spokesperson Becky Rogness.
She had the option to either apply for citizenship or not, and she chose to do it. There's nothing automatic about it.
“However, dual nationals owe allegiance to both the United States and the foreign country. They are required to obey the laws of both countries.”
A person that is required to follow the laws of another country cannot serve as president of the United States.
A president must not have divided loyalties.
If one is a citizen of two nations, they are required to follow the laws of both nations.
Plenty of people with Irish roots can apply for an Irish passport. It is useful when travelling in Europe and you can work in any of the EU countries that are signed on to the Schengen Agreement.
In the case of Bachmann, her husband has allegedly applied for Swiss citizenship, which makes Michele eligible to apply for a Swiss passport. She can elect to do that if she wants. Presumably, she could renonunce any Swiss citizenship period. I am not familiar with Swiss nationality laws in that regard.
Personally, I would to see the US prohibit dual nationality similar to what the Germans do.
There is some speculation that Obama by virtue of his father, a British subject, obtained a British passport. No proof however.
I particularly like the Sturmgewehr 57, which has the delayed blowback operating system (but flaps, instead of rollers).
Training in fire and maneuver is interesting. When providing overwatch fires, you keep your fire two fingers above the maneuver forces if firing a free rifle or bipod, and can come as close as one finger if you are firing from a tripod mounted gun.
Rubin was the inventor of the jacketed bullet, which made high velocity fire practical.
Of all these countries, only the United States taxes citizens who's income is derived overseas and domiciled overseas.
VERY nice people, gorgeous scenery.
Maybe Politico will tell us about Obama’s Indonesian citizenship now, right?
FALSE!
From the article:
"Congresswoman Bachmann's husband is of Swiss descent so she has been eligible for dual-citizenship since they got married in 1978," spokeswoman Becky Rogness said in a statement. "However, recently some of their children wanted to exercise their eligibility for dual-citizenship so they went through the process as a family."This is Bachmann's own spokeswoman who says that Michele's husband's nationality only made her "eligible" since 1978; and that she by her own volition, voluntary exercised that "eligibility" to become a Swiss citizen. Without her voluntary exercise of that mere eligibility she would NOT have been a Swiss citizen.
This is a major disappointment to me. To hide behind claims of MSM bias reporting is to hide from reality.
DUAL CITIZENSHIP = DIVIDED LOYALTY
Those who claim otherwise should do some soul-searching.
(How would FReepers view dual citizenship for Obama or other Leftist?)
In this case, Michele Bachmann, after winning no primaries for the Presidential nomination, now decides for the 1st time that she'll file and accept a FOREIGN citizenship that she was eligible for since 1978 - but never sought .
DUAL CITIZENSHIP = DIVIDED LOYALTY (For Conservatives as well as Leftists!)
Marcus Bachmann, the congresswoman’s husband since 1978, reportedly was eligible for Swiss citizenship due to his parents’ nationality — but only registered it with the Swiss government on March 19. Once he did so, Michele automatically became a citizen, too, according to the Honegger.
"Automatically",it seems to me,is the key word.So which explanation is correct?
check out the leftards posting comments:
All citizenships require an oath! Eligibility was automatic, but actual citizenship required more and that she did not do since 1978 - until she lost her bid for the Presidency. Shame!
Michele had no chance in the primaries between the GOP colluding for Romney, Dems voting for Romney to help Obama in open primaries, Santorum pulling strings to get endorsements that were going to go her way, Ron Paul attacking her because the fiscal policy was very similar but they were far apart on everything else and Perry, Palin, and Gingrich folks attacking her because she was a force that was going to hone into their territory and lastly her base of supporters (meaning people who were really considering her and liked her) were torn between Cain and Bachmann and Santorum most of the time she was running, so now she is trying to seek to stay in the house. But this is a good back up plan if the SHTF.
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