Posted on 12/29/2014 6:26:57 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
A certain Texas Republican still has plenty of fans. Sen. Ted Cruz has won the Federalist Today Presidential Straw Poll with 26 percent of the nearly one thousand votes cast. The field included 16 potential candidates. “Placing a respectable second and third, Senator Rand Paul (22 percent) and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (16 percent) showed that they also have considerable support among the ‘lovers of freedom and anxious for the fray’ Federalist faithful,” report David Corbin and Matt Parks, two analysts for The Federalist - a learned and vibrant online journal.
“The political insider would, undoubtedly, not be impressed. Good luck getting Senators Cruz or Paul elected President of the United States. Any such insurgent’s campaign will be undone by a press that favors Democrats, a bare-knuckles Republican establishment that favors milque-toast candidates, and a bewildered flyover electorate conditioned to favor one flavor-of-the-month insurgent presidential candidate after another, to the detriment of any effective insurgent candidacy,” say Mssrs. Corbin and Parks.
“These same insiders would have no problem envisioning a scenario in which insurgent Democrat Elizabeth Warren, establishment Democrat Hillary Clinton, or establishment Republicans Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney, or Chris Christie win the presidency. Ruling-class smugness aside, these folks have a point: playing by the normal rules, the least likely outcome in 2016 is a victory by a Republican insurgent, even though 40 percent of Americans consistently identify themselves as conservatives (twice the typical number of progressives) But who says we have to play by their rules?” the pair ask....
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
i have before
arnold schwarzenegger chose America and is a (naturalized) US citizen. it doesn’t mean he’s eligible for the office.
Very impressive. Figured it out all by your lonesome?
this isn’t new and was common knowledge before people started pushing barry as eligible.
i said the exact same things about barry.
being conservative means being consistent and sticking to the facts even when they don’t play in your favor.
Show me where I can find that in the Constitution.
Meanwhile, excuse me while I play through.
Go, Cruz, GO!!
same argument applies to bh0bama and was spelled out many moons ago.
http://blockyourid.com/~gbpprorg/obama/NaturalBornCitizenChart2.html
the left will gladly allow tcruz to gain the momentum and then use these arguments to disqualify him just before the primary. this will crush any momentum (like perot pulling out) and almost assure a victory for the next dem.
disqualifying an opponent going into an election is one of barry’s favorite tactics
Right.
Go, Ted, GO!!
Did Arnold have an American parent?
You are saying that the Founders would have ruled a Thomas Jefferson son ineligible if he had been born in France? That would be silly!
And thanks for.. in 2014.. providing me a voice for these threads:
Houston Protest Against Immigration Reform/Amnesty & Border Surge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3182138/posts
Free Republic Eyes On The Border: After Action Report
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3186019/posts
We’ll just have to do some more good in 2015.
You betcha, sir!
yes.
they’d also declare all anchor babies ineligible
no. he also was not born on the soil. making him ineligible.
of course, if all he has to be is a citizen... he’s been a citizen for a number of decades. good enough for you guys... right?
If the Founders meant to exclude American citizen babies due to the country their mothers bore them in, then they weren’t nearly as brilliant as I have always thought. It’s just plain stupid. Bob
your ignorance was not their concern
their concern was to insure anyone assuming the office had no foreign allegiances, at least by birth.
why do you think people are so concerned about being born on US military bases while serving overseas?
Thank uyou very much, humblegunner!
the USSC has had opinions in which they stated a NBC requires two US citizen parents and being born on the soil. i posted a link that referenced the cases.
as for why the current USSC hasn’t dealt with the issue is that the cases ALL get dismissed before being heard. why? because they would require 0bama to submit his BC as evidence... an act that would result in him committing federal forgery.
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