Posted on 01/11/2016 6:55:01 PM PST by TBBT
I have my concerns about Ted Cruz, but the natural born citizen stuff is silly and idiotic. It is going to come up in the next debate and here is a suggestion for how Cruz might deal with a question.
You don't have to ask me. You have to ask the Founders. The Naturalization Act of 1790 said that a child born to a United States citizen who is outside the US is a natural born citizen. That law was passed by the first Congress that included James Madison who is the Father of our Constitution. That law was signed by George Washington who is the Father of our Country.
Now some extreme liberals like Democrat Alan Grayson say that they might sue. That's fine. Alan Grayson has a history of being swindled by con artists. If he wants to sue, well, a fool and his money are soon parted. I'm glad to stand up for our founders and our Constitution against the lunatic left and anyone who might join them.
Cruz should hit the Founding Fathers idolatry especially hard, but he should also turn it into a fight between the Founders (good) and the left (bad), and let the voters (and Cruz's opponents) decide whose side they're on. There is a subset of Trump supporters who I'm sure could not care less what James Madison thought about anything, but I don't think that those are the voters Cruz needs in Iowa.
Silly or not the Marxo-Demo-Proggies **WILL** make a great big issue at a time when it **WILL** damage the Republican Party the most. Bet on it!
Cruz’s only response should be to pull out a picture of Fonzie jumping the shark.
If the Supreme Court came put tomorrow and said that Cruz was a NBC, there are still a lot of people who would not accept it.
Ted, just stick your thumbsb in the air and say Aaaaayyyy.
and who`s fault will it be?
Donald Grayson Trump, Juan McAnus, Nancy Pelosi and the resident trumpholes here will NEVER be satisfied.
Screw ‘em all.
and ironically if they said he was not, the Trump or nothing crowd would be praising the 3 lesbians on the court.
That picture is an obvious forgery.
Ronaldus Magnus would never endorse that charlatan.
The Marxo-Demo-Proggies WILL sue and they WILL do it when it WILL cause the MOST damage to the Republican Party.
Oh Bullecccchh!!
National re wry review will be jumping all over whomever’s case after the nomination. Cruz invaded. And anything in the meantime hoes in order to take out trump
Blech
Love it. :)
On the other hand, geniuses that they were, waving their names around while mistakenly citing inapplicable authority won’t go very far in an actual court case.
The supreme court has no jurisdiction to rule on the eligibility of anyone who is duly elected president.
The Constitution is quite clear about who is able to make that determination and it isn't the Supreme Court, or any court for that matter.
Half of the story convinces half of the people half of the time. I’m out. It’s over anyway. Trump will be the nominee, thank God.
He will do and say anything to get the job.
Spell check was too brutal with that. Rich Lowry is simply a disgusting replacement for you all know who
They capitalize on what the typical low information voter sees as hypocrisy. Many here on FR pushed the birther line on Obama when it was clear that the issue was bad tactics and was not going to go anywhere. Likewise in other forums the birther issue was pushed.
Most people don’t go deep into the facts and complexities. On the surface it looks like hypocrisy.
On the part of Cruz, he should have dealt with this issue years ago so it would now be old news. On the whole Cruz has had good strategy and tactics. But here he made a mistake.
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