Posted on 01/31/2008 9:55:48 AM PST by Perdogg
Pundits are now writing obituaries for Sen. John McCain's sinking campaign for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.
I hereby join them with a fundamental question: Does the Arizona senator fulfill our Constitution's eligibility requirements to be president?
Like several other prominent American politicians, John McCain was not born in the United States.
Article II of the Constitution specifies that "no person except a natural born Citizen . . . shall be eligible to the Office of President."
Because of this, California's Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, born in Austria in 1947, is ineligible to be president. He moved to the United States in 1968 and became a U.S. citizen in 1983.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
I want to beat the guy as much as anyone. But I want to beat him on the issues, because a majority of Republicans see him for what he is. Not on something like this.
Sometimes I wonder...which is the dumber “news” site: World Net Daily or Newsmax?
Then I decide it’s a tossup and get back to something more meaningful, like counting blades of grass. :)
Perdogg, this is seriously old news. I don’t see a problem with resurrecting old news if it’s to prove a new point in the present, but of course McCain is eligible, no matter how much we can’t stand him.
This was the point
“And most of us agree that it would be unfair to deny presidential eligibility to patriotic citizens born to parents serving overseas in the U.S. military. Such people are likely to be among the most patriotic and worthy of Americans.
But the Constitutionally-mandated term “natural born citizen” remains subject to reinterpretation by future Supreme Courts.”
Don’t know about base commander but his daddy was a Rear Admiral.........that is why McCain graduated from the Naval Academy. It took him five years when everyone else graduated in four years. He also graduated at the bottom of his class.
this same guy will prolly make the argument for why bill IS eligible to be VP.
See #24.
Pundits are now writing obituaries for Sen. John McCain’s sinking campaign for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.
jeez saying something like this is complete desperation
i dont like mccain but this is just plain silly
More horse crap. It’s been the law since 1790 that persons born of U.S. citizens are also “natural born” U.S. citizens. Also, the Canal Zone was U.S. territory at the time. I’m not a McCain supporter, but I won’t resort to this kind of nonsense to oppose him.
What planet is the author living on?
Wow. What an idiot.
That explains a few things: he’s a Panamaniac.
The author would have a better chance at proving McCain was only 33 years old.
Just glancing over his bio, it looks like he might have been a bit young for a base command (born 1911) when his son was born. And it said he was a submarine commander during WW2.
Then I decide it’s a tossup and get back to something more meaningful, like counting blades of grass
I painted my office yesterday. The paint is still drying if you want to come over :)
Good point, and you would probably make a better President than McCain.
We don’t need to go here. McCain provides numerous and completely apparent reasons to oppose him- desperate tactics are going to backfire.
Not yet. I still have a few million blades to go! :)
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