Posted on 01/31/2011 1:12:56 PM PST by La Enchiladita
Newly inaugurated Republican Sen. Marco Rubio announced his committee assignments in Washington Thursday, setting the stage for the issues he will focus on in his first years on the national stage.
Rubio, the former House speaker who is now considered one of the rising stars of the Republican Party and already the subject of buzz on the 2012 presidential ticket, will serve on these committees: Commerce, Science and Transportation; Foreign Relations; Intelligence; Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
“I’m honored to be a member of these important committees that address some of our nation’s and state’s most important issues,” said Rubio. “This committee portfolio will enable me to work directly on policies to promote private-sector job creation, keep Americans safe and maintain our strong standing in the world.
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Maybe he can get the Feds off the backs of small Biz.
Same goes for Bobby Jindal.
Whoopity doo for him. He is RINO acting and forgot the tea party express.
It is unreal how many people just don't get it.
Under current law if he was born in the US unless he was the son of a diplomat of a foreign country he’s eligible to run for President.
Well, he can’t be Prez then.
But hey, as long as Mr. Rubio is on the right side of issues, he’s a fantastic Senator, right ?
I wonder if he’s been correct on the issues so far...
That's a pretty big insult. What are you basing your RINO claim on? What rich old white man do you prefer to see lose to Barky in 2012? Rubio won 55% of the Latino vote. Let's see Barky win without that.
I don't care about the yapping and hype. I care about actions and votes, not words.
“Under current law if he was born in the US unless he was the son of a diplomat of a foreign country he’s eligible to run for President.”
And Chester A. Arthur.
Hey, no offense or anything, but you sound like a moron.
FRegards,
LH
All it will take is one state AG. I think that will happen. If I am wrong that a Natural Born Citizen must be born of two citizen parents, so be it. But SCOTUS can tell me, not Spunky.
Geeez! You misread my statement. I was agreeing with you and saying it is amazing how many people don't understand what a Natural Born Citizen means.
I am sure you understand. I have never lived under a Kenyan, British, Indonesian, American President before and am overwrought.
I am sure you understand. I have never lived under a Kenyan, British, Indonesian, American President before and am overwrought.
I’m not arguing that at all. Simply stated current law is that if you’re born here even if your parents are here illegally you are eligible to be president. Unless someone wins a case in SCOTUS that says that kids born in the US to non citizens are not automatically citizens then under current understanding of the constitution they are natural born citizens.
An interesting question on the “natural born” part would be 1. Is a child born by cesarean section “natural born” since artifical means were used to deliver the child rather than coming into the world in the natural path via the birth canal
2. Are children conceived by artificial insemination especially by in vitro fertilization “natural born” since conception was hardly natural.
The court has never dealt with those issues.
As for President Arthur it was never proven he wasn’t born in Vermont as his parents and he claimed. His father wasn’t naturalized until several years after his birth and as a result Arthur did have dual citizenship. If he were born in Canada to an American mother and Irish father under current law he’d still be a citizen if certain conditions were meant: “If one parent is a US citizen and the other parent is not, the child is a citizen if the US citizen parent has been “physically present” in the US before the child’s birth for a total period of at least five years, and at least two of those five years were after the US citizen parent’s fourteenth birthday.” Does this jus sanguinis birth confirm the right to the term “natural born citizen” I’m not sure. It’s why McCain was eligible even though he was born in the Canal Zone to 2 US citizen parents.
Apology accepted. I understand how you feel.
However, your opinions are far from settled law at this time, even if a majority of the electorate were to concur. Furthermore, your digression into obstetrical matters are not germane to the question. IMHO.
Please note that it has been recently discovered during legal research on the issue of Obama's eligibility that Chester Arthur knew that he was ineligible, and that he took great pains to destroy all documentary evidence of his fraud before his death. A reasonable man might well ask, "Why is Obama taking such great pains to obscure his history?"
You seem a fair-minded person. Why not support the efforts being made for a judicial review of the concept of Natural Born Citizenship? Here is a good link to the POV opposed to your own.
see:
puzo1.blogspot.com/ - Cached - Similar
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