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To: Tublecane
"No, so far as we can know the president was meant to be a natural born citizen. Anything else is pure supposition, and does not control plain meaning. It could be useful for construing the text when it is unclear, but it’s not here. NBCs are people born citizens. That may have been only the children of two citizen parents at the original framing. By the 14th amendment, there is no doubt that it’s means more."

Whether you know it or not, you are arguing what the meaning of "is" is.

291 posted on 05/01/2012 8:00:24 PM PDT by precisionshootist
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To: precisionshootist; Tublecane
Whether you know it or not, you are arguing what the meaning of "is" is.
Tublecane knows exactly what he's doing.
Many others know exactly what he's doing as well.
292 posted on 05/01/2012 8:04:43 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: precisionshootist

Only after-birthers try so hard to sow doubt and confusion.


293 posted on 05/01/2012 8:06:30 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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