Don't get me wrong. I am all in favor of Ted Cruz. I just object to the idea that we should lie to ourselves.
After Obama, I consider the eligibility requirements to be irrelevant. As Lincoln Said:
Was it possible to lose the nation, and yet preserve the constitution? By general law life and limb must be protected; yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life; but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures, otherwise unconstitutional, might become lawful, by becoming indispensable to the preservation of the constitution, through the preservation of the nation.
Ted Cruz is the candidate I favor. I like Trump and Carson, but Ted Cruz is the only one I trust to fight for the right principles and to fight even when the odds are against him.
Actually, that is a pretty healthy attitude. If there is ever a candidate that the provision clearly excludes (like Ringo Starr), that candidate will not be elected anyway. It is not your fault that the Founders wrote that provision as they did. Probably very few of them gave it more than a moment's thought.
Ted Cruz - 2016!
Good for you!!