General Zod
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Look at him now.
Besides, no term limits in the Senate. If he gets prez, we lose 8 years later.
Exactly.
Look at him now.
Besides, no term limits in the Senate. If he gets prez, we lose 8 years later.
If one of your parents is a Us citizen, you are a US citizen. Does not matter where you are born.
I'm going to disagree, I see your point. But let's face it. Today the President is incharge of the large regulatory bodies.
By extension you put good people on charge of the EPA, health and human services, atty gen, etc. you can bring about far more change than he could ever do as a senator...
If he gets prez, we lose 8 years later.
Wrong. He could become an elected senator after serving as the president.
Wrong. He could become an elected senator after serving as the president.
But what if he was born via cesarean? And his father was not a US citizen at the time of his birth.If Cruz chooses to run, it is basically inconceivable that the circumstances of his birth in Canada to two American citizens would affect his eligibility.
I know you were just answering his question, but the constitution doesn't say any US citizen can become president. It says "must be a natural-born citizen" then gives no definition of what that is — so it's really fuzzy and that's why so many of us have trouble with it.
I would rather have several Ted Cruz's in Congress than one Ted Cruz in the White House, just my preference.
It also provided for citizenship for the children of US citizens born abroad, but specified that the right of citizenship did "not descend to persons whose fathers have never been resident in the United States". It specifies that such children "shall be considered as natural born citizens"
But what if he was born via cesarean? And his father was not a US citizen at the time of his birth.
This question was raised...
http://www.carolinacoastonline.com/...cle_8065cdfa-6a1c-11e2-a753-001a4bcf887a.html
Beaufort, N.C.
Jan. 17, 2013
TO THE EDITOR:
Republicans and “so-called” conservatives are at it again. They are claiming that the Constitution gives people the right to have guns without the permission of the government. If that were true, then how could New York and Chicago have laws against it?
We Democrats are sick and tired of Republicans constantly using the Constitution to cover up their true plans, which are to make us all afraid of everyone else. Our great president came from a civilized part of the country where there is strict gun control, and he is only trying to bring the benefits of that more modern way of living to the rest of us. I don’t know the exact statistics, but I’m quite certain that Chicago is a lot safer that Morehead City, when it comes to gun violence.
But do Republicans and conservatives listen to the voice of reason? No, of course not. All they want to do is whine and complain about how gun control and wealth redistribution violate the Constitution, as if the Constitution were all that great, anyway. There are a lot of things that need to be changed about the Constitution, I’d say, and President Obama needs to change it.
The Republicans are just trying to stand in the way, because the president is black. They even dared to question whether he was born in this country. I think all this demonstrates that the Constitution needs to be amended when it comes to the qualifications for being president. Right now, it says that a person has to be 35 years old and be a natural born citizen. Well, that is obviously unfair because there are a great many otherwise qualified people who cannot run for president because their mothers had to have a C-section. But because the Constitution was written a hundred years ago, nobody even thought of the discrimination that would result from a doctor having to deliver a baby in this unnatural way. Now that we Democrats are in control of the government, that’s just one more thing we should change in our drive to make life fair.
Please withhold my name because I don’t want to get crank calls.
PROUD TO BE A DEMOCRAT
That's gotta be a joke right?
That's gotta be a joke right?