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phantom power

(25,966 posts) Sat May 18, 2013, 07:26 PM May 2013

Ted Cruz was born in Calgary, Canada. [View all]

Ted Cruz was born in Calgary, Canada. His birth certificate doesn't even pretend to be issued from an American city, like Honolulu. But, yet, Fox News says that Senator Cruz is eligible to run for president because his mother was a U.S. citizen from Delaware. Well, Barack Obama's mother was a U.S. citizen from Kansas. The two men both had foreign-born fathers and U.S. citizen mothers. Yet, we've had years of discussion of Obama's eligibility to be president, including plenty of discussion on Fox News. If Obama would have been eligible to be president even if he had been born in Kenya, then what was the point of all that yammering?

Oh, right, Kenyans are black and Cubans are super-patriots even when they are born on Canada.

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2013/5/18/13403/7506

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Ted Cruz was born in Calgary, Canada. [View all] phantom power May 2013 OP

I imagine, somewhere along the way, there'll be a discussion vis-a-vis Buns_of_Fire May 2013 #1

Exactly. Can you imagine Cruz standing up giving a campaign speech in which he says that he DhhD May 2013 #10

In the bio, there is no mention of Canada. I believe that Cruz lied/mislead Texans as he made DhhD May 2013 #26

The point they tried to make with President Obama madville May 2013 #2

It took me a long time to figure the birth certificate accusation out, but I finally did (I think). StevieM May 2013 #15

Don't forget, teabaggers don't consider Hawaii part of the United States IrishAyes May 2013 #19

Europeans and Canadians never got it wrong demwing May 2013 #31

I had a coworker who thought New Mexico was....a central American nation. She wanted Nay May 2013 #33

We can trade horror stories IrishAyes May 2013 #42

Teabaggers may think vankuria May 2013 #47

Why does that not surprise me????? IrishAyes May 2013 #34

I know that if I ever go looking demwing May 2013 #35

It's a bit different from what you've said. Jim Lane May 2013 #37

Thanks for the refresher. Ms. Toad May 2013 #49

Add to that the fact that Obama was born in an American state malaise May 2013 #3

See my reply above. IrishAyes May 2013 #20

I wonder if Canada would take him back. asjr May 2013 #4

Unfortunately, Canada's too smart for that pinboy3niner May 2013 #5

Excuse me, but why would you wish this guy on us? We don't want him either. PDJane May 2013 #6

But don't you guys owe us one for Justin Bieber? nt Buns_of_Fire May 2013 #7

Two; justin beiber and celine dionne. PDJane May 2013 #8

But you gave us Dan Akroyd MattBaggins May 2013 #12

We're heavy on comedians; we live next to you lot! PDJane May 2013 #18

If we run out of material, we just gaze at our navels. IrishAyes May 2013 #24

You're welcome. PDJane May 2013 #27

Dont forget rickyhall May 2013 #30

I could recommend a nice vacation spot in the Bermuda Triangle IrishAyes May 2013 #21

I'm Rebl May 2013 #9

Ha ha brucefan May 2013 #29

Most of Canada wouldn't, but I have my doubts on Alberta. roamer65 May 2013 #48

Carnival Cruz! ZRT2209 May 2013 #11

How do we know that Cruz' mother was born in the US? IggleDoer May 2013 #13

Yeah chuckstevens May 2013 #17

You can always tell! IrishAyes May 2013 #22

Here here! Ilsa May 2013 #25

Eh!! Historic NY May 2013 #14

Fox NEWS? chuckstevens May 2013 #16

He is white.. HipChick May 2013 #23

The correct thing matt819 May 2013 #28

Canadian Cruz Blue Owl May 2013 #32

Politics. Jamaal510 May 2013 #36

Cruz is eligible even though he was born in Canada. Jim Lane May 2013 #38

that's not the point. cali May 2013 #39

It was the point of the OP. Jim Lane May 2013 #40

None of what you said seems to apply to the VAST majority of teabaggers in general IrishAyes May 2013 #41

The OP implied that race is the ONLY basis for the distinction. That isn't true. Jim Lane May 2013 #46

Not many - More like such a vast majority ARE racist that statistically the others hardly count. IrishAyes May 2013 #50

Obama's mother was a citizen, so his place of birth no more relevant than Cruz's or McCain's... Bluenorthwest May 2013 #44

Your position is common on the left but is, IMO, legally indefensible. Jim Lane May 2013 #45

Just as a side note, one is "natural born" if one parent is a US citizen, regardless of birthplace alcibiades_mystery May 2013 #43