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In reply to the discussion: Ted Cruz was born in Calgary, Canada. [View all]IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)19. Don't forget, teabaggers don't consider Hawaii part of the United States
Alaska is ok, since it's so heavily white like the baggers.
Hawaii, on the other hand, is full of darker skinned people. I remember hearing many years ago about an incident in the South when a particular company tried to brand itself by hiring Hawaiian-born ladies who wore leis, etc. No grass skirts, though... remember where we're talking about. Anyway, the experiment failed and the new employees were sent back home because, you guessed it - the crackers couldn't tell the difference between them and the focus of their most hated race.
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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
It took me a long time to figure the birth certificate accusation out, but I finally did (I think).
StevieM
May 2013
#15
I had a coworker who thought New Mexico was....a central American nation. She wanted
Nay
May 2013
#33
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
Just as a side note, one is "natural born" if one parent is a US citizen, regardless of birthplace
alcibiades_mystery
May 2013
#43