Ted Cruz was born in Calgary, Canada.

[Jim Lane]

40. It was the point of the OP.

The argument was made that Obama was being treated differently because he was black. In response, I pointed out that Obama's place of birth was essential to his eligibility while Cruz's place of birth is irrelevant to his eligibility. That difference doesn't arise from race.

I'll add that not all the RWers treat the two politicians differently. My recollection is that some of the Fox regulars scoffed at Obama birtherism. On the other side of the coin, some of the Freepers who love Cruz's politics nevertheless contend that he's ineligible. Their interpretation -- one with no colorable basis in the Constitution -- is that a would-be President must have been born in the United States to two parents who were both U.S. citizens at the time of the child's birth.