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treestar

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11. It's funny, we would not mind asking Ted Cruz

Thu Jun 11, 2015, 06:08 AM

Jun 2015

Anyone running for POTUS will get these questions. If they can't take it, they shouldn't be POTUS.

It was more ridiculous to imply President Obama was a Kenyan. Which he might have been if Kenyan laws allow.

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Dual Citizenship. [View all] nitpicker Jun 2015 OP

Actually, I DON'T see why Rehm thought reports of Sanders being a dual citizen were true. DFW Jun 2015 #1

Damn straight! beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #2

Plus 1000 JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #3

So what? She admitted it was wrong so... TreasonousBastard Jun 2015 #4

Fight the swift boaters head on Omaha Steve Jun 2015 #5

+1 beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #7

Diane is not a swift boater. pangaia Jun 2015 #36

Naw Omaha Steve Jun 2015 #39

I listened to a show of hers several years ago, can't remember now who was being interviewed.. 2banon Jun 2015 #46

That may be your opinion but she was using a known rw rag as proof of her idiotic statement. Take jwirr Jun 2015 #45

+1 DrDan Jun 2015 #13

she said she was wrong to assert it and that she should have put it in cali Jun 2015 #26

She wouldn't be the first media person to fall for phony Internet stories . . . MrModerate Jun 2015 #6

You're right, not by a long shot DFW Jun 2015 #8

She's a regular on the inside-the-beltway cocktail circuit deutsey Jun 2015 #31

There's a third possibility DFW Jun 2015 #51

Yeah, I thought that too about the researchers deutsey Jun 2015 #52

I was sorta both DFW Jun 2015 #53

I'd be willing to bet you're right deutsey Jun 2015 #56

I only heard about it today, too. DFW Jun 2015 #58

I have listened to her for years. pangaia Jun 2015 #37

It wasn't even "reports"! SusanCalvin Jun 2015 #12

I agree. It would be a big deal to me if Sanders WAS a dual citizen.... Adrahil Jun 2015 #24

Why would that be a big deal? oberliner Jun 2015 #40

any presidential candidate with a dual citizenship not a big deal to you? 2banon Jun 2015 #48

Because a Presidential candidate should not have competing loyaties, IMO. Adrahil Jun 2015 #67

She was confused and though FB was FactBook. L0oniX Jun 2015 #44

Well, now that I know that it's obvious Igel Jun 2015 #54

I should probably have known this but... DFW Jun 2015 #55

I/P forum = Iraeli / Palestinian Forum, I believe n/t csziggy Jun 2015 #57

OK, thanks. Makes sense enough DFW Jun 2015 #59

Even if ... BlueMTexpat Jun 2015 #9

Exactly. Many good Americans have dual citizenship. DCBob Jun 2015 #10

ever hear of the Dreyfus Affair? cali Jun 2015 #14

I don;t have a problem with dual citizenship unless.... Adrahil Jun 2015 #25

exactly - just the latest ootd DrDan Jun 2015 #34

Writers/Founders of our Constitution thought it was a big deal, and so do I. . 2banon Jun 2015 #49

I don't entirely disagree. BlueMTexpat Jun 2015 #65

It's funny, we would not mind asking Ted Cruz treestar Jun 2015 #11

it's not odd at all. accusing Jews of divided loyalties has a long, ugly cali Jun 2015 #15

Well, it's the same sort of thing LeftishBrit Jun 2015 #16

"Answer the question, Jew!" Bonobo Jun 2015 #17

You said in another thread that Bernie had "ties" to another country. beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #18

I'd like to hear the answer to that as well, Treestar! nt Bonobo Jun 2015 #19

To what? Treestar didn't say what BMUS falsely claimed she said. KittyWampus Jun 2015 #30

He sure as hell did. Here's the quote: Bonobo Jun 2015 #33

It would be nice to have you oppose sexism as strongly as CreekDog Jun 2015 #64

well that's repugnant. saying that shit makes things clear. cali Jun 2015 #20

Oh that particular thread was VERY enlightening. beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #21

Actually if we were talking about that said about a Muslim Senator... Bonobo Jun 2015 #22

No doubt. beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #23

Treestar didn't say that. If you followed the link it's quite clear she does NOT say KittyWampus Jun 2015 #29

"It's not a "slur" any more than when asked of anyone else with any ties to any other country. " oberliner Jun 2015 #41

Treestar did not say what you just claimed. I went to your link to see. KittyWampus Jun 2015 #28

he said clearly that it wasn't a slur. it damn well is. cali Jun 2015 #32

Well let's just look at what they said then: beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #63

yep DrDan Jun 2015 #35

Unlike Barack Obama and Bernie Sanders, Ted Cruz WAS born outside the US csziggy Jun 2015 #61

this question of dual citizenship borders on xenophobia drray23 Jun 2015 #27

Perception is reality in politics. Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #47

If there was a lengthy history of accusations of French "stabbing our country in the back" jeff47 Jun 2015 #62

Exactly. BlueMTexpat Jun 2015 #66

He worked on a kibbutz for a while Recursion Jun 2015 #38

No, that's not where that rumor came from oberliner Jun 2015 #42

Of course Cruz was actually born in Calgary Canada and was an actual dual citizen. Bluenorthwest Jun 2015 #43

But Cruz is a bully, and bullies usually own this kind of "debate"..... Eleanors38 Jun 2015 #60

Actually, the U.S. is ambivalent about dual or multiple citizenships in peace time WilmywoodNCparalegal Jun 2015 #50