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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: How can Cruz run for president? [View all]Nay
(12,051 posts)44. No problem. I wasn't trying to come down on you hard or anything. And you're
right (I hope) that he has little chance of winning the nomination. It's just so goddamned irritating that Obama went through all that birther shit and Cruz doesn't have to show a thing.
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Because being as big an idiot as, say, Donald Trump, is something you aspire to?
onenote
Dec 2014
#18
Not certain if he's eligible or not, but ultimately, it works out to IOKIYAR . . .
Journeyman
Dec 2014
#2
After Cruz's latest stunt I think the pukes are mad as hell and won't be so fast to forgive him.
CTyankee
Dec 2014
#43
Video of that segment is on the cnbc webpage under "recent videos" It is titled
okaawhatever
Dec 2014
#50
you can be an automatic citizen from birth if born abroad to a u.s. parent, but
unblock
Dec 2014
#46
Which means all the bullshit they gave to Obama makes the tea bag idiots even bigger idiots
LynneSin
Dec 2014
#26
you give the birther crap too much credit. it was always just to remind people that obama's black.
unblock
Dec 2014
#38
Just trying to figure out what you were getting at with the goose and gander reference
MiniMe
Dec 2014
#10
Yeah. I guess the only difference in the two situations is one person looks white and the other...
madinmaryland
Dec 2014
#48
Yeah. Cheney is from planet Warrrrblegarrrrble, which is not part of the US. I want to see
madinmaryland
Dec 2014
#49
Personally I think the law is stupid. If someone spent most of their life being raised in the USA..
LynneSin
Dec 2014
#27
Just to clarify, I don't have an issue with people asking the question, because
hughee99
Dec 2014
#41
American-born Obama is a foreigner but repukes like Cruz and Schwarzengger are not!!!
Skittles
Dec 2014
#53