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DainBramaged
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Thu Apr-22-10 08:01 AM Original message |
The 'natural born citizen' question. Let's say our President wasn't born on American soil. |
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Captain Hilts
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Thu Apr-22-10 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. We should have a residency requirement, not a native born one. It could be 40 years. It makes no |
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DainBramaged
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Thu Apr-22-10 08:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I remember one statement from so so many Pukes back in 2001 |
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Captain Hilts
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Thu Apr-22-10 08:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Huh? |
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DainBramaged
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Thu Apr-22-10 08:19 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Sore Loserman, it now applies to those who once spoke it to us...... |
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Arkansas Granny
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Thu Apr-22-10 10:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
31. They were sore winners. We knew they would be far worse if they lost. |
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zipplewrath
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Thu Apr-22-10 08:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Or SoS, or Speaker, or.... |
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Captain Hilts
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Thu Apr-22-10 08:17 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Yes. Weird. nt |
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aquart
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Thu Apr-22-10 09:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. NO! |
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slampoet
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Thu Apr-22-10 09:54 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Good point. |
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Captain Hilts
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Thu Apr-22-10 10:10 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. There are too many people who have lived here for decades that have earned that opportunity. nt |
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aquart
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Thu Apr-22-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. No, they haven't. This is not something you earn. |
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Captain Hilts
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Thu Apr-22-10 09:12 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. We're not supposed to be ruled by things like heredity. nt |
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slampoet
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Thu Apr-22-10 09:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
29. I would rather have a president who was travelled and can speak foreign languages. |
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Captain Hilts
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Thu Apr-22-10 10:12 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. They don't want folks that have 'gone native'. There's a logic to it. |
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Naturalist111
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Thu Apr-22-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
42. I respectfully disagree. Must be native. |
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HipChick
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Thu Apr-22-10 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
2. Are these the same folks that no so long ago wanted to change the law, so that Arnold could make a |
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DainBramaged
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Thu Apr-22-10 08:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. You betcha' (wink wink) |
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hobbit709
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Thu Apr-22-10 08:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Ding, ding, ding! |
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Captain Hilts
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Thu Apr-22-10 08:18 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Actually, some of them started in the early '70s with Kissinger. It's still a dumb rule. nt |
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w8liftinglady
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Thu Apr-22-10 09:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
28. an article relating to this |
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WeDidIt
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Thu Apr-22-10 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
6. The law when Obama was born required all five years after 16th birthday. |
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DainBramaged
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Thu Apr-22-10 08:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Birthers can read something other than the comic pages? |
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WeDidIt
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Thu Apr-22-10 08:50 AM Response to Reply #7 |
23. It's the rightwing ratfucker team that's pushing this shit |
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mrcheerful
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Thu Apr-22-10 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
8. What don't you get? It is not about his birth its about his race no matter what |
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DainBramaged
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Thu Apr-22-10 08:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. So they conspired to forge the newspaper birth announcement too? |
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mrcheerful
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Thu Apr-22-10 08:25 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Yeah they covered all of their bases. |
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madokie
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Thu Apr-22-10 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
15. Its all about the color with them |
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HipChick
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Thu Apr-22-10 08:26 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Reptilicons? |
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HipChick
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Thu Apr-22-10 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
18. so let me get this straight...the FBI..OPM...NSA CIA are totally inept |
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WeDidIt
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Thu Apr-22-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #18 |
35. They're all in on the conspiracy. |
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Kurt_and_Hunter
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Thu Apr-22-10 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
19. That is not the standard for the presidency |
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Brewman_Jax
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Thu Apr-22-10 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
20. Barack Obama is the 7th US President with a foreign-born parent |
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shraby
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Thu Apr-22-10 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
21. That's what I was taught in 1959 in school is what a |
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Statistical
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Thu Apr-22-10 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
22. Full citizenship and requirements for President are not the same. |
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aquart
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Thu Apr-22-10 09:07 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. McCain wasn't. |
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HipChick
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Thu Apr-22-10 09:08 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. but he was white.. |
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Statistical
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Thu Apr-22-10 09:16 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Possibly but that doesn't change the fact that the premise in OP is invalid. |
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Romulox
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Thu Apr-22-10 10:22 AM Response to Reply #22 |
34. There is no requirement that one be born on US soil; rather one may not be "naturalized" |
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Statistical
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Thu Apr-22-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I'll concede the point. |
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Romulox
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Thu Apr-22-10 10:31 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. And I'll concede yours. |
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Statistical
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Thu Apr-22-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Would be a pretty boring Presidential debate though. |
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spanone
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Thu Apr-22-10 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
41. let's NOT say that. mainly because it's not true. |
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RB TexLa
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Thu Apr-22-10 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
43. The requirement for being president is the only place the term 'natural born citizen' is used |
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