Ted Cruz cannot be President

[mikede]

Despite what some misguided lunatic fringe wing nuts might think, the leading wing nut Ted Cruz CANNOT be President.
He was born in Canada, he does not deny that fact, he just thinks that something or someone will come along and change the Constitutional requirement that a President must be "born in the USA". (a shout out to Bruce).
So for these loons, the second amendment is sacrosanct but the part of the Constitution that says a President must be a natural born citizen,,, well that is another story.

 

[LISteve]

Well Obama is President isn't he?

Just kidding Mike ... don't get excited.

Governor Christie is getting lean and mean for his Presidential run. If he wants it, the nomination is his for the taking.

 

[Ozzy]

I'd like to see a Christie/Cuomo ticket (put either on top) just for the sake of giving both parties a piece of the pie so neither should sabotage the workings of the govt as they both do now when they end up on losing ends of elections. Or at the very least Christie vs Cuomo. At least that way I think we're guaranteed to have at least one effective person running things.

 

[Traderdave]

There was also talk of changing the rules for Ahnold

 

[garvin_fred]

It's not just changing the rules. It's in the Constitution and would require an amendment. back in the 70's there was talk of trying to amend the Constitution to allow Henry Kissinger to run for president, but there wasn't enough momentum. He was born in Germany. Amending the Constitution is a long process requiring each state to vote in it.

 

[garvin_fred]

John McCain was born in Panama, but it was on a US naval base which is considered the US, so he was permitted to run for president. His father was in the US Navy.

 

[The Exiled]

Oh, Yes He Can!!!

Despite what some ignorant misguided lunatic fringe wing nuts might think, Ted Cruz can become President. Only native-born U.S. citizens or those born abroad, but only to parents who were both citizens of the U.S. may be president of the United States.

Do some research before you post such garbage about a subject no one here gives a shit about. And shame on those before me who didn't correct this moron.

 

[LISteve]

I should have known this Stu. Shame on me.

PS - If Obama ran again in 2016 he would get voted in ... every time. Wouldn't matter what unemployment or GDP would be. Nothing could possibly keep him from getting re-elected. The only thing is term limits.

 

[Ozzy]

US Constitution Article II, Section 1, Clause 5:

"No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States. "


Unfortunately for us there is no ineligibility clause for stupidity. So even Sarah Palin can run.


I don't know what Ted Cruz's cr****tials are and don't care to look it up, but if he was born in Canada to an American (citizen) parent then that makes him a citizen though he'd probably have to give up his dual (Canadian) citizenship to be eligible. I'm assuming he's over 35 so that leaves just the 14 year residence requirement.

 

[mikede]

Well Obama is President isn't he?

Just kidding Mike ... don't get excited.

Governor Christie is getting lean and mean for his Presidential run. If he wants it, the nomination is his for the taking.

Steve,
They did not even invite him to that conservative shin-dig a few weeks back.
The Tea Party will never forgive him for hugging Obama.
He might get the nomination but it is not his for the taking.

 

[mikede]

Oops,,, looks like I blew this one, though there is debate on the internet about this subject.

 

[backseat]

from Wikipedia,
Early life and education [edit]

Cruz was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada[1], where his parents, Eleanor Darragh and Rafael Cruz, were working in the oil business.[9][10] His father was a Cuban immigrant to the United States during the Cuban Revolution.[11] His mother was born and reared in Delaware, in a family of Irish and Italian descent.[10][12] Cruz's parents, who had both attended college in Texas, returned there when Ted was about four years old.[11]

 

[Marcus1960]

Christie has no chance to be the GOP nominee. He's not enough of a Wing Nut.

 

[LISteve]

I think he will be so great in the debates that nobody will be able to touch him. Just go to youtube and watch this guy in action. I think Marcus, Mike and Emily will all admit that they like him. They may not vote for him since he is a Republican. BUT ... you will all say he is likeable.

 

[Marcus1960]

yes, he does have a likeability factor....something Romney sorely lacked...but I think Christie will have a hard time playing to that right wing base in the middle of the country.

 

[Ozzy]

The debates.... They start in Iowa and other backwards thinking redneck states. So by the time the campaigners reach the progressive thinking intelligent people of America we're left with who dumb America decides for us. Did anyone forget how they went for the last guy who ran from the NY/NJ area...

I'd imagine the first or second question will go much like this....

(Moderator) Mr Christie... Where do you stand on evolution or creation?

(Mr Christie) I'm an intelligent person so I believe in science and evolution.


And that like with Rudy in '08, is the end of Mr Christine's presidential aspirations.

 

[fairemily]

I think he will be so great in the debates that nobody will be able to touch him. Just go to youtube and watch this guy in action. I think Marcus, Mike and Emily will all admit that they like him. They may not vote for him since he is a Republican. BUT ... you will all say he is likeable.

Chris Christie fleece video with Bon Jovi was cute, he was funny on SNL, he is likeable on a Paulie from Goodfellas kind of way. They criticize the president for doing the celbrity spots they praise Christie for. I don't like the weight jabs and think they are out of bounds. You are mistsken about nobody being able to touch him, there is another popular east coast governor who has strange similarities, both hardcore Springsteen fans, both Roman Catholic faith, same exact age, same amount of children even to the gender distribution and both are popular rising stars on the other spectrum of policy. You might find this link interesting and see Christie does have equal competition. I'm obviously a huge O'Malley fan, besides agreeing with his policies he's what women would call "dreamy" and if you don't think that counts you never heard of JFK. The Republicans already have a woman problem, that's a fact, if the democrats push a handsome pro-choice candidate the problem will escalated. The weirdest part is one of the biggest stains in both of their records have involved prison policy. It's a political separated at birth.


http://thegreatamericandisconnect.blogspot.com/2012/03/chris-christie-size-matters.html?m=1

 

[mikede]

yes, he does have a likeability factor....something Romney sorely lacked...but I think Christie will have a hard time playing to that right wing base in the middle of the country.

His "Obama moment" with the shake and hug will doom his candidacy.
Don't forget about the unnatural obsessive hate that Pubs have for Obama. They forgive nobody who has even smiled at the Pres. let alone what Christie has done.
Though his positions are not the usual Northern Liberal Republican positions.
He is anti choice among other things and that is still huge with the wing nuts.

 

[fairemily]

His "Obama moment" with the shake and hug will doom his candidacy.
Don't forget about the unnatural obsessive hate that Pubs have for Obama. They forgive nobody who has even smiled at the Pres. let alone what Christie has done.
Though his positions are not the usual Northern Liberal Republican positions.
He is anti choice among other things and that is still huge with the wing nuts.

It's not really unnatural unfortunately, it's been going on our entire species history, it's called finding fault with someone just because they looks diffetent from you aka racism. It's just repackaged as now by conservative think tanks as socialist or Marxist or just not one of us but every so often it's just blatant like the "don't re-nig" bumper stickers. I don't entertain any other notion when the facts are made up. My left leaning friends have legitimate qualms with the president based in policy (drones, AHA didn't go far enough, wall street) but the inaccurate nonsense I hear from the right is pure racism.

What do you think of Christie against O'Malley? I find the prospect exciting. The similarities in their lives is uncanny.

Christie and O'Malley are both 50 but I was shocked to learn Ted Cruz is the same age as Paul Ryan. I don't know what toxins he was exposed to growing up around tar sands or what he's consuming down in Texas but he looks terrible for his age. He has no life in his eyes, he's gaunt, his complexion is yellow in some photos, he doesn't look well, I thought he was 60 and just lived hard.

 

[Ozzy]

Guess I'm a racist because the incompetent shitheads Obama hand picked are fucking things up all over the place right now. It's funny how if you disagree with Obama the race card comes flying out. This is a dangerous slope and it's why this administration gets pass after pass from the media. The pubs hate the Clintons waaaaaayyy more than Obama and last I looked Bill and Hillary were white folk... southern bible belt white folk.

Obama like W Bush gets a lot of flak not for who or what they are personally... but because of those they chose to surround themselves with. If W hadn't picked Cheney (who ran the govt for W) he'd be a more liked and respected president today. Obama suffers the same curse.... he's letting the assholes surrounding him (Biden, Pelosi, Ried etc...) run the country while he gives speeches and takes it easy. This is what happens when a "lightweight" becomes president and the party makes them pick long time DC shitheads to run the show.