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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 02:22 PM Original message |
McCain ineligible to run for POTUS due to citizenship status? |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. The 30% is behind this |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hmmm |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. This is basis of the discussion. Natural born is supposed to mean |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. There is no exemption from the constitution |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. However, McCain satisfies the definition of Natural Born Citizen |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Yes, probably born on a US military base. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. I thought he was born on an assembly line in Detroit. |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Love it! |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Dude, I hope you've got some kind of professional graphic arts job |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. If he was born outside the country to parents who were American citizens |
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VP505 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. That won't fly, |
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lurky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. Wasn't the Canal Zone "part of America" until recently? |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. If you consider 30 years ago "recent" yes |
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Doctor Cynic (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. He was born in the Canal Zone, which was US territory at the time. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. I was born in Hawaii--early 1950s when it was a territory... |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. I'm not an attorney. If there are any attorneys in DU who want to take |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. What the founders wanted has no bearing in this argument... |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. This is enough controversy that might cause some people not to vote for him in a primary |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. It's indicative of the type of infighting w/in a party that's got nothin but fumes left |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Fun, huh? |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Yup!! |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
18. They pulled that one out last time, too--he was technically born on "US SOIL" is his retort. |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
21. People like Coulter are mad at McCain for his stance on immigration.... |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I found it hard to believe that McCain would cozy up to Bush like he has after |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I had the same reaction! |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Stockholm syndrome, maybe? |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
24. The same discussion took place regarding Goldwater in 1964 |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
26. wow, does this exclude him from running?? |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Here's a right wing blog from last summer dissing McCain and using |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
29. That area was a US territory or holding or something |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
31. Already debunked in a lengthy and contentious thread awhile back. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
32. Canal Zone WAS US soil..as is any military base on earth |
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