Re: Right wing-nuts who would be president
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:07 am
President Chester A. Arthur was accused of being a secret Canadian, that's hilarious.Dinsdale wrote: centuries of case law?
President Chester A. Arthur was accused of being a secret Canadian, that's hilarious.Dinsdale wrote: centuries of case law?
Dr_Phibes wrote:President Chester A. Arthur was accused of being a secret Canadian, that's hilarious.Dinsdale wrote: centuries of case law?
He was wearing a puffy coat.mvscal wrote:Dr_Phibes wrote:President Chester A. Arthur was accused of being a secret Canadian, that's hilarious.Dinsdale wrote: centuries of case law?
Well, he was one of our fattest Presidents.
Definitely a canuck. Good to see villains get more exotic with time, pleasantry and bland food can't really compete with mustachios waving scimitars on flying carpets."No duty was neglected in his administration, and no adventurous project alarmed the nation."
Arthur ruined his career by pushing for and getting the first civil service law passed. For some reason, politicians of the day thought that a civil service system would impinge upon their ability to profit from their office. Later day hacks would prove them wrong.Dr_Phibes wrote:Definitely a canuck. Good to see villains get more exotic with time, pleasantry and bland food can't really compete with mustachios waving scimitars on flying carpets."No duty was neglected in his administration, and no adventurous project alarmed the nation."
A predictable retort from you.Mace wrote:You're one stupid sonofabitch, tart. Stick to reading your Bible.
Legal and historic opinion doesn't matter.the weight of scholarly legal and historical opinion indicates...
The Supremes haven't specifically addressed it, but as I told Mace, in multiple cases, they HAVE used the term, and it has ONLY been in reference to persons born on U.S. soil to U.S.- citizen parents.The natural-born-citizen clause has been mentioned in passing in several decisions of the United States Supreme Court and lower courts dealing with the question of eligibility for citizenship by birth, but the Supreme Court has never directly addressed the question of a specific presidential or vice-presidential candidate's eligibility as a natural-born citizen
I answered your question, dumbass, and you're still too fucking stupid to get it. Just for shits and giggles, I'll tell you once again......at the time our Constitution was written, there were a lot of people in the U.S. that were born outside our borders, who were not natural born citizens, but could run for POTUS because they lived here at the time, hence the "at the time of the Adoption" of the Constitution phrase in the Constitution.poptart wrote:[Article II Section I - requirements for presidential eligibility:
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
If, according the founders intent, anyone born in the U.S. is a natural born citizen, what is your explanation for the distinction made between citizen and natural born citizen?
Why didn't they say, No person except a natural born Citizen, or a natural born Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption...
Or simply, No person except a Citizen of the United States shall be eligible...
What's your answer?![]()
There is certainly a distinction they are making between citizen and natural born citizen.
Please stop. For your sake...poptart wrote:... ONLY been in reference to persons born on U.S. soil to U.S.- citizen parents.
Pay him no mind, poptart. Do continue.Martyred wrote:Please stop. For your sake...poptart wrote:... ONLY been in reference to persons born on U.S. soil to U.S.- citizen parents.
At the time of the Adoption is clearly understood, Mace, however you are wanting to assign a meaning to natural born citizen which is bogus and simply NOT BACKED BY LAW.Mace wrote:at the time our Constitution was written, there were a lot of people in the U.S. that were born outside our borders, who were not natural born citizens, but could run for POTUS because they lived here at the time, hence the "at the time of the Adoption" of the Constitution phrase in the Constitution.
Guess I'm not surprised that you dig the fascist tyrant's act here.Felix wrote:congrats tart, you've got company in your crusade
Orly Taitz, the batshit crazy advocate for this sort of thing
In hindsight, maybe you shouldn't bother.poptart wrote:I'll explain it to you on my radio show.
You've been watching Bill O'Reilly again, haven't you? I warned you against that.poptart wrote:Invite guest on show.
Abuse, berate, interrupt, and scream down guest ---> and then kick her off.
Tremble, quiver, and act self-righteous.
Here’s an interesting editorial making a case for Ron Paul. There’s a lot there that I agree with. On the surface, I feel like he’s the guy the Republicans should be pushing, because I think he could draw significant support from disillusioned Democrats.Goober McTuber wrote:I'm waiting to see what develops. I might just write in mvscal.BSmack wrote:Is Mitt Romney your guy? Or are you going 3rd party?Goober McTuber wrote:I admit to being a single-issue voter in the last presidential election. I voted for Obama because it was way too scary having Sarah Palin a heartbeat away from the presidency. Obama has been beyond a huge disappointment. I don’t intend to vote for him again.
Ron Paul is far from perfect. But the Texas congressman and maverick GOP presidential contender brings to the 2012 race a record far more worthy of commendation than those of his competitors for the Republican nomination.
Paul voted against the Patriot Act.
Paul voted against launching the Iraq war.
Paul has consistently supported moves to bring the troops home from Iraq, from Afghanistan and from just about everywhere else they are garrisoned.
Paul has worked with Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank on a campaign to cut the Pentagon budget by $1 trillion.
Paul has worked with Frank to decriminalize marijuana and to dial back the worst excesses of the drug war.
Paul has consistently opposed free-trade deals that have led to massive layoffs and factory closings in the United States.
Paul has worked with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Florida Congressman Alan Grayson to crack down on the Federal Reserve’s secrecy and abuses.
Yes, yes, of course Paul’s anti-government rhetoric goes to extremes, and, yes, yes, of course he is an inconsistent libertarian on some vital issues.
But Ron Paul really has taken a lot of commendable stands in recent years.
And now, he has done something truly worthy of admiration.
He has chosen not to be ridiculous.
Confronted with the prospect of a participating in a debate hosted by the second most-absurd figure in American public life, Donald Trump, Paul simply said “no.”
The campaign of the candidate who, in the new Des Moines Register survey is running second in the field of GOP presidential contenders with less than a month to go before Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses, issued a delightfully snarky statement:
“The selection of a reality television personality to host a presidential debate that voters nationwide will be watching is beneath the office of the presidency and flies in the face of that office’s history and dignity. Mr. Trump’s participation as moderator will distract from questions and answers concerning important issues such as the national economy, crushing federal government debt, the role of the federal government, foreign policy, and the like. To be sure, Mr. Trump’s participation will contribute to an unwanted circus-like atmosphere.
“Mr. Trump’s selection is also wildly inappropriate because of his record of toying with the serious decision of whether to compete for our nation’s highest office, a decision he appeared to make frivolously. The short-lived elevation of Mr. Trump’s stature as a candidate put him on the radar of many organizations and we recall that last spring he was invited to keynote the Republican Party of Iowa’s annual Lincoln Day Dinner, yet at the last minute he left RPI holding the bag by canceling. In turn, RPI canceled its biggest fundraising gala of the year and suffered embarrassment and in addition RPI was required to engage in refunding measures. Our candidate will not even consider participating in the late-December debate until Mr. Trump publicly apologizes to Iowa party leaders and rectifies in full the situation.
“Therefore our candidate Ron Paul, the champion of the Constitution, has advised he will not attend.”
Trump was furious. The reality-TV show host dismissed the congressman from Texas as “clown-like.” (Trump also took a shot at another contender who rejected the debate invite, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman. But, unlike Paul, Huntsman is not a serious contender in Iowa, where the debate is set to be held.)
Paul responded to Trump’s jab by saying: “I didn’t realize he had the ability to lay on hands and anoint people.”
Ron Paul may not win the presidency, but he is winning the debate about the debate with Donald Trump.
But even if Trump will not have a serious presidential contender on his debate panel, he will not be alone.
The second most absurd figure in American public life will reportedly be joined Dec. 27 by the most absurd figure in American public life: Newt Gingrich.
OK. Let's have a peak at English common law in the late 18th century.poptart wrote:In fact, Justice Waite said that common law needed to be looked at in order to know what a natural born citizen is.
It's pretty cut and dried. Unless there is some compelling evidence that Odowngrade was born elsewhere, he is a natural born citizen and meets the Constitutional standard of eligibility for the office.The first and most obvious division of the people is into aliens and natural-born subjects. Natural-born subjects are such as are born within the dominions of the crown of England, that is, within the ligeance, or as it is generally called, the allegiance of the king; and aliens, such as are born out of it.
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The children of aliens, born here in England, are, generally speaking, natural-born subjects, and entitled to all the privileges of such.
http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders ... hips1.html
Most of the rabble dismiss him with ad hominems like, "He's crazy." "He's a nut." The more thoughtful Republicans agree with him on most if not all of his domestic agenda, but are concerned that his foreign policy is dangerously naive and I think that is a valid reason for concern.Goober McTuber wrote:I admit to not following Republican politics very closely, so help me out here. What is the downside to a Ron Paul candidacy?
mvscal wrote:I suppose I'd vote for him if he somehow won the nomination.
Even I agree with a fair amount of his domestic agenda. I also thin he doesn't have a 10 year old in Jerry Sandusky's house chance of getting that agenda passed. What you would see in a Paul Presidency would be corporate hacks from both parties uniting to keep business as usual running over Paul's vetoes and no change of any substance happening at all. In other words, just like it is now.mvscal wrote:Most of the rabble dismiss him with ad hominems like, "He's crazy." "He's a nut." The more thoughtful Republicans agree with him on most if not all of his domestic agenda, but are concerned that his foreign policy is dangerously naive and I think that is a valid reason for concern.Goober McTuber wrote:I admit to not following Republican politics very closely, so help me out here. What is the downside to a Ron Paul candidacy?
BSmack wrote:...corporate hacks from both parties uniting to keep business as usual running over Paul's vetoes and no change of any substance happening at all. In other words, just like it is now.
I said nothing of the kind. Sadly Obama has not even provided a reach around for the 99% of us who do not own companies. I'd consider a vote for Paul. But I won't be expecting any miracles.Martyred wrote:BSmack wrote:...corporate hacks from both parties uniting to keep business as usual running over Paul's vetoes and no change of any substance happening at all. In other words, just like it is now.
Oh...Is that what's going on now? Obama has been waging a "secret war" against the plutocrats and is being foiled at every turn?
Actually...BSmack wrote: I said nothing of the kind.
...you did.BSmack wrote:...just like it is now.
I meant business as usual for the corporate state is happening now and will happen again with a Paul Presidency. And anybody who thinks otherwise is delusional.Martyred wrote:Actually...BSmack wrote: I said nothing of the kind.
...you did.BSmack wrote:...just like it is now.
Pssst. Hey, Rooster. That op-ed piece was written by a liberal editor. You fucking douchenozzle.Rooster wrote:Wow. Obama isn't in the top two of absurd public figures? How does that compute?
So you aren't voting for anybody because it makes no difference, right?BSmack wrote:I meant business as usual for the corporate state is happening now and will happen again with a Paul Presidency. And anybody who thinks otherwise is delusional.
There are social issues where who I vote for would matter. Obama at least would hold the line on those issues. Which is why barring a credible 3rd option, I'll still vote for Obama again. But I have no illusions about any fundamental change in the corporation run government as regards economic policy and economic fairness. The only way those issues are going to be decided in the people's favor is to keep up the pressure on the hack politicians until they do the right thing out of necessity of get the hell out.mvscal wrote:So you aren't voting for anybody because it makes no difference, right?BSmack wrote:I meant business as usual for the corporate state is happening now and will happen again with a Paul Presidency. And anybody who thinks otherwise is delusional.
Not true.mvscal wrote:OK. Let's have a peak at English common law in the late 18th century.poptart wrote:In fact, Justice Waite said that common law needed to be looked at in order to know what a natural born citizen is.
From Blackstone's Commentaries, 1765
It's pretty cut and dried. Unless there is some compelling evidence that Odowngrade was born elsewhere, he is a natural born citizen and meets the Constitutional standard of eligibility for the office.The first and most obvious division of the people is into aliens and natural-born subjects. Natural-born subjects are such as are born within the dominions of the crown of England, that is, within the ligeance, or as it is generally called, the allegiance of the king; and aliens, such as are born out of it.
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The children of aliens, born here in England, are, generally speaking, natural-born subjects, and entitled to all the privileges of such.
http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders ... hips1.html
mvscal wrote: I suppose I'd vote for him if he somehow won the nomination.
BSmack wrote: I'd consider a vote for Paul.
Understand that my consideration of Paul would be contingent on two things;Felix wrote:jeezus palomino......
nobody has seen four dudes riding around on white, red, black and pale or green horses have they?
yeah, Newton seems to be the flavor of the week.....you know, the family values guy who was driven to having affairs because he's so passionate about the country....BSmack wrote:
Besides, we all know the GOP isn't going to nominate him anyway.
I'll bet newt would like to have a do over on that ridiculous explanation of his being....well.....a dude.Felix wrote:yeah, Newton seems to be the flavor of the week.....you know, the family values guy who was driven to having affairs because he's so passionate about the country....BSmack wrote:
Besides, we all know the GOP isn't going to nominate him anyway.
one thing you can say about gingrich....that dude is as fucking cold blooded as they come.....
They'll shamelessly pummel him with facts? That's downright un-American.smackaholic wrote:I'll bet newt would like to have a do over on that ridiculous explanation of his being....well.....aFelix wrote:yeah, Newton seems to be the flavor of the week.....you know, the family values guy who was driven to having affairs because he's so passionate about the country....BSmack wrote:
Besides, we all know the GOP isn't going to nominate him anyway.
one thing you can say about gingrich....that dude is as fucking cold blooded as they come.....dudedouche.
Fortunately for him, he got that out of the way a long time ago and the ADHD riddled american electorate is likely to let it go. Of course, the dems will shamelessly pummel him with it anyway, next year.