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The federal government should establish an official committee to review presidential candidates' birth certificates... -- (link)

Posted by Don Homer (aka DonHomer) May 30 '12, 09:29

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link (2012.talkingpointsmemo.com)

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Alternately, let's get rid of the current nonsense stipulation and agree that anybody who has lived in this country 25 years can run for POTUS. -- nm - David May 30, 09:37 27
- and that is how a Canadian and subsequently Canada took over the United States -- nm - Future history books May 30, 09:46 6
  - All the while yelling BO! and carrying a monkey named Topica. -- nm - David May 30, 09:51
  - Paul Gross? -- nm - Reagen May 30, 09:47 4
    - VP, he brings the curling vote -- nm - Beaker May 30, 09:47 3
      - I'm saying he had a movie about exactly this. -- nm - Reagen May 30, 09:48 2
        
        I don't think they'd make a movie out of it till it actually happened though - Beaker May 30, 09:49 1
        
        Not really. It's hilarious politically, except it's supposed to be a drama. -- nm - Reagen May 30, 09:53
- I still want a person to have been born here. -- nm - Krusty May 30, 09:45 15
  - To me, natural-born citizen means born on US soil or born of a US citizen. (i.e., they don't need to be naturalized to be a citizen). -- nm - mara May 30, 09:51 2
    - This sounds fair. -- nm - Beryllium May 30, 10:02
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  - Out of interest, why? -- nm - Roger More May 30, 09:47 2
    - I believe America should be run by an American not a foreign born citizen. - Krusty May 30, 09:56 1
      - Completely understandable - though that's different from "born here". -- nm - Roger More May 30, 10:05
  - why? How does that make someone a better citizen or president? Dumb luck vs actually choosing and making the effort. -- nm - Don Homer May 30, 09:46 1
    - "Perceived conflict of interest" has a lot of interpretations and tends to be somewhat over-applied -- nm - Beryllium May 30, 09:58
  - Why do you hate Obama??? -- nm - David May 30, 09:46
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    - Sure but military families overseas isn't the same thing as a foreign born person. - Krusty May 30, 09:52 4
      - There are all sorts of circumstances that could mean otherwise qualified people wouldn't pass though. - Roger More May 30, 09:58
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        Yes. I don't care where you were born as long you were an American by birth. -- nm - Krusty May 30, 09:59 1
        
        pretty sure the law says the opposite of that right now - it cares where you were born, and doesn't care whether your parents were foreign. - Beryllium May 30, 10:01
- sure, if you want President Schwarzenegger to deliver you back under the Austrian boot heel. -- nm - Reagen May 30, 09:39 2
  - I've been looking for an excuse to fight them ever since I watched The Sound of Music. -- nm - David May 30, 09:41
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- I'd just as soon make it any citizen period. -- nm - Don Homer May 30, 09:38
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- I wouldn't read too much into this; this guy's a firm believe in being heard is the same as being important. - Will Hunting May 30, 09:38 2
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    - They're rallying the troops now when most people aren't paying much attention....May-August are the dog days of a campaign....it's all about rallying - Will Hunting May 30, 09:42
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Good idea. I mean, you guys came this close to having a Panamanian-born president. -- nm - Roger More May 30, 09:32
wow. - znufrii May 30, 09:32 4
- This would all be moot if we didn't have the silly "natural born" requirement. -- nm - Don Homer May 30, 09:38 3
  - or if we didn't have silly politicians insisting that their factually incorrect views are just as reasonable and a matter of "debate" - znufrii May 30, 09:43 2
    - well, that too. Or a national media that played along for so long, trying to appear neutral -to a fault. -- nm - Don Homer May 30, 09:44 1
      - oh, certainly. -- nm - znufrii May 30, 09:45

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