Hilarious - Ted Cruz "the up and comer of the Tea Party movement" can't be President or VP

[underpants]

I did not know this. Too funny.

Cruz was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz#Early_life_and_education

By the time of their inauguration, the President and Vice President must be:
natural born citizens (including naturalization passed from parents)
at least thirty-five years old
inhabitants of the United States for at least fourteen years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_Two_of_the_United_States_Constitution

[brucefan]

1. Like he

ever has a chance.

[horseshoecrab]

2. Seriously...

This Cruz fellow is like a Joe McCarthy tribute act.

[southernyankeebelle]

3. Have you ever seen a picture of them side by side? I swear you would think he was

reborn or Cruz is his illegit child. By the way Alberta is beautiful.

[graham4anything]

4. I don't think this is correct. His mother is American, therefore so is he

if the wiki is correct(I didn't investigate this further).

[itsrobert]

5. His mother was/is a US Citizen

the question is when did his father become a citizen? If after his birth, there looks to be a problem. But if his parents were both US Citizens at the time of his birth, I don't see the problem.

reference: http://www.ilrc.org/files/documents/ilrc-natz_cit_chart_a_0.pdf


Born on/after
12/24/52 and
prior to
11/14/86

Both parents
citizens One had resided in the U.S. or its outlying possessions.

One citizen, one
national parent
Citizen had been physically present in U.S or its
outlying possessions for a continuous period of one
year.


One citizen and
one alien parent
Citizen had been physically present in U.S. or its
outlying possessions 10 years, at least 5 of which were
after age 14.

[underpants]

6. Okay- that is a birth certificate discussion that would be interesting

Thanks for that info

[ellenfl]

7. fwiw, the wiki link says cruz sr became a citizen in 2005. eom