canada isnt a foreign country

[rdking647]

just ask the idiots in the tea party
When Democrat Barack Obama was running for president in 2008, Republican voter Christina Katok of Walden said she believed he was ineligible for the job.

She reasoned that he was born in Kenya and therefore wasn’t a “natural born” American — one of a handful of constitutional requirements for the job. (Obama's birth certificate shows that he was born in Hawaii, but some critics do not accept that as fact.)

Fast forward six years and another freshman U.S. senator, Canadian-born Tea Party firebrand Ted Cruz of Texas, is being mentioned as a potential 2016 presidential candidate. But Katok, who would vote for Cruz in a heartbeat, doesn’t have any concerns about his eligibility.

“As far as I’m concerned, Canada is not really foreign soil,” she said. Katok said she was more disturbed by Obama's "strong ties to Kenya," the African country where his father was born. She also said she didn’t like the fact that Obama did not release his long-form birth certificate during the 2008 race.

http://www.texastribune.org/2013/08/23/cruzs-supporters-dont-question-eligibility/


i wonder what the difference between obama and cruz could be that would make the teabaggers ignore his Canadian birth.......

[Cleita]

1. Nothing so convenient as redrawing our borders.

Most of my Canadian friends would have a real problem with this.

[malaise]

2. Obama's mother was born in America and he was born in Hawaii

There was nothing to debate - anti-Obama birthers are racist assholes.
Cruz's mother is American but he has dual citizenship which is a problem.

[HeiressofBickworth]

4. It is my understanding that Cruz actually

has three citizenships -- American because of his mother, Canadian because he was born there, and Cuban because of his father. He has made a big deal out of renouncing his Canadian citizenship, but what about Cuba? And while he's at it, he could renounce his American citizenship and we would all be the better for it.

[Thinkingabout]

7. Now this is an answer I can agree with, it would sure help Texas to get rid of Crazy Cruz.

[malaise]

9. Does his father still have Cuban citizenship?

I'd love to know

[HeiressofBickworth]

12. Cruz's father became a naturalized US citizen in 2005

when Teddie-boy was all growed up. So, it would be a legal question. Presumably Teddie had Cuban citizenship at birth until adulthood. Would his father's naturalization revoke Teddie's Cuban birth-right citizenship or does he need to take affirmative action to renounce it, just as he needs to do for Canada?

[Revanchist]

3. Can we have their health coverage then? N/T

[Thinkingabout]

5. So, if Canada is not foreign soil then Mexicio must nit be foreign soil and this would take care of

A lot of the immigration problems. This is like I have foreign experience I can see Mexico from by back door.

[Egnever]

6. Hah good point

you just saved us all a lot of time

[Isoldeblue]

8. That was great!

You gave me a good laugh

Thanks!
Adious!

[malaise]

10. DUzy

[Skink]

11. Cruz is no Castro.

[baldguy]

13. Canadians would disagree.

[Ichingcarpenter]

14. Canada is part of 'The Homeland"

Welcome to the Homeland, Mexico and Canada!


http://o.canada.com/2013/08/01/canada-homeland-map/


U.S. expects immunity for its cops working in new cross-border policing program

OTTAWA - The United States wants its police officers to be exempt from Canadian law if they agree to take part in a highly touted cross-border policing initiative, says an internal RCMP memo.

The debate over whose laws would apply to U.S. officers working in Canada raises important questions of sovereignty and police accountability, says the briefing note prepared for RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson.


http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/07/30/border-security-us-police-legal-exemptions_n_3678240.html