Ted Cruz Still Hasn't Renounced His Canadian Citizenship

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In August, Americans learned that Ted Cruz is a Canadian citizen. Though his status as "natural born" American citizen is in question, his Canadian citizenship is not, given his Calgary birth.

But lo these 120 days later, Ted Cruz is still a Canadian. The Dallas Morning News reported on Saturday that Cruz has only just started to renounce the citizenship. "I have retained counsel that is preparing the paperwork to renounce the citizenship," he told the paper.

Renouncing his Canadian citizenship is, of course, quite useful if he's planning a 2016 run. Unfortunately, nowhere in the Constitution does it say one is eligible to run for president if not naturally born a citizen but later having rejected other countries' citizenship. Cruz's eligibility is an open question in part because the language in the Constitution is no non-specific on this issue.

A Cruz 2016 campaign would be plagued by this question repeatedly. Though not nearly as fervently as the lunacy of Obama birtherism, some on the right have challenged Cruz's eligibility. His primary opponents' supporters would certainly use it to their advantage. But it's hardly the prime reason not to allow Ted Cruz into the Oval Office.

More at http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/14582/ted-cruz-still-hasnt-renounced-his-canadian-citizenship .

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1. He has 'retained counsel'? WTF for? It's a 4-page application and

a hundred bucks Canadian. He doesn't need any goddamn 'counsel.' What a weasel.

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2. ^^^^ This.

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4. I guess a Harvard law degree isn't as helpful as I would have thought. (nt)

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5. Indeed. What a bombastic moron. Counsel? Counsel?? To fill out a simple

form online and pay $100 by credit card? I have seen the form. It would take me 5 minutes, if I were so stupid as to want to revoke my Canadian citizenship. He could have done that the very day reporters brought the subject up, and he would have had his citizenship revoked in, oh, about 60 days. And it would only be 60 days because Canada's immigration dept. workers are as busy as one-armed paperhangers trying to process all the people trying to get into Canada.

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3. Juanita Jean thinks that Canada is rejecting Cruz

http://www.juanitajean.com/2013/12/29/actually-truth-be-known-canada-is-renouncing-him/#comments

Ted Cruz, the man who jumped on the birther idiocy like a goat on clover, is finally getting around to renouncing his Canadian citizenship. Cruz says it’s just a technical issue. You know, like you can be technically pregnant without being actually pregnant. Or just technically dumb.

Ted assures us that he has nothing against Canada, but he’s unclear if Canada doesn’t have anything against him.

It all boils down to where Cruz’s mother was born and, of course, whether she was just technically pregnant with him. Where is Donald Trump when you really need him?

Personally, I think I could build a pretty damn good case that he’s a terror baby.

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6. Cruz-Jerk of deliberate obscurity.