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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:42 PM Original message |
Birthers ask: Is Marco Rubio eligible to be president? |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. They're consistent at least |
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. As consistent as a dog chewing a bone |
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SoCalNative (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. As did Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. We'll see about that. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Consistently wrong is still wrong. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. Marco Rubio is from wherever the GOP thinks will get him elected easiest |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. Marco would have to re-invent himself |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
6. Rubio will be President in 2016. |
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Firebrand Gary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Rubio is very weak. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. He's at least as natural born as McCain |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. I do |
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lunasun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. As complicated as the 14th amendment? |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Somewhat different circumstances |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. McCain wasn't born on the military base in Panama - it had no |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. Furthermore, the hospital McCain was born in was outside the Panama Canal zone. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #37 |
54. You are right but Congress actually had a vote certifying him in 2008 |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
42. Nothing complicated about. People born on US soil are US citizens. |
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marybourg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
8. I don't understand. Were George Washington's parents US |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. There was an exception for the first presidents because |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
38. Not true. That's why Alexander Hamilton never could become |
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The Croquist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. That is not my understanding |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Citizens at the time the Constitution was adopted were allowed to be president. |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Well they were born here in British America.and so were his grandparents. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 07:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
34. I believe a separate clause of the Constitution took care of that. |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 07:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
48. There was no US when Washington was born |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
53. Hey! Hey! stop bringin' up them facts 'n' history |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. "rigid followers of the Constitution" |
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Firebrand Gary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. Hahahahahahahaha, I can't stop laughing... |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
13. We need investigation of Rubio like a dog on a bone from now on. |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 07:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
49. No way |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
14. He's not |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 10:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. And you have been wrong for over a year. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
15. lol@interpretation of natural born. nt |
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24601 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
24. They really don't understand that you can be a citizen by blood |
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SoapBox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
25. Hilarious! And I posted and posted and posted about this and his parents, during the election. |
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Firebrand Gary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
26. Oh and K&R |
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Tony_FLADEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
27. Birthers say Marco Rubio is not eligible to be president |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 06:09 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. There is a SCOTUS saying that, when the Constitution was written, birth in a country |
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WillParkinson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 06:09 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. And why people care what they think.... |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 06:09 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Yep. One needs only look at the 2nd Amendment. |
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Mac1949 (168 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 06:09 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. OK, birthers are nuts BUT... |
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PuffedMica (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 06:09 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. We should start calling Rubio the 'Anchor Baby' |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 07:38 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Different issue. Congress makes laws regarding immigrants, but this is a Constiutional requirement |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 07:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
50. "rigid followers of the Constitution" |
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Sam Hain (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
33. He's a Republican, so it doesn't matter |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 07:39 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. A baby born to two U.S. citizens in a U.S. military hospital is not a natural born citizen? |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. See my reply #37. Mc Cain wasn't born in a "US military hospital" |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
41. Diversionary tactic as not to look like hypocrites |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
43. Let's see. He was born here in the U.S., to two non-citizens |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. "anchor baby"---yes, that's the definition |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
44. This lying asshole isn't fit to clean my shoes. |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
45. If that dumbass was born on American soil, he's an American..... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
51. The irony! |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
52. His name doesn't sound American! GET HIM! |
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