Interesting stretch from Paul Harvey today

[zbdent]

He was explaining that, here in the US, you have to be born in this country and lived as its citizen all your life if you want to be President.

Yet, "you only have to live in France for 5 years to become President of France."

Prepping myself for yet another lame France joke, Paul Harvey went on to clarify the matters.

According to the constitution of France, if you have lived in any part of the world that was, at any time, under French rule, then you qualify.

He then went on, saying "Don't get ahead of me, heh, heh, heh.", to reminding his fact-deficient listeners that a huge chunk of the US used to be owned by France. This (for those who don't know) transferred over to US control with, ta-daaa!, "The Louisiana Purchase".

The "Louisiana Purchase" included portions of Arkansas.

Here's PH's punchline. He then pointed out, ha ha ha, that Bill Clinton could conceivably be President of France.

Here's the point that PH neglected to include in HIS PROPOGANDA.

The "Louisiana Purchase" also included portions of Texas. So George W. Bush, "Poppy" Bush, Laura Bush, Dick Cheney, Jenna & Barbara Bush, and a whole slew of others have just as much claim to the right of Presidency of France as Clinton.

Gee, another country that they can be "non"-elected to.

[shadu]

1. I hate that bigoted pile of sh*t!

[MnFats]

2. he is a HUGE perpetrator of urban legends...

...the people at snopes.com love him, hate him.
and now you know the REST of the story....


remember, Paul Harvey was a staunch backer of Nixon right up to the end. that's all you need to know.

[Katherine2]

3. He still tells the Mel Gibson

story from the movie "Man without a Face" and says it's a true story about Mel Gibson. What a dope.

[chelsea0011]

4. There is no other person in the world that gets paid this well

for doing nothing. I still have no idea what this complete loser's show actually is. What a dick!

[StClone]

5. Can Some one corroborate this story about PH

He once (1950's or 60's) was arrested for stealing fence wire in Illinois from the famed particle accelerator land. Anyone?