Will Pugs amend the Constitution allowing foreign borns to become pres.?

[MoonRiver]

Of course this relates to Schwarzenegger running for office in 2008. Orrin Hatch is spearheading the movement and I suspect a battle royal is brewing on this subject between the Repub fundies and mods
(although for the life of me I can't figure out what far rightwing Hatch's agenda is all about).

[hippiechick]

1. Other: 'Constitution ? What Constitution ?"

:shrug:


:hippie:

[MoonRiver]

2. Thanks, I added an "Other" category.

:D

[laheina]

3. Other

How can the repugs foster a culture of xenophobia and then expect this to pass?

I don't think that they are even going to get the amendment through.

[MoonRiver]

4. I don't know except they seem to do whatever the hell they want.

Who's going to stop them? Democrats? LOLOLOL! Plus, their hypocrisy knows no limits.

[laheina]

11. True

I wouldn't put it past them to run him, just because they know he could win. He's not the sharpest took in the shed, if you know what I mean; I don't think that he'd give them many problems.

[HawkerHurricane]

5. Yes, but...

Arnie will not be able to win in the primaries.

[MoonRiver]

6. Better check that conclusion out with CNN first.

Arnie may be really good for bidness.

[laheina]

13. Primaries

It's not like they have differing viewpoints on anything. At least ones that they're brave enough to talk about in public. ;)

They could run just one candidate. That's what they did with W in Texas.

Who knows?

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. Nope. No furiners will run our country. It will never happen

unless the repukes decide they don't need to change the constitution for Ahhhhhnold to be prez. They'll just make their own new rule to allow it.

[baltodemvet]

8. They may give it a try

but it won't go far. There're are too many competitors who won't want to let the freak in the race.

[Arkana]

9. They can't

2/3 of the Senate, House, and the states. Sorry, but they don't have a majority that big.

[MoonRiver]

10. Oh, I could care less.

But assuming we still have rigged (for the Repuke) elections and Dems will lose the presidency again, I'd prefer Arnie over Bill Frist.

[laheina]

14. Unless the reps start voting on diebold machines;)

[Arkana]

15. That's true.

:)

[Generic Other]

12. Not Arnold we should worry about

but do we want a Rupert Murdock making one of his sons our president? Or Bindar Bush?

Maybe you like the sound of President Moon? Or maybe an exiled dictator? Say a Mrs. Marcos or a Manuel Noriega?

Hell, if we play our cards right we could see Osama as president.

One thing we know about American politics. It's all about the money.

[laheina]

18. On a local radio show last week...

was an Iranian American who had lived here most of her life. She said that she disagreed with an amendment (this is a rough paraphrase) because a person will always have a fondness for the first ground that his or her feet had touched.

It was a very eloquent point.

[mainegreen]

16. No way.

Could you imagine everyone being open minded enough to think that a non-native could possibly be commander-in-chief? (Never mind that other than the real natives, we're ALL immigrants).

[KansDem]

17. The Constitution will be changed so the Saudis can run the US...

After all, they're doing it now! With a change in the Constitution, they will simply remove the middle man (in this case, Chimpy), and run the country directly.

As Micheal Moore's "9/11" revealed, stand across the street from the Saudi embassy for a little while and watch the Secret Service pull up to ask you a few questions...

The SS doesn't do this for just any "foreign government..."

[Lone Pawn]

19. They won't get what they need for it.

2/3 of senate, 2/3 of house, 3/4 of state legislatures. That won't happen for Arnie.

[imenja]

20. they'll try to amend

but may not get it passed by 2008. Christian Right won't permit Schwartnegger to be the nominee....let's hope so anyway.

[hyphenate]

21. They would need the approval of ALL 50 states

in order to make the amendment to the constitution to allow someone foreign born the ability to run for president. It AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN. They couldn't give women the ERA, so what the fuck makes those assholes think they're going to get all 50 states to allow the Austrian gropenator the chance to run our country even FURTHER into the ground?

[RafterMan]

22. Gorbachev vs. Blair in 2012!

With Karzai an early exit after a poor showing in South Carolina.

Part of me really wants to see it happen.