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Canadian born Ted Cruz supporter
Anyone wondering why Ted Cruz and other Right Wing Republican politicians continue to say things they are intelligent enough to know are wrong should understand that they are pandering to a base that has no interest in being educated. It is not that the Republican Right Wing base is less intelligent. They are willfully ignorant. They are unwilling to accept uncomfortable realities, so they live in a delusional bubble irrespective of consequences.
Ted Cruz was born on foreign soil from an American mother and a foreign father. That is fact. President Obama was born on American soil from an American mother and a foreign father. In effect there was never a real constitutional question regarding President Obama’s eligibility to be president. Irrespective of his parents, he was born on American soil. There is a constitutional question on Cruz’s eligibility based on the definition of ‘natural born citizen’. As such one would expect the Right Wing birthers to go after Ted Cruz.
As long as you have constituents like Walden Republican Christina Katok, Canadians would qualify for the presidency. She says “As far as I am concerned, Canada is not foreign soil. That’s the way I look at it”. Listen to her and others in this short Texas Tribune video snippet.
Aren’t these guys the strict constitutionalists? This behavior is called willful ignorance. Adjust your beliefs to satisfy your desires. What is ironic is had President Obama been born in Kenya, based on Cruz’s circumstance and acceptance by the Right Wing, President Obama would be just as eligible given his American mother to these birthers. The reality is even if both President Obama’s parents were foreign; he constitutionally qualifies for the presidency as he was born on American soil while Cruz was not.
The reason the country is at a standstill is that we have a sect that is obstructing that has no interest in reality based governing. They can do this as long as their willfully ignorant base continues to vote at higher rates than the rest of America in gerrymandered districts. In effect America gets the government it deserves. Those who want good government must vote for good politicians.
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No…No…you don’t understand…See, it’s like this. Purportedly, one can walk from the so-called United States side to the so-called Canadian side…it’s all one landmass. But in the case of Hawaii…you have to cross an ocean. That there makes Hawaii foreign soil. See how that works? Save us from blatantly stupid people…don’t mess ’em up w/ the facts.
Ok, let’s play the silly game to see who’s more “American” :
OBAMA
Born in AMERICA
Mother was an AMERICAN
Father was from KENYA (an historic US ally)
CRUZ
Born in CANADA
Mother was an AMERICAN
Fathter was from CUBA (an historic US enemy)
Oh, hold on… these are facts! Which is definetly not what Tea Partiers base their decisions on.
Blatantly stupid my ass. These Cruz supporters are just throwing crap against the wall to see what will stick and what won’t. IF we non Cruz people keep letting the Cruz dim wits know that we are not going to let the crap they throw stick AND we will keep knocking it down just maybe they’ll know we mean business about who get’s elected this time around..
By the same rational, Mexico is not to be considered foreign soil. Why are our tights getting in a wad about, so called Illegal Immigrants? Canada to the north is not considered foreign soil So also Mexico to the south should not be considered foreign either. Sauce for the Goose same for the Gander.
Do you need a passport to go to another country like Canada? Or Mexico?….Please American BORN citizens only for president. Or next we will be letting someone from Greenland, or Costa Rica run for potus.
It’s not even a relevant question unless Ted Cruz is running for President of the United States. You don’t have to be a natural born citizen to be a senator.
Why the controversy?Ted has lived the best part of his life on American soil and born by an American mother.Besides,are both Canada and Cuba not refered to as America?Either North or South America should be America.All is one hell man made demarcation.
Just to make things clear, neither Mexico nor Cuba are in South America. They are both part of North America. This has nothing to do with presidential eligibility. It’s just a fact.
C’mon. To these idiots the real difference is race. Period.
The statement from that woman is in essence an admission: We teabaggers are simply full of crap; we just wanted to get THAT one. Now that it’s a question of our own guy, well that huge problem we kept railing about is really not a problem at all. In sum, they are a politically, intellectually and morally bankrupt rabble.