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Related: About this forumBill Maher Slams Republicans For Their Racist Obama Birth Certificate Hypocrisy
Bill Maher Slams Republicans For Their Racist Obama Birth Certificate Hypocrisy
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Bill Maher wrote on his blog that,
The Constitution says, No Person except a natural born Citizen shall be eligible to the Office of President. Cruz says hes eligible to run because his mom was a U.S. citizen, and therefore hes a U.S. citizen who didnt need to be naturalized. Great, but then what the hell was that whole Obama birther thing about?
Over half of Republican primary voters thought President Obama was illegitimate because they claimed he wasnt born here. They didnt give a damn that his mother was. If they dont have a problem with Cruz running, its just an admission that they only care when it involves one of the black countries.
Can you imagine if itd turned out President Obama wasnt born in America and had lived the first four years of his life in Kenya? Theyd be drawing up the articles of impeachment. Donald Trump would take a victory lap. Then again, he took a victory lap when it turned out he was wrong, which everyone already knew, so maybe hes just a douche.
But heres the thing: Ted Cruz is perfectly American enough to be president. His mom was an American citizen. His father became an American citizen. And every memory Ted probably has is from the years he spent in America. Except for when he was at Harvard, which he considers the Soviet Union.
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More... full article here: http://www.politicususa.com/bill-maher-slams-republicans-racist-obama-birth-certificate-hypocrisy.html
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz#Early_life_and_education
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)until he officially announces that he CANNOT and IS NOT running for President in 2016!
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)I'm not complaining about your post but I wish they would get over it!
Cha
(296,774 posts)thanks for posting, TX.. more confirmation.. how stupid is that teabagger club?
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)I'm sure there are tons of uninformed folks out there that forget or do not know that the teabaggers are REPUBLICANS
Or just call them REPUBLICANS since that is what they actually are
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)AlinPA
(15,071 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)BLACK!!!!
Rhiannon12866
(204,636 posts)Tseko
(26 posts)Rhiannon12866
(204,636 posts)It's been bugging me who Ted Cruz resembles, my housemate said "Tailgunner Joe..." And I realized that was it! They look even more alike than I thought after looking at them together!
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)When Obama and Cruz were born, the law governing foreign-born children with one citizen parent and one noncitizen parent was different from what it is today. At that time, the child was a citizen at birth only if the citizen parent had lived in the United States for at least five years after attaining the age of 14.
Cruz's mother met that criterion. Obama's mother didn't. (Obama's mother had always lived in the United States but she was only 18 when he was born. The five-year rule couldn't be satisfied by anyone who hadn't yet turned 19.)
This doesn't mean that Obama was born in Kenya, a truly silly proposition. It means that IF he had been born in Kenya then he wouldn't be eligible, but that Cruz actually is eligible even though he was born in Canada.
It may be fun to torment ignorant Republicans on this point, but the fun will end. Sooner or later any Democrat using this argument will get called on it.
meow2u3
(24,757 posts)I cannot access the site because of it. I clicked the link and got this: Malicious Site Blocked.
Are teabaggers hacking politicususa.com?