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RAM4171 wrote:

TexasGal wrote:My question is this: With men like Ted Cruz and Rand Paul in our legislature. Why is the Republican party fielding poor candidates to run for President? Both of these men are inspiring, articulate, and young enough to appeal to more voters. Rand Paul gave an outstanding speech and I loved Ted Cruz reading tweets.

It caused great pain in my heart when I was researching Cruz prior to the election and discovered that he can't run for POTUS
After immigration from Cuba to Texas his parents moved from Texas to Canada for a couple of years for work and it just so happens that Ted was born during those years. To bad they didn't just cross back over here for his birth. We all know that since he is a Republican conservative that will definitly be an issue.

Cruz was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, where his parents, Eleanor Darragh and Rafael Cruz, were working in the oil business.[7][8] His father was a Cuban immigrant to the United States during the Cuban Revolution.[9] His mother, an American, was reared in Delaware, in a family of Irish and Italian descent.[8][10] Cruz's family returned to the U.S. when he was four years old.[9]

Ted Cruz was not born in a U.S. state or territory, so clearly he is not a birthright citizen under the 14th amendment. However, under federal law, he was still born a citizen, which makes Ted Cruz a natural born citizen. One criteria for “Citizenship at Birth for Children Born Outside the U.S. and its Territories” from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services:



Eleanor Darragh, mother of Ted Cruz, was raised in Delaware, graduated from a Catholic High School in the U.S., as well as Rice University, so clearly she meets the residency requirements.

And the children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond Sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born Citizens: Provided, that the right of citizenship shall not descend to persons whose fathers have never been resident in the United States…

karder wrote:So why can't Cruz just say he was born in Hawaii and not show anyone his birth certificate?

RoyGBiv wrote:

karder wrote:So why can't Cruz just say he was born in Hawaii and not show anyone his birth certificate?

It's been done.
-20 Electoral College votes for lack of originality.

RX8er wrote:And they just confirmed Hagel.

Now, it is time for the "old timers" to go. McCain upset me just a little today.

rotor wrote:You just have to love these guys. 100 senators and only a handful even support the constitution.

The president can legally pardon a convicted murderer but NOBODY has the legal authority to assasinate an American citizen on American soil unless they are an immediate threat to someone else. Why is it that so few are standing up with Paul on this? A big outcry about water boarding but no outcry about murder.

RX8er wrote:And they just confirmed Hagel.

Now, it is time for the "old timers" to go. McCain upset me just a little today.

karder wrote:So why can't Cruz just say he was born in Hawaii and not show anyone his birth certificate?

bdickens wrote:

rotor wrote:You just have to love these guys. 100 senators and only a handful even support the constitution.

The president can legally pardon a convicted murderer but NOBODY has the legal authority to assasinate an American citizen on American soil unless they are an immediate threat to someone else. Why is it that so few are standing up with Paul on this? A big outcry about water boarding but no outcry about murder.

100 Senators and only a handful can even spell Constitution.