Once nominated, support McCain, or Bush, or Dole, or Bush I, or Gerald Ford, whatever their policy positions were because they were clearly better than the Democrat choice. Anyone who suggested that dissenters should not vote for McCain because he was the source of bad policies that were not in the interest of the Country was derided.
McCain is clearly not a natural born citizen any more than Obama is. There has never been any doubt on that issue--there wasn't any doubt when the Senate passed a resolution directing the Supreme Court to ignore the issue. But members here who ought to be at the front of the Constitutional argument were forcefully opposed to even talking about the McCain facts.
Frankly, I am disappointed that Sarah has agreed to campaign for McCain. Her excuse may well be that she owes him but I would like to hear her say so. In any event, we are fortunate to have other legitimate Conservative candidates in DeMint and Bachmann.
Between McCain and Obama? I'm not really sure it is possible to say one is worse than the other. Both support and advocate policies that are destructive of the foundations of our Republic. I don't see anything "lite" about McCain.
As to the point of this article, there is clearly some overriding force that precludes any open discussion of this issue. However in the face of that force, I believe current polling now indicates that 50% of America is now aware that Obama was born in Mombassa.
I tend to think that we are likely to see this issue turn around as people recognize the stakes. I am not sure what a preferred resolution ought to be. I think it's adverse to our interest to see Congress elect Mrs. Clinton which I see as an ultimate Constitutional resolution. But the issue has enough force at present that in the context of continuing erosion of support for Obama's policies and Administration, it is likely to be on the table as a legal Constitutional challange at some point.
I’m not so sure about McCain’s eligibility. I’ve seen it argued from early legal sources (can’t remember which ones) that the children of a nation’s ambassadors are natural born even if they are born on foreign soil while their parent is serving as ambassador in that foreign land.
I don’t know how the law classifies military folks, but I would consider them ambassadors of the US when serving abroad.
That issue is for the courts to decide. It frustrates me that the court can do all this penumbra mumbo-jumbo regarding stuff that’s not even in the Constitution, but a question that is directly from the Constitution won’t be addressed.