Politician Wants Schwarzenegger To Lose Citizenship ("NOT WORTHY" TO BE AUSTRIAN)

CNN ^ | January 22, 2005

[stopem]

Schwarz was born and raised in that country so let them do with him what they want. Who cares. You all are defending a RINO who gets more like a dim every day.

Why defend him at all? I wouldnt want him President of the U.S. thats for sure.

[pttttt]

Too late. When a person becomes a naturalized US citizen, they are required to renounce all other citizenships as part of their swearing of the Oath of Allegiance. So Arnie would have had to do this. He's already renounced his Austrian citizenship -- under oath. They can't fire him, he's already quit.

This is the US naturalization oath. it's pretty explicit:

"I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God."

There may be some countries that won't recognize formal renunciation of their citizenships but I suspect euro-liberal Austria isn't one of them.

The US Government does not favor dual citizenship but also has not outlawed it. It is possible to hold dual-US/other citizenship but only if you are a US citizen by birth -- not for naturalized citizens. One way this could happen is to be born of US parents in a foreign country.

Also, unlike the US, not all countries require such a renunciation in their naturalization process. One example is Canada.

[hoosierham]

I believe dual citizenship is against the spirit if not the law of the U.S.;"no man can serve two masters..."

[Kaslin]

I actually agree with him, but for different reasons: I would like to see dual citizenship abolished in the US.

When I made my citizenship in 1977 I was told that I would be an American and not a Geman-American and I have always considered me an American after that. As a matter of fact it *&$^# me off when someone tries to tell me I am German

[Liberator]

"Capital punishment is illegal here, and Schwarzenegger -- who holds dual U.S.-Austrian nationality -- should be stripped of his Austrian passport for "heavily damaging the reputation of the republic," Pilz said.

Huh?? What's left to further "heavily damage" the rep of Austria?

If anything, Ahnold was helping mend the battered image of Austria... It's not as though no one realizes one Adolf Hitler wasn't really a German anyway.

And then there's the matter of President Kurt Waldheim...

[Kurt_D]

The issue here is that a Leftist (from the Austrian Green Party) is attacking Arnold for doing his job. The problem here is not Arnold being a RINO, but a left-wing pile of manure trying to impose his decadent morals.

[stopem]

Oh, thanks for the explanation.

[cake_crumb]

"Mabee, they are scared that he would come home and sweep the place of commie pinkos."

Socialists, actually - there's a difference: with socialism it's man against man, but with communism it's the other way around - but he rants passionatly against both and says socialism is the reason he left to make his fortune in America. He certainly did that ;- )

[Bon mots]

Hitler Eating a Watermelon:


This is a much better photo of Hitler than the one you used.

It's kind of funny, in Europe the Greens are referred to as "Watermelons", that is, GREEN ON THE OUTSIDE, RED ON THE INSIDE.

[cake_crumb]

"Does he have dual citizenship, though?"

Yes, I believe he does

[Wiz]

Peter Pilz, an idiot with "Old European" identities. Those identities are out of date and less valuable than of US.

[Salamander]

He even *looks* deranged.
If some politician acted like that here, I'd sure as heck never vote for them.
That whole "eyes rolling back in the head" thing is a red flag.

[yer gonna put yer eye out]

"Peter Pilz..."...oh never mind...

[Dark Wing]

ping

[mewzilla]

Never understood why we allow dual citizenship. To my mind it's the equivalent of bigamy.

[Oztrich Boy]

In any case, Greens (Austrian or American) are clowns.

Austrian Greens are so Gay!

[Kurt_D]

I didn't know Gilligan was an Austrian Green.