Posted on 06/21/2007 3:56:12 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Is he trying to find his way to the presidency through the back door as vp? If the pres dies, viola...foreign born president.
Not Constitutional, period.
How about an amendment that prevents a presidents’ immediate family members from running for the office?
Fat chance, I know.
It sure would cure Bush/Clinton fatigue.
Journalism majors... Always good for a laugh!
When has the rule of law ever been in the way of what he and the Mrs. want?
Article 2.Section 1
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No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
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The easiest way to get this done is to annex Austria, perhaps as a county of California. Wouldn’t even need Congress. I suggest Arnold mobilize the Guard and get ‘er done.
It's not necessary to be born in the US; it's necessary to be a "natural born citizen" or a citizen of the US at the time the Constitution was adopted. John McCain was born a US citizen, but he was born in the Panama Canal Zone, and he's running for President in 2008. Barry Goldwater was born in Arizona, but Arizona was not a state in 1909. I can safely state that no one alive in 1787 is alive today, so there's no possibility short of a constitutional amendment for any naturalized citizen to be elected President.
I don't like the precedent for that.
Get the kraut out of Kalifornia soon!
What an ignorant nincompoop!
Schwarzenegger is a great opportunist (not businessman) there is a difference.
He won in California because of his celebrity and a few polical savvy people on his staff.
He is a disaster as a national candidate.
No chance the Terminator will ever be President of VP.
I wrote about this recently, they just have to run Maria Shriver as VP. She pretty much runs most of Arnold’s decision process anyway, according to many sources. This would put California in either the GOP or Bloomberg column, and the GOP wins the presidency. Bloomberg/Shriver, vote for two you get three! And this would split the women if Hilldog gets her nomination. Maria. . .I just choose a girl named M a ri aaa.
Except, with a liberal, it will be an issue if it runs counter to their desires.
Rules are made for the "little people", y'know...
They just need the Supreme Constitutional Convention to declare the last sentence of the 12th Amendment to be a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. We don’t need a Constitution, because we have a nine member ruling junta.
You might be eligible if you’re born on foreign soil and your parents are US citizens. Not sure. However, the Panama Canal Zone was a US territory at that time.
Thanks. Yes, the blue states would be in a quandry, voting between a Kennedy and a Clinton. Then the non-girly men would be split between Arnold’s stand-in and Fred Thompson but would go with Thompson once they get a look at Bloomberg’s actual thoughts. Let’s hope Bloomy and Arnold/Maria think or hear of this, and fall for it!
I think now is a good time to propose a new Constitutional Amendment.
“A person must live in the United States for at least 35 years with proof of residency and relinquish all foreign citizenships to be eligible for the Presidency of the United States.”
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