[GatekeeperBookman]

'08? You are nuts-if you mean a run for prez. Have you read the Constitution? It prohibits foreign born, naturalized citiezens from holding that office. I have realized entirely why they did that-in the last decade with this invasion of aliens. No foreigners! Has anyone seen the wonderful story about a man named Arnold & his sweet freind from Austria-Kurt? Furt had fun back in the old days-he dressed up in a cute uniform & had funny 'SS' on his lapel He did funny things to people-Arnold said at his wedding, that he & Maria loved Kurt. They toasetd him, to the horror of the Kennedy's!!

This will be really fun to see in the campaign.

[GrandmaPatriot]

You are nuts-if you mean a run for prez. Have you read the Constitution? It prohibits foreign born, naturalized citiezens from holding that office.

Have you seen this proposed amendment sponsored by Orin Hatch?

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to make eligible for the Office of President a person who has been a United States citizen for 20 years. (Introduced in Senate)

SJ 15 IS

108th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. J. RES. 15

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to make eligible for the Office of President a person who has been a United States citizen for 20 years.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

July 10, 2003

Mr. HATCH introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to make eligible for the Office of President a person who has been a United States citizen for 20 years.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States:

`Article--

`SECTION 1. A person who is a citizen of the United States, who has been for 20 years a citizen of the United States, and who is otherwise eligible to the Office of President , is not ineligible to that Office by reason of not being a native born citizen of the United States.

`SECTION 2. This article shall not take effect unless it has been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States not later than 7 years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.'.

[afuturegovernor]

The reason the natural born citizen requirement was included in the Constitution was because King George I came to the throne in England in 1714. George was a distant cousin of Queen Anne and the closest male heir but he grew up in Germany and knew German and hardly any English. (The king of England didn't know English LOL) So when Anne died George becomes a king who knew very little of about workings his kingdom. The Americans at the constitutional convention knew about George's reign as king earlier in the same century.

[=Intervention=]

Straight from Katie Couric's lips to your keyboard, eh? Go recycle DNC talking points somewhere else!