Hmmm., I’ve heard a lot of the “My way or the Highway” mantra lately....
Is not this site funded by donations?
Dialog, even when unpleasant, is valuable and should be encouraged, not stifled (I agree ad homenim attacks notwithstanding).
I personally believe NBC is more than what a corrupted SCOTUS, or a federal law states. NBC means just that, not derived from some act of will or act of law based on a flawed interpretation of the 14th Amendment.
Ted Cruz, in my opinion, like Mitt Romney and Obama, does not meet the NBC criteria of being born to two parents, both citizens, natural or naturalized, at time of his birth, within the jurisdiction of the US.
Sorry, but the principle of Occam’s Razor applies.
If you dislike my opinion, based in the understood definition of international law of the day (of the Constitution)and decide to ban me for it, go ahead.
Be kind enough to send me a note though, otherwise you’ll be acting like “them”...
Both law and SCOTUS opinion are changeable, the wording of the US Constitution is not.
Anyway, I like Ted, too.
I just refuse compromise any longer, after all, it is only our republic at stake.
Regards;
Fortunately, Ted Cruz is NOT like Romney or Obama. Ted Cruz is a genuine pro-God, pro-life, pro-family, pro-gun, pro-drilling, pro-constitution, small government, big defense Reaganite conservative and carries the blessings of the grassroots conservatives. In short, he’s exactly what we on Free Republic are looking for in a president. Also, fortunately, as he was born to a fully qualified U.S. citizen working in Canada, he’s a natural born citizen. Those who know me and love Free Republic and all that we stand for will appreciate all of the above. Our highway is the straight and narrow one. You can walk with us or not, Your choice. Thank you very much.
The Birthers are wrong on many fronts. “Natural Born Citizen” means Citizen at Birth and NOTHING else.
Besides? The Constitution CLEARLY gives the States and Congress the power, ALONE, to decide qualifications for POTUS. You Birthers claim to support the Constitution, yet you do not respect the process the Constitution clearly sets up for determining such things.
Cruz is eligible, and you are wrong. You are not taking a “principled stand” -— you are instead trying to press your will on the vast majority of Conservatives who do not agree with you.