And I am going to be gone for the next couple of days, so I won’t be fully able to discuss it!
Oh darn.
Anyway, there is some discussion on the Internet (which initially struck me as typical leftist snark) over whether Rick Santorum is constitutionally eligible to be President. Reason? His father was born in Italy, and according to a certain fringe view of the Constitution’s “natural born citizen” language, this disqualifies him from office.
Like I say, I thought this was sarcastic and even leftie snark, but not all people share the same taste in humor. Some on the right are calling for investigations and taking this “issue” deadly seriously.
Similar concerns have been raised about U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, both of whom have been mentioned as potential future presidential or vice presidential candidates.
While their offices say they qualify as “natural born,” in both cases their parents were naturalized citizens after their sons were born.
In a video explanation of the term “natural born citizen,” Dr. Herbert W. Titus, of counsel to the law firm William J. Olson, explains it most likely means the offspring of two citizen parents born in the country.
Well, if that’s what it means, then Santorum is ineligible to be President. And we are all entitled to our own truths, aren’t we?
(In other deadly serious news, today would have been Charles Addams’ 100th birthday, so don’t tell me birtherism isn’t deadly serious…)
UPDATE: Romney’s father was born in Chihuahua. We have to be fair!
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If this is true, then not a single baby born in this country of illegal immigrants is eligible for the cornucopia of benefits that attach to citizenship. We’ll see how far this goes…..
AND it would mean every bill signed into law by Obama, every judicial appointment and every presidential directive and finding made by Obama is therefore invalid.
But I’m sure that wouldn’t stop the dems from pursuing that interpretation should they run against one of these worthies (or Nikki Haley)(sp?) in a future presidential contest.
Doesn’t that equally disqualify their Messiah?
I’m a citizen of the United States because I was born here. Period. My parentage is irrelevant.