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originally posted by: DBCowboy
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: yesyesyes
When he is elected we will sing "Oh Canada, Oh Canada..."
At least we know that one... What do Kenyan's sing? hehe
Something with "Aloha" in it.
Sometimes when Gramps saw tourists watching me play in the sand, he would come up beside them and whisper, with appropriate reverence, that I was the great-grandson of King Kamehameha, Hawaii’s first monarch. “I’m sure that your picture’s in a thousand scrapbooks, Bar,” he liked to tell me with a grin, “from Idaho to Maine.”
originally posted by: OccamsRazor04
a reply to: Xcathdra
Either way this is something that should be clarified once and for all.
originally posted by: Sillyolme
a reply to: Xtrozero
I agree. If his mother is proven to be American then yes indeed he is a citizen and eligible to run.
I believe there is a question of his mother's citizenship but if she held dual citizenship then he's still eligible. If she held only Canadian than no. But I think she was American and may have held Canadian citizenship at the same time as suggested by some voter records. If canada is ok with dual citizenship then he's ok because we know the US is ok with dual citizenship.
If canada is not ok with dual citizenship and his mother would have had to relinquish US citizenship in order to vote he's out. I don't know . This is my understanding of the issue.
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: DJW001
The "natural born citizen" clause was put in because of the prejudice in those days against people born by Caesarian section. Something about being from the womb untimely ripped....
Close, they didn't want test tube babies taking over the Government.
originally posted by: Sillyolme
Ok well the thread has hit the skids and has devolved into what? Jokes about songs and fat babies?
WTF.
originally posted by: MotherMayEye
'Fat babies and songs' is much more palatable because you don't risk being accused of taking it seriously, like an *ahem* lunatic.
I always discuss it with a whole lot of apprehension first, myself. You'd think that the law could be debated in a mutually respectful way. That is not the case.