BF2S Forums What is the supposed 'suprise' said to be at the RNC

MGS3_GrayFox wrote:

Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution states "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; …" Constitutional scholars can point to no definitive case law after 1790, the year of the Constitution’s enactment, establishing the eligibility of Americans with "statutory" citizenship to hold the office of President.

God Save the Queen wrote:

Barry Goldwater was born in Arizona before it was a state and he ran for president with no problems

SealXo wrote:

This is probably bullshit

IRONCHEF wrote:

FEOS wrote:

MGS3_GrayFox wrote:

Bullshit.  If that were true then every Puerto Rican, Guam and US Virgin Islands natives should be able to run for President, and they don't.

The surprise will probably be that McCain chose Dick Cheney to run as VP.

Did you miss the part where his parents were citizens? Doesn't matter where the child is born.

Parentage does not matter.  Read up bub.  I know there's been a thread on this very topic before and the language cited talked about native soil.  McCain was born on a base in Panama I think..not Guam, Puerto Rico, or Hawaii before statehood...

But alass, My initial post here said arguing about Obama being a manchurian candidate was about as relative as McCain being ineligible to run for president because of his citizenship.  By that remark, I mean BOTH futile arguments are moot because neither matters...even though McCain is technically not a natural born citizen as pertaining to running for president.  Sorry to stir up this tangent and take this off topic..i forget sometimes which message board I'm on and obviously forgot this board is made up largely of immature, ass-backwards losers who have no ability to debate, discuss topics with civility, or stay on topic.  My bad.

Wee!  Horrible memory indeed...it was I who made that thread!
http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=94948

And what's even more funny is you're still using that irrelevant argument that his bloodline matters as you did in that thread...it's pertaining to the 14th amendment in regards to being a presidential candidate.  But whatever, you won't budge.  It's cool.

STATUTE-

      (a) Any person born in the Canal Zone on or after February 26,
    1904, and whether before or after the effective date of this
    chapter, whose father or mother or both at the time of the birth of
    such person was or is a citizen of the United States, is declared
    to be a citizen of the United States.
      (b) Any person born in the Republic of Panama on or after
    February 26, 1904, and whether before or after the effective date
    of this chapter, whose father or mother or both at the time of the
    birth of such person was or is a citizen of the United States
    employed by the Government of the United States or by the Panama
    Railroad Company, or its successor in title, is declared to be a
    citizen of the United States.

Last edited by KEN-JENNINGS (2008-08-13 12:41:03)

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

I decided to read up on it.

STATUTE-

      (a) Any person born in the Canal Zone on or after February 26,
    1904, and whether before or after the effective date of this
    chapter, whose father or mother or both at the time of the birth of
    such person was or is a citizen of the United States, is declared
    to be a citizen of the United States.
      (b) Any person born in the Republic of Panama on or after
    February 26, 1904, and whether before or after the effective date
    of this chapter, whose father or mother or both at the time of the
    birth of such person was or is a citizen of the United States
    employed by the Government of the United States or by the Panama
    Railroad Company, or its successor in title, is declared to be a
    citizen of the United States.

http://uscode.house.gov/uscode-cgi/fast … %29%20%20A

Seems clear to me, but maybe this was covered before.  If you read the adopted codes, it seems logical that legal channels would consider the birth of someone born to US citizens in US territories and/or Military Installations (especially within the realm of part (b) above) would be considered US citizens eligible to vote and/or run for office.  However, I guess the lack of legal precedent leaves the idea open to interpretation.

Mek-Stizzle wrote:

It's cos they're both black (sortof)

it's a conspiracy

Kmarion wrote:

Rumor has it Colin Powell is going to endorse Obama. That's reeeaal bad for McCain. Aside from the fact that he is a Republican, he is highly respected among both parties/voters.

Kmarion wrote:

Turquoise wrote:

Kmarion wrote:

Rumor has it Colin Powell is going to endorse Obama. That's reeeaal bad for McCain. Aside from the fact that he is a Republican, he is highly respected among both parties/voters.

Here's a thought...  why not pick Powell as the running mate?  An Obama/Powell ticket would be unstoppable and would definitely redeem Powell after that embarassing stunt at the U.N.

His redemption came when the freedom of information act allowed us to see how much effort he put into trying to convince the President to not invade. I think Powell is kinda over politics..lol.