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Swarzenegger wants to be President now
Red223
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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040222/D80SGGIG0.html
How many are going to vote for Arnie in a few years?
How many are going to vote for Arnie in a few years?
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Would be better than some that are running right now! [;)]
"If they won't give us good terms, come back and we'll fight it out."
-- Gen. James Longstreet
Would be better than some that are running right now!
Those who live by the
sword get shot by those who don't.
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Michael
Paranoid keeps you alive, worry just gives you stomach problems.
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T. Jefferson: "[When doing Constitutional interpretation], let us [go] back to the time when [it] was adopted. [Rather than] invent a meaning [let us] conform to the probable one in which it was passed."
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Their reasoning in the way they wrote the constitution has served us well. We're all able to post here because of the 1st Amendment. We're the most citizen owning population of guns, legally, in the world, because of the 2nd.
The original makers of the constitution probably had the born in the usa put in to keep someone loyal to the British throne from fooling enough people to become president, then betray the nation to England. I don't know that as a fact, it's just my opinion. Whatever the reason, it's served us well for over 200 years.
Another thing they did was to install the electoral college in presidential elections. Some people think that should be changed too, but it should stay as it is. Oops, that should be another topic.
Those men, over 200 years ago, probably did not have the foresight to really know what they were writing. Whether they did or not, our country has thrived under it, and it's still the best governing document ever written in the history of the world.
"If they won't give us good terms, come back and we'll fight it out."
-- Gen. James Longstreet
"If they won't give us good terms, come back and we'll fight it out."
-- Gen. James Longstreet
Hatch is losing it. That Amendment will not and should not see a committee meeting, much less anything further.
"There is nothing lower than the human race - except the French." (Mark Twain) ". . . And DemoCraps" (me)
"If they won't give us good terms, come back and we'll fight it out."
-- Gen. James Longstreet
Any foreign born presidential candidate would still have to withstand the scrutiny of the U.S. media and especially, the American public. Particularly coupled with a 20-year residency requirement, I don't see a problem.
Perhaps after 20 years of being in this country a member of a terrorist sleeper cell should run for president. Hey, that's a much simpler way of getting your hands on nuclear weapons.
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Besides, as someone pointed out, we have had non-U.S. citizen presidents.
quote:Originally posted by gunpaq
Amerika! Lets see trusting a foreign born president is like trusting a stranger to manage my families personal asset and look out for our best interest. Sure there are and will be great and genuine people out there and maybe that is good for other countries around the world but why be so quick to give away what is so dear to the spirit of our culture?
Perhaps after 20 years of being in this country a member of a terrorist sleeper cell should run for president. Hey, that's a much simpler way of getting your hands on nuclear weapons.
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quote:Originally posted by D@D
Been in this country for 20 years and you can barely understand what he is saying. And he whats to president come on.
How many references has the Kalifornia governor made to how things are done in Austria and how he can apply it here? Maybe good ideas and maybe they can work and maybe he is a good guy but maybe the next guy will be a sleeper with a hidden agenda.[:0]
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The sleeper comment is so paranoid its hard to believe. Here's an interesting note on how the paranoia stacks up to fact. We've always been pretty paranoid of foreign-born sleeper agents infiltrating the U.S. an spying on us...of all the spies we've caught in recent history, how many have been? Aldrich Ames? Nope. Robert Hanssen? Nope. The Rosenbergs? Nope, born in New York. Alger Hiss? Nope, born in Baltimore. Christopher Boyce, of "Falcon and the Snowman" fame? Nope. John A. Walker Jr. Not him either. Jonathan Pollard. US born and bred.
During world war II, how many sabotage incidents were caused by naturalized U.S. citizens of German, Italian, or Japanese descent?
quote:Originally posted by gunpaq
America first, not with a foreign cultural/political root.
How many references has the Kalifornia governor made to how things are done in Austria and how he can apply it here? Maybe good ideas and maybe they can work and maybe he is a good guy but maybe the next guy will be a sleeper with a hidden agenda.[:0]
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The day immigrants are allowed to become president is the day that America and it's American culture will cease to exist. Good or bad every president must be born and bred an American not born and bred an Austrian seeking the White House.
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[:(!][:(!][:(!]Since when does being born in the US make you or anyone else better or more "American" than an immigrant. Many of the best Americans I know are immigrants and I'd rather they be president than the bozo liberals or even Pres Bush.[:(!][:(!]
Do I want Arnold as president - hell no.. way too liberal for me. But to say that immigrants aren't "American" enough is a supreme statement of ignorance.
Frog
GO NAVY, BEAT ARMY
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quote:Originally posted by gunpaq
Why is everyone so quick to sell the country down the road?
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Never said immigrants were not patriotic enough!
Never said a fellow American becoming president would be selling the country down the road!
The native born rule was put there for a reason but if the American
people feel it is wrong or obsolete and
that non-native born citizens should be president then the rule will be changed.[:)] The great experiment can only last so long.
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It is another time now however and I don't see an immigrant who is not 100% "American" being elected. Even Arnold, who has been here over 20 years and considers himself an american rather than an austrian, has trouble convincing us that he is fit to lead the nation.
Gunpaq, I didn't mean to come off abrasively. I was personally offended being an immigrant who is proud of my heritage but yet being 100% American.
Frog
GO NAVY, BEAT ARMY
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NRA Life Member ---"A pocket knife, a clean hankey, and a pistol... things I can use." - Ted Nugent
They are just about there.
Where we go, so go you.
But the White House? Maybe when NATO becomes World Government Central Command.
quote:Originally posted by Red223
Anyone remember an old Soviet Leader awhile back saying they would destroy America without firing a shot?
They are just about there.
"Go to Lakedaemon, stranger passing by;
And say there, that in obedience to her law, here we lie"
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I have no doubt that Arnold would love to be Pres. But it's not him I'm worried about; I know Democrats I like less. It's the other guys that such an amendment would let in the door.
T. Jefferson: "[When doing Constitutional interpretation], let us [go] back to the time when [it] was adopted. [Rather than] invent a meaning [let us] conform to the probable one in which it was passed."
quote:Originally posted by offeror
So if we have an amendment permitting foreigners to run, will we eventually decide they don't need a green card after all? [:D] I think NOT.
I have no doubt that Arnold would love to be Pres. But it's not him I'm worried about; I know Democrats I like less. It's the other guys that such an amendment would let in the door.
T. Jefferson: "[When doing Constitutional interpretation], let us [go] back to the time when [it] was adopted. [Rather than] invent a meaning [let us] conform to the probable one in which it was passed."