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Why cant Governor Arnold SCHWARZENEGGER of California run for President of the United States?

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/28/america/28mccain.php?page=2 McCains birthplace prompts queries about whether that rules him out By Carl Hulse Published: February 28, 2008 Summary Why cant Governor Arnold SCHWARZENEGGER of California run for President of the United States? "I dont think he has any problem whatsoever," said Nickles, a McCain supporter. "But I wouldnt be a bit surprised if somebody is going to try to make an issue out of it. If it goes to court, I think he will win." Lawyers who have examined the topic say there is not just confusion about the provision itself, but uncertainty about who would have the legal standing to challenge a candidate on such grounds, what form a challenge could take and whether it would have to wait until after the election or could be made at any time. In a paper written 20 years ago for the Yale Law Journal on the natural-born enigma, Jill Pryor, now a lawyer in Atlanta, said that any legal challenge to a presidential candidate born outside national boundaries would be "unpredictable and unsatisfactory." "If I were on the Supreme Court, I would decide for John McCain," Pryor said in a recent interview. "But it is certainly not a frivolous issue." WASHINGTON: The question has nagged at the parents of Americans born outside the continental United States for generations: Dare their children aspire to grow up and become president? In the case of Senator John McCain of Arizona, the issue is becoming more than a matter of parental daydreaming. McCains likely nomination as the Republican candidate for president and the happenstance of his birth in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936 are reviving a musty debate that has surfaced periodically since the founders first set quill to parchment and declared that only a "natural-born citizen" can hold the nations highest office. Almost since those words were written in 1787 with scant explanation, their precise meaning has been the stuff of confusion, law school review articles, whisper campaigns and civics class debates over whether only those delivered on American soil can be truly natural born. To date, no American to take the presidential oath has had an official birthplace outside the 50 states. "There are powerful arguments that Senator McCain or anyone else in this position is constitutionally qualified, but there is certainly no precedent," said Sarah Duggin, an associate professor of law at Catholic University who has studied the issue extensively. "It is not a slam-dunk situation." McCain was born on a military installation in the Canal Zone, where his mother and father, a navy officer, were stationed. His campaign advisers say they are comfortable that McCain meets the requirement and note that the question was researched for his first presidential bid in 1999 and reviewed again this time around. Today in Americas Colorado mining towns past threatens its future McCain and Obama trade jabs on Iraq Longtime Clinton aide returns to the fray But given mounting interest, the campaign recently asked Theodore Olson, a former solicitor general now advising McCain, to prepare a detailed legal analysis. "I dont have much doubt about it," said Olson, who added, though, that he still needed to finish his research. Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina and one of McCains closest allies, said it would be incomprehensible to him if the son of a military member born in a military station could not run for president. "He was posted there on orders from the United States government," Graham said of McCains father. "If that becomes a problem, we need to tell every military family that your kid cant be president if they take an overseas assignment." The phrase "natural born" was in early drafts of the Constitution. Scholars say notes of the Constitutional Convention give away little of the intent of the framers. Its origin may be traced to a letter from John Jay to George Washington, with Jay suggesting that to prevent foreigners from becoming commander in chief, the Constitution needed to "declare expressly" that only a natural-born citizen could be president. Duggin and others who have explored the arcane subject in depth say legal argument and basic fairness may indeed be on the side of McCain, a longtime member of Congress from Arizona. But multiple experts and scholarly reviews say the issue has never been definitively resolved by either Congress or the Supreme Court. Duggin favors a constitutional amendment to settle the matter. Others have called on Congress to guarantee that Americans born outside the national boundaries can legitimately see themselves as potential contenders for the Oval Office. "They ought to have the same rights," said Don Nickles, a former Republican senator from Oklahoma who in 2004 introduced legislation that would have established that children born abroad to American citizens could harbor presidential ambitions without a legal cloud over their hopes. "There is some ambiguity because there has never been a court case on what natural-born citizen means." McCains situation is different from those of the current governors of California and Michigan, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jennifer Granholm, who were born in other countries and were first citizens of those nations, rendering them naturalized Americans ineligible under current interpretations. The conflict that could conceivably ensnare McCain goes more to the interpretation of "natural born" when weighed against intent and decades of immigration law. McCain is not the first person to find himself in these circumstances. The last Arizona Republican to be a presidential nominee, Barry Goldwater, faced the issue. He was born in the Arizona territory in 1909, three years before it became a state. But Goldwater did not win, and the view at the time was that since he was born in a continental territory that later became a state, he probably met the standard. It also surfaced in the 1968 candidacy of George Romney, who was born in Mexico, but again was not tested. The former Connecticut politician Lowell Weicker Jr., born in Paris, sought a legal analysis when considering the presidency, an aide said, and was assured he was eligible. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. was once viewed as a potential successor to his father, but was seen by some as ineligible since he had been born on Campobello Island in Canada. The 21st president, Chester Arthur, whose birthplace is Vermont, was rumored to have actually been born in Canada, prompting some to question his eligibility. McCains birthplace prompts queries about whether that rules him out By Carl Hulse Published: February 28, 2008 (Page 2 of 2) Quickly recognizing confusion over the evolving nature of citizenship, the First Congress in 1790 passed a measure that did define children of citizens "born beyond the sea, or out of the limits of the United States to be natural born." But that law is still seen as potentially unconstitutional and was overtaken by subsequent legislation that omitted the "natural-born" phrase. McCains citizenship was established by statutes covering the offspring of Americans abroad and laws specific to the Canal Zone as Congress realized that Americans would be living and working in the area for extended periods. But whether he qualifies as natural-born has been a topic of Internet buzz for months, with some declaring him ineligible while others assert that he meets all the basic constitutional qualifications — a natural-born citizen at least 35 years of age with 14 years of residence. "I dont think he has any problem whatsoever," said Nickles, a McCain supporter. "But I wouldnt be a bit surprised if somebody is going to try to make an issue out of it. If it goes to court, I think he will win." Lawyers who have examined the topic say there is not just confusion about the provision itself, but uncertainty about who would have the legal standing to challenge a candidate on such grounds, what form a challenge could take and whether it would have to wait until after the election or could be made at any time. In a paper written 20 years ago for the Yale Law Journal on the natural-born enigma, Jill Pryor, now a lawyer in Atlanta, said that any legal challenge to a presidential candidate born outside national boundaries would be "unpredictable and unsatisfactory." "If I were on the Supreme Court, I would decide for John McCain," Pryor said in a recent interview. "But it is certainly not a frivolous issue."
Answer: arnold was born in austria or where ever, he is a naturalized citizen. if california doesn't have laws about natural born citizens only being govenor thats their thing. the constitution clearly states only natural-born citizens can become president of the united states. mccain on the other hand was born to a navy family stationed on a us military post in the panama canal zone. his citizen status was looked into for the 2000 presidential race and was cleared as a valid, natural-born citizen, fully able to run for and become president. that's right, thumb down the truth you don't want to hear. shameful
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Long question but important.Please answer. Decisions about the next Presidential White House?

A former Democrat I no longer belong to a "Party" & will never again. I am changing my voters registration.The Person(s) their life/history/political record/present is what will decide my votes. So many people of all ages amazingly have been saying no more Parties also. Im stunned how often its being said. People changed Parties even flipped a couple of times (hard but eye opening years)but seem to be saying no parties anymore. Have you heard a lot of this too? I want & hope John McCain will run for us as President, Jessie Ventura possible VP. I do think Colin Powell could help a lot in a leading role too. I think these men are solid Americans. "Parties" mean nothing anymore in truth we need persons of Honor from all walks of life poor blue collar who worked their way up. Washington must become real they are nothing of reality there but also we need people who know the ropes so to speak. Although just recently becoming familiar with J.Ventura he is impressive. McCain & Powell both know what the Hell of War is. Screams of men including your own friends wont stop sometimes their in your head even when you are finally get back home. Heard men say at night when its quite whether awake or asleep they hear them. McCain was POW he lived that Hell. Our troops & their families NEED & MUST have someone who understands what war is. We all need someone in the White House like that ASAP. McCain has health problems yes so he needs a solid team & if God Forbid he falls ill temporarily. Many may remember when Regan was hurt,hospitalized, & also underwent surgery from the assassination attempt VP Bush took temp. run of the White House. VP Bush also took temporary control again after the terrible head injury Reagan endured falling from the horse & underwent was it 2 brain surgeries? Bush Sr took office temp again. So a solid team in place to back McCain if need be. A VP who can take on whatever is left a the 4 yrs. You may ask about why I mention Powell? He lied he even said so & apologized. Apologized admitted to lying about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Yes he lied. Keep in mind though since forever all of us have said if just once a people would tell the actual truth if they did wrong. Take responsibility.Wed say It would be so nice if people did that & if it was a politician wed all pass out in shock. Well Powell did do just exactly what we said we would actually appreciate. He actually meant it too. To be honest the rumors that he did not want to lie however he was told basically "accidents happen & people get sick so terrible if it were to happen to your loved ones Cor. Powell" Powell would know if they were serious hed been through it before when he once thought of I Remember Powell considered a possible Pres. run after I think after Clinton left office. He received threats a lot of death threats mainly at his family so he decided not worth it. I understand that. McCain for President if we can get him to run again. Ventura for VP & Powell in one of the other most important roles. One day it would be nice if more than one party could work together in the White House. Someday? Two things Id like to add even know this is so long. 1.Please no Palin if not for her McCain may have made it to the White House. Not a bad lady but running a country is not easy & not for unqualified weve seen that. 2. Not all Democrats even Liberals (although its the people & records/histories for me NO more Party loyalty) have problems with the lack of gun rights in fact a lot of Dems want our gun rights back & left alone in fact the right to carry even concealed. California is such a nightmare! The rules are nuts. Law Enforcement is not to blame. Regular people cannot get permits in CA (or in other states) hardly ever even with a completely clean record but the endless illegal guns leave people helpless. Most gun crimes are not by legally bought guns or by legal gun owners. Most are all bought illegally. I heard from one man former military also former FBI 20 years in fact now works as an investigator he has a permit to carry concealed in 40 or 43 states he works in but not CA. So not all Dems are out to ban stuff. Just seems most people think that maybe it helps somebody to know were not all like that ok Im a no party. Please give your thoughts about how & who you believe can help us create a Great Country. Thank you so much!! I would appreciate what you think about these men and what or who would make a difference what should happen??
Answer: You have a lot to learn. Don't get it here. & it would take to long to elaborate on why I think you're so misguided First thing? Read: http://www.constitution.org/fed/federa00.htm http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/toc_indx.html http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/index.htm And go to ALL the party websites. Read ALL the platform statements. Keep trak of what you agree with & don't.....and take a look at candidates trak records. A lepoard cant change it's spots, no matter what they say to get elected.
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Why cant Governor Arnold SCHWARZENEGGER of California run for President of the United States?

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/28/america/28mccain.php?page=2 McCains birthplace prompts queries about whether that rules him out By Carl Hulse Published: February 28, 2008 Summary Why cant Governor Arnold SCHWARZENEGGER of California run for President of the United States? "I dont think he has any problem whatsoever," said Nickles, a McCain supporter. "But I wouldnt be a bit surprised if somebody is going to try to make an issue out of it. If it goes to court, I think he will win." Lawyers who have examined the topic say there is not just confusion about the provision itself, but uncertainty about who would have the legal standing to challenge a candidate on such grounds, what form a challenge could take and whether it would have to wait until after the election or could be made at any time. In a paper written 20 years ago for the Yale Law Journal on the natural-born enigma, Jill Pryor, now a lawyer in Atlanta, said that any legal challenge to a presidential candidate born outside national boundaries would be "unpredictable and unsatisfactory." "If I were on the Supreme Court, I would decide for John McCain," Pryor said in a recent interview. "But it is certainly not a frivolous issue." WASHINGTON: The question has nagged at the parents of Americans born outside the continental United States for generations: Dare their children aspire to grow up and become president? In the case of Senator John McCain of Arizona, the issue is becoming more than a matter of parental daydreaming. McCains likely nomination as the Republican candidate for president and the happenstance of his birth in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936 are reviving a musty debate that has surfaced periodically since the founders first set quill to parchment and declared that only a "natural-born citizen" can hold the nations highest office. Almost since those words were written in 1787 with scant explanation, their precise meaning has been the stuff of confusion, law school review articles, whisper campaigns and civics class debates over whether only those delivered on American soil can be truly natural born. To date, no American to take the presidential oath has had an official birthplace outside the 50 states. "There are powerful arguments that Senator McCain or anyone else in this position is constitutionally qualified, but there is certainly no precedent," said Sarah Duggin, an associate professor of law at Catholic University who has studied the issue extensively. "It is not a slam-dunk situation." McCain was born on a military installation in the Canal Zone, where his mother and father, a navy officer, were stationed. His campaign advisers say they are comfortable that McCain meets the requirement and note that the question was researched for his first presidential bid in 1999 and reviewed again this time around. Today in Americas Colorado mining towns past threatens its future McCain and Obama trade jabs on Iraq Longtime Clinton aide returns to the fray But given mounting interest, the campaign recently asked Theodore Olson, a former solicitor general now advising McCain, to prepare a detailed legal analysis. "I dont have much doubt about it," said Olson, who added, though, that he still needed to finish his research. Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina and one of McCains closest allies, said it would be incomprehensible to him if the son of a military member born in a military station could not run for president. "He was posted there on orders from the United States government," Graham said of McCains father. "If that becomes a problem, we need to tell every military family that your kid cant be president if they take an overseas assignment." The phrase "natural born" was in early drafts of the Constitution. Scholars say notes of the Constitutional Convention give away little of the intent of the framers. Its origin may be traced to a letter from John Jay to George Washington, with Jay suggesting that to prevent foreigners from becoming commander in chief, the Constitution needed to "declare expressly" that only a natural-born citizen could be president. Duggin and others who have explored the arcane subject in depth say legal argument and basic fairness may indeed be on the side of McCain, a longtime member of Congress from Arizona. But multiple experts and scholarly reviews say the issue has never been definitively resolved by either Congress or the Supreme Court. Duggin favors a constitutional amendment to settle the matter. Others have called on Congress to guarantee that Americans born outside the national boundaries can legitimately see themselves as potential contenders for the Oval Office. "They ought to have the same rights," said Don Nickles, a former Republican senator from Oklahoma who in 2004 introduced legislation that would have established that children born abroad to American citizens could harbor presidential ambitions without a legal cloud over their hopes. "There is some ambiguity because there has never been a court case on what natural-born citizen means." McCains situation is different from those of the current governors of California and Michigan, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jennifer Granholm, who were born in other countries and were first citizens of those nations, rendering them naturalized Americans ineligible under current interpretations. The conflict that could conceivably ensnare McCain goes more to the interpretation of "natural born" when weighed against intent and decades of immigration law. McCain is not the first person to find himself in these circumstances. The last Arizona Republican to be a presidential nominee, Barry Goldwater, faced the issue. He was born in the Arizona territory in 1909, three years before it became a state. But Goldwater did not win, and the view at the time was that since he was born in a continental territory that later became a state, he probably met the standard. It also surfaced in the 1968 candidacy of George Romney, who was born in Mexico, but again was not tested. The former Connecticut politician Lowell Weicker Jr., born in Paris, sought a legal analysis when considering the presidency, an aide said, and was assured he was eligible. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. was once viewed as a potential successor to his father, but was seen by some as ineligible since he had been born on Campobello Island in Canada. The 21st president, Chester Arthur, whose birthplace is Vermont, was rumored to have actually been born in Canada, prompting some to question his eligibility. McCains birthplace prompts queries about whether that rules him out By Carl Hulse Published: February 28, 2008 (Page 2 of 2) Quickly recognizing confusion over the evolving nature of citizenship, the First Congress in 1790 passed a measure that did define children of citizens "born beyond the sea, or out of the limits of the United States to be natural born." But that law is still seen as potentially unconstitutional and was overtaken by subsequent legislation that omitted the "natural-born" phrase. McCains citizenship was established by statutes covering the offspring of Americans abroad and laws specific to the Canal Zone as Congress realized that Americans would be living and working in the area for extended periods. But whether he qualifies as natural-born has been a topic of Internet buzz for months, with some declaring him ineligible while others assert that he meets all the basic constitutional qualifications — a natural-born citizen at least 35 years of age with 14 years of residence. "I dont think he has any problem whatsoever," said Nickles, a McCain supporter. "But I wouldnt be a bit surprised if somebody is going to try to make an issue out of it. If it goes to court, I think he will win." Lawyers who have examined the topic say there is not just confusion about the provision itself, but uncertainty about who would have the legal standing to challenge a candidate on such grounds, what form a challenge could take and whether it would have to wait until after the election or could be made at any time. In a paper written 20 years ago for the Yale Law Journal on the natural-born enigma, Jill Pryor, now a lawyer in Atlanta, said that any legal challenge to a presidential candidate born outside national boundaries would be "unpredictable and unsatisfactory." "If I were on the Supreme Court, I would decide for John McCain," Pryor said in a recent interview. "But it is certainly not a frivolous issue."
Answer: He's not a natural born citizen. He's Austrian by birth. Constitutionally he can't. Though in Demolition Man somehow it all worked out 'cause there was the Schwartzenegger Library in that movie and all the restaurants were Taco Bell.
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Why cant Governor Arnold SCHWARZENEGGER of California run for President of the United States?

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/28/america/28mccain.php?page=2 McCains birthplace prompts queries about whether that rules him out By Carl Hulse Published: February 28, 2008 Summary Why cant Governor Arnold SCHWARZENEGGER of California run for President of the United States? "I dont think he has any problem whatsoever," said Nickles, a McCain supporter. "But I wouldnt be a bit surprised if somebody is going to try to make an issue out of it. If it goes to court, I think he will win." Lawyers who have examined the topic say there is not just confusion about the provision itself, but uncertainty about who would have the legal standing to challenge a candidate on such grounds, what form a challenge could take and whether it would have to wait until after the election or could be made at any time. In a paper written 20 years ago for the Yale Law Journal on the natural-born enigma, Jill Pryor, now a lawyer in Atlanta, said that any legal challenge to a presidential candidate born outside national boundaries would be "unpredictable and unsatisfactory." "If I were on the Supreme Court, I would decide for John McCain," Pryor said in a recent interview. "But it is certainly not a frivolous issue." WASHINGTON: The question has nagged at the parents of Americans born outside the continental United States for generations: Dare their children aspire to grow up and become president? In the case of Senator John McCain of Arizona, the issue is becoming more than a matter of parental daydreaming. McCains likely nomination as the Republican candidate for president and the happenstance of his birth in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936 are reviving a musty debate that has surfaced periodically since the founders first set quill to parchment and declared that only a "natural-born citizen" can hold the nations highest office. Almost since those words were written in 1787 with scant explanation, their precise meaning has been the stuff of confusion, law school review articles, whisper campaigns and civics class debates over whether only those delivered on American soil can be truly natural born. To date, no American to take the presidential oath has had an official birthplace outside the 50 states. "There are powerful arguments that Senator McCain or anyone else in this position is constitutionally qualified, but there is certainly no precedent," said Sarah Duggin, an associate professor of law at Catholic University who has studied the issue extensively. "It is not a slam-dunk situation." McCain was born on a military installation in the Canal Zone, where his mother and father, a navy officer, were stationed. His campaign advisers say they are comfortable that McCain meets the requirement and note that the question was researched for his first presidential bid in 1999 and reviewed again this time around. Today in Americas Colorado mining towns past threatens its future McCain and Obama trade jabs on Iraq Longtime Clinton aide returns to the fray But given mounting interest, the campaign recently asked Theodore Olson, a former solicitor general now advising McCain, to prepare a detailed legal analysis. "I dont have much doubt about it," said Olson, who added, though, that he still needed to finish his research. Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina and one of McCains closest allies, said it would be incomprehensible to him if the son of a military member born in a military station could not run for president. "He was posted there on orders from the United States government," Graham said of McCains father. "If that becomes a problem, we need to tell every military family that your kid cant be president if they take an overseas assignment." The phrase "natural born" was in early drafts of the Constitution. Scholars say notes of the Constitutional Convention give away little of the intent of the framers. Its origin may be traced to a letter from John Jay to George Washington, with Jay suggesting that to prevent foreigners from becoming commander in chief, the Constitution needed to "declare expressly" that only a natural-born citizen could be president. Duggin and others who have explored the arcane subject in depth say legal argument and basic fairness may indeed be on the side of McCain, a longtime member of Congress from Arizona. But multiple experts and scholarly reviews say the issue has never been definitively resolved by either Congress or the Supreme Court. Duggin favors a constitutional amendment to settle the matter. Others have called on Congress to guarantee that Americans born outside the national boundaries can legitimately see themselves as potential contenders for the Oval Office. "They ought to have the same rights," said Don Nickles, a former Republican senator from Oklahoma who in 2004 introduced legislation that would have established that children born abroad to American citizens could harbor presidential ambitions without a legal cloud over their hopes. "There is some ambiguity because there has never been a court case on what natural-born citizen means." McCains situation is different from those of the current governors of California and Michigan, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jennifer Granholm, who were born in other countries and were first citizens of those nations, rendering them naturalized Americans ineligible under current interpretations. The conflict that could conceivably ensnare McCain goes more to the interpretation of "natural born" when weighed against intent and decades of immigration law. McCain is not the first person to find himself in these circumstances. The last Arizona Republican to be a presidential nominee, Barry Goldwater, faced the issue. He was born in the Arizona territory in 1909, three years before it became a state. But Goldwater did not win, and the view at the time was that since he was born in a continental territory that later became a state, he probably met the standard. It also surfaced in the 1968 candidacy of George Romney, who was born in Mexico, but again was not tested. The former Connecticut politician Lowell Weicker Jr., born in Paris, sought a legal analysis when considering the presidency, an aide said, and was assured he was eligible. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. was once viewed as a potential successor to his father, but was seen by some as ineligible since he had been born on Campobello Island in Canada. The 21st president, Chester Arthur, whose birthplace is Vermont, was rumored to have actually been born in Canada, prompting some to question his eligibility. McCains birthplace prompts queries about whether that rules him out By Carl Hulse Published: February 28, 2008 (Page 2 of 2) Quickly recognizing confusion over the evolving nature of citizenship, the First Congress in 1790 passed a measure that did define children of citizens "born beyond the sea, or out of the limits of the United States to be natural born." But that law is still seen as potentially unconstitutional and was overtaken by subsequent legislation that omitted the "natural-born" phrase. McCains citizenship was established by statutes covering the offspring of Americans abroad and laws specific to the Canal Zone as Congress realized that Americans would be living and working in the area for extended periods. But whether he qualifies as natural-born has been a topic of Internet buzz for months, with some declaring him ineligible while others assert that he meets all the basic constitutional qualifications — a natural-born citizen at least 35 years of age with 14 years of residence. "I dont think he has any problem whatsoever," said Nickles, a McCain supporter. "But I wouldnt be a bit surprised if somebody is going to try to make an issue out of it. If it goes to court, I think he will win." Lawyers who have examined the topic say there is not just confusion about the provision itself, but uncertainty about who would have the legal standing to challenge a candidate on such grounds, what form a challenge could take and whether it would have to wait until after the election or could be made at any time. In a paper written 20 years ago for the Yale Law Journal on the natural-born enigma, Jill Pryor, now a lawyer in Atlanta, said that any legal challenge to a presidential candidate born outside national boundaries would be "unpredictable and unsatisfactory." "If I were on the Supreme Court, I would decide for John McCain," Pryor said in a recent interview. "But it is certainly not a frivolous issue."
Answer: he's was not born a US citizen, you have to be a natural born citizen, naturalized doesnt cut it for president
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Why is it only ok when Republicans question a President? Why dont liberals accuse them of the high insult of?

being "un-American" like cons do? During Kosovo (where there were 0 troops deaths), Republicans lined up to insult the President during a time of "war"...are they "un-American" or just hypocrites? "President Clinton is once again releasing American military might on a foreign country with an ill-defined objective and no exit strategy. He has yet to tell the Congress how much this operation will cost. And he has not informed our nations armed forces about how long they will be away from home. These strikes do not make for a sound foreign policy." -Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) "No goal, no objective, not until we have those things and a compelling case is made, then I say, back out of it, because innocent people are going to die for nothing. Thats why Im against it." -Sean Hannity, Fox News, 4/5/99 "American foreign policy is now one huge big mystery. Simply put, the administration is trying to lead the world with a feel-good foreign policy." -Representative Tom Delay (R-TX) "If we are going to commit American troops, we must be certain they have a clear mission, an achievable goal and an exit strategy." -Karen Hughes, speaking on behalf of presidential candidate George W. Bush Why did they demoralize our brave men and women in uniform? "I had doubts about the bombing campaign from the beginning...I didnt think we had done enough in the diplomatic area." -Senator Trent Lott (R-MS) "You think Vietnam was bad? Vietnam is nothing next to Kosovo." -Tony Snow, Fox News 3/24/99 "Well, I just think its a bad idea. Whats going to happen is theyre going to be over there for 10, 15, maybe 20 years" -Joe Scarborough (R-FL) "Im on the Senate Intelligence Committee, so you can trust me and believe me when I say were running out of cruise missles. I cant tell you exactly how many we have left, for security reasons, but were almost out of cruise missles." -Senator Inhofe (R-OK) "I cannot support a failed foreign policy. History teaches us that it is often easier to make war than peace. This administration is just learning that lesson right now. The President began this mission with very vague objectives and lots of unanswered questions. A month later, these questions are still unanswered. There are no clarified rules of engagement. There is no timetable. There is no legitimate definition of victory. There is no contingency plan for mission creep. There is no clear funding program. There is no agenda to bolster our overextended military. There is no explanation defining what vital national interests are at stake. There was no strategic plan for war when the President started this thing, and there still is no plan today" -Representative Tom Delay (R-TX) "I dont know that Milosevic will ever raise a white flag" -Senator Don Nickles (R-OK) "Explain to the mothers and fathers of American servicemen that may come home in body bags why their son or daughter have to give up their life?" -Sean Hannity, Fox News, 4/6/99 Why didnt they support our president in a time of war? "Victory means exit strategy, and its important for the President to explain to us what the exit strategy is." -Governor George W. Bush (R-TX) "This is President Clintons war, and when he falls flat on his face, thats his problem." -Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) "The two powers that have ICBMs that can reach the United States are Russia and China. Here we go in. Were taking on not just Milosevic. We cant just say, that little guy, we can whip him. We have these two other powers that have missiles that can reach us, and we have zero defense thanks to this president." -Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) "You can support the troops but not the president" -Representative Tom Delay (R-TX) "My job as majority leader is be supportive of our troops, try to have input as decisions are made and to look at those decisions after theyre made ... not to march in lock step with everything the president decides to do." -Senator Trent Lott (R-MS) For us to call this a victory and to commend the President of the United States as the Commander in Chief showing great leadership in Operation Allied Force is a farce" -Representative Tom Delay (R-TX) Why did they blame America first? Bombing a sovereign nation for ill-defined reasons with vague objectives undermines the American stature in the world. The international respect and trust for America has diminished every time we casually let the bombs fly." -Representative Tom Delay (R-TX) "Once the bombing commenced, I think then Milosevic unleashed his forces, and then thats when the slaughtering and the massive ethnic cleansing really started" -Senator Don Nickles (R-OK) "Clintons bombing campaign has caused all of these problems to explode" -Representative Tom Delay (R-TX) "America has no vital interest in whose flag flies over Kosovos capital, and no right to attack and kill Serb soldiers fighting on their own soil to preserve the territorial integrity of their own country" -Pat Buchanan (R) "These international war criminals were led by Gen. Wesley Clark ... who clicked his shiny heels for the commander-in-grief, Bill Clinton." -Michael Savage "This has been an unmitigated disaster ... Ask the Chinese embassy. Ask all the people in Belgrade that weve killed. Ask the refugees that weve killed. Ask the people in nursing homes. Ask the people in hospitals." -Representative Joe Scarborough (R-FL) "It is a remarkable spectacle to see the Clinton Administration and NATO taking over from the Soviet Union the role of sponsoring "wars of national liberation." -Representative Helen Chenoweth (R-ID) "America has no vital interest in whose flag flies over Kosovos capital, and no right to attack and kill Serb soldiers fighting on their own soil to preserve the territorial integrity of their own country" -Pat Buchanan (R) "By the order to launch air strikes against Serbia, NATO and President Clinton have entered uncharted territory in mankinds history. Not even Hitlers grab of the Sudetenland in the 1930s, which eventually led to WW II, ranks as a comparable travesty. For, there are no American interests whatsoever that the NATO bombing will either help, or protect; only needless risks to which it exposes the American soldiers and assets, not to mention the victims on the ground in Serbia." -Bob Djurdjevic, founder of Truth in Media Sound familiar? Unwarranted bashing is not what the Dems are doing regarding this current mishandled war, if anything, the Repub.s questioning of Kosovo was premature and unwarranted as it was handled MUCH better than our current conflict. Keep in mind, Clinton was handed the same war plan from the PNAC that Bush was only he was smart enough to say...no way!
Answer: Funny when the shoe is on the other foot how different things seem to be. “ Victory means exit strategy and it’s important to explain to us what the exit strategy is.” –George W. Bush, Governor of Texas 1999 “If we are going to commit American troops, we must be certain they have a clear mission, an achievable goal, and an exit strategy.” Karen Hughes, Speaking on behalf of Presidential Candidate George W. Bush 1999 Quote from George W. Bush during a debate Oct 11, 2000? "If we're an arrogant nation, they'll resent us. If we're a humble nation, but strong, they'll welcome us."
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"It is not a slam-dunk situation." McCain was born on a military installation in the Canal Zone, where his mother and father, a navy officer, were stationed. His campaign advisers say they are comfortable that McCain meets the requirement and note that the question was researched for his first presidential bid in 1999 and reviewed again this time around. Today in Americas Colorado mining towns past threatens its future McCain and Obama trade jabs on Iraq Longtime Clinton aide returns to the fray But given mounting interest, the campaign recently asked Theodore Olson, a former solicitor general now advising McCain, to prepare a detailed legal analysis. "I dont have much doubt about it," said Olson, who added, though, that he still needed to finish his research. Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina and one of McCains closest allies, said it would be incomprehensible to him if the son of a military member born in a military station could not run for president. "He was posted there on orders from the United States government," Graham said of McCains father. "If that becomes a problem, we need to tell every military family that your kid cant be president if they take an overseas assignment." The phrase "natural born" was in early drafts of the Constitution. Scholars say notes of the Constitutional Convention give away little of the intent of the framers. Its origin may be traced to a letter from John Jay to George Washington, with Jay suggesting that to prevent foreigners from becoming commander in chief, the Constitution needed to "declare expressly" that only a natural-born citizen could be president. Duggin and others who have explored the arcane subject in depth say legal argument and basic fairness may indeed be on the side of McCain, a longtime member of Congress from Arizona. But multiple experts and scholarly reviews say the issue has never been definitively resolved by either Congress or the Supreme Court. Duggin favors a constitutional amendment to settle the matter. Others have called on Congress to guarantee that Americans born outside the national boundaries can legitimately see themselves as potential contenders for the Oval Office. "They ought to have the same rights," said Don Nickles, a former Republican senator from Oklahoma who in 2004 introduced legislation that would have established that children born abroad to American citizens could harbor presidential ambitions without a legal cloud over their hopes. "There is some ambiguity because there has never been a court case on what natural-born citizen means." McCains situation is different from those of the current governors of California and Michigan, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jennifer Granholm, who were born in other countries and were first citizens of those nations, rendering them naturalized Americans ineligible under current interpretations. 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Roosevelt Jr. was once viewed as a potential successor to his father, but was seen by some as ineligible since he had been born on Campobello Island in Canada. The 21st president, Chester Arthur, whose birthplace is Vermont, was rumored to have actually been born in Canada, prompting some to question his eligibility. McCains birthplace prompts queries about whether that rules him out By Carl Hulse Published: February 28, 2008 (Page 2 of 2) Quickly recognizing confusion over the evolving nature of citizenship, the First Congress in 1790 passed a measure that did define children of citizens "born beyond the sea, or out of the limits of the United States to be natural born." But that law is still seen as potentially unconstitutional and was overtaken by subsequent legislation that omitted the "natural-born" phrase. McCains citizenship was established by statutes covering the offspring of Americans abroad and laws specific to the Canal Zone as Congress realized that Americans would be living and working in the area for extended periods. But whether he qualifies as natural-born has been a topic of Internet buzz for months, with some declaring him ineligible while others assert that he meets all the basic constitutional qualifications — a natural-born citizen at least 35 years of age with 14 years of residence. "I dont think he has any problem whatsoever," said Nickles, a McCain supporter. "But I wouldnt be a bit surprised if somebody is going to try to make an issue out of it. If it goes to court, I think he will win." 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Answer: Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5 of the United States 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; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States." Governor Schwarzenegger does not qualify because although he has become a citizen, he was not a "natural born citizen". McCain; however, although born outside the United States was a citizen upon birth because his parents were citizens and they were living at a U.S. Military installation at the time. The reason for this requirement is that the framers of the Constitution wanted to ensure that foreigners (particularly wealthy British) couldn't come to the brand-new and still somewhat weak country, run for President and essentially turn the country back to the British. This clause is also the reason Alexander Hamilton (born in the West Indies) never ran for president. It is probably time to change the provision, but it will take a constitutional amendment to make it happen.
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