Cruz is our best chance against Trump right now... Do you really want Trump?
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Cruz is our best chance against Trump right now... Do you really want Trump?
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"When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law." -Frederic Bastiat
"I am a conservative. Quite possibly I am on the losing side; often I think so. Yet, out of a curious perversity I had rather lose with Socrates, let us say, than win with Lenin."
― Russell Kirk, Author of The Conservative Mind
Do you really want Cruz? Not stumping for Trump, but Cruz is caustic as well. Too early to choose.Originally Posted by HoneyBadger
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If he is in fact ineligible, it doesn't matter whether or not I or anyone else wants him.
It is not a matter of how good a job he could do as POTUS. If you believe in defending the Constitution, ineligible means ineligible.
In a false dichotomy of the two, I would prefer Cruz. I think Cruz is a better leader, better politician, and consistently represents my values better than Trump. I think Cruz would represent America internationally far better than Trump.
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"When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law." -Frederic Bastiat
"I am a conservative. Quite possibly I am on the losing side; often I think so. Yet, out of a curious perversity I had rather lose with Socrates, let us say, than win with Lenin."
― Russell Kirk, Author of The Conservative Mind
I'm not at all conflicted about this because I believe that he is eligible.
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"When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law." -Frederic Bastiat
"I am a conservative. Quite possibly I am on the losing side; often I think so. Yet, out of a curious perversity I had rather lose with Socrates, let us say, than win with Lenin."
― Russell Kirk, Author of The Conservative Mind
My wife was born in Jakarta. Her father is Texan, and her mother is Austrian, making her a citizen of both the US and the EU from birth; she has two legitimate passports. You can play the semantics game if you want about what "natural born" means, but the way it has been interpreted by the federal government since the First Congress means Cruz is eligible.
"America is at that awkward stage: It's too late to work within the system, and too early to shoot the bastards."
-Claire Wolfe
"I got a shotgun, rifle, and a four-wheel drive, and a country boy can survive."
-Hank Williams Jr.
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Not true
Fact - Cruz is eligible.
Does not matter what anyone thinks, wishes, or opines.
Fact - Cruz is eligible.
Personally, I wish Cruz was eligible.
Cruz held a dual citizenship with Canada and the US up until May 14 2014.
Ensuring the elected official to the highest office in the US does not have any split allegiances is precisely why the "Natural Born Citizen" clause exists.
"Natural Born" and "Naturalized" are two different classes of US citizenship. They share all the same rights and privileges, EXCEPT for Presidential eligibility.
It is what it is, and that is a fact.
We may soon see what the court thinks:
http://theconservativetreehouse.com/...inst-ted-cruz/Texas Attorney Files Eligibility Lawsuit Against Ted Cruz…
Again, I wish Cruz was eligible. I think he'd make a good President or Vice President. But, I'm not willing to go down the road the Dems did in 2008 and ignore the Constitution in order to get him elected.
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