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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis president was right. Chump is wrong.
"In this day and age, you could move to Brazil, but in so doing you wouldnt ever be considered a Brazilian. If you moved to Japan and spent the rest of your life there, and even became fluent in the language and culture, youd never be accepted as Japanese. Similarly, if you chose to live and work in France, and even raised your family there, the French would surely never think of you as a Frenchman. But anyone who moves to America from countries like these and gains citizenship, can become an American ! "
Glorfindel
(9,739 posts)Tip O'Neill was right: "Ive known personally every president since Jack Kennedy and I can honestly say that Ronald Reagan was the worst. But, hed have made a hell of a king.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,716 posts)We all come from somewhere else but we all become Americans.
mama
(164 posts)csziggy
(34,139 posts)Stephanie Ruhl read it at the end of her show this morning and it sounded as though she was almost crying.