To justify his woody for Canada-born Ted Cruz, a Breitbart columnist denounces birtherism

[LuckyTheDog]

Cruz was born in Canada, but his mother was a lifelong American, born in Delaware. (His father was a political refugee from Cuba.) So under federal law, Cruz was born an American citizen by virtue of his mother. His family moved back to Texas, where Cruz grew up, and lived his entire life except the years he spent in New Jersey attending Princeton, Massachusetts attending Harvard Law School, and Washington, D.C., clerking for Chief Justice William Rehnquist at the Supreme Court and later serving in the Bush administration. So this former Texas solicitor general was born an American citizen and has spent almost all his life in America—usually serving his state or nation.

It would be better to report, “Some constitutional experts say he would be ineligible,” or more accurate still, “A small minority of constitutional experts say he would be ineligible.” But no one can make the unqualified claim that the Constitution declares Ted Cruz is unable to run for president.

There’s never been a court case to decide this issue, and there are only a few law review articles written by professors. The only professor I know of who thinks Cruz in ineligible to run for president also said John McCain was ineligible to run for president because he was born on a U.S. Navy base in Panama. I don’t recall any media outlet reporting John McCain was ineligible to be president.

Link: http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/03/11/Yes-Ted-Cruz-Likely-Eligible-to-be-President

We have ALWAYS been at war with Eastasia. All hail our Eurasian allies!

[Tx4obama]

1. Cruz was born in Canada, and not on a military base. Therefore is ineligible to run for president :)

[LuckyTheDog]

2. His father is Cuban.

Clearly he is a Manchurian Candidate.

[DonViejo]

3. Daddy Cruz fought for Fidel...

until he learned the real Fidel and fled...to Canada. I wonder if he was anti-American

[LuckyTheDog]

5. Sleeper cell (nt)

[Tx4obama]

4. The comments on that Breitbart link are pretty funny :) n/t

[Cha]

6. i'll need to see the birth certificate.

[TwilightGardener]

7. What's hilarious is they think this little douchebag has a chance to be President.

He has a face and demeanor that make me instinctively form a fist. It's not even what he says...it's just that smarmy smug baboon-ass-ugly face...

[COLGATE4]

8. McCain was not born on a U.S. Navy base

in Panama. The post where his father was stationed had no OB facilities. McCain was born in a local Panamanian hospital.

[AzDar]

9. Slightly OT, but what struck me regarding Cruz: he actually somehow *physically* resembles

Tailgunner Joe when he speaks...almost as though he's studied McCarthy...or is his bastard love(hate?)-child, or something.