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freshwest

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68. The picture at the link shows he lives in a perpetual state of whining:

Wed Aug 19, 2015, 05:36 PM

Aug 2015

He vacillates between looking like he's going to cry if he doesn't get his way, to 'Look at what I did, I'm such a naughty boy' arrogance. He's a malignant narcissist and a dangerous demagogue. He's loathesome.

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TED CRUZ MUST SHOW NATURALIZATION PAPERS TO KEEP HIS U.S. SENATE SEAT [View all] BigBearJohn Aug 2015 OP

Birther 2.0 FBaggins Aug 2015 #1

Is it as annoying as Ted Cruz? BigBearJohn Aug 2015 #2

That's an interesting new standard for acceptable posts on DU FBaggins Aug 2015 #4

Ok..it was too early in the morning for that...I want a new monitor. Lochloosa Aug 2015 #8

Replies like this... spinbaby Aug 2015 #25

I can't tell you how much I love your post. drm604 Aug 2015 #53

It sure would simplify the jury process, eh? FBaggins Aug 2015 #54

We'd need some sort of scale and a way to measure levels of annoyance. drm604 Aug 2015 #61

Nice post, Ted! KamaAina Aug 2015 #83

There are legitimate questions about Cruz's citizenship. He was born in another country. 1monster Aug 2015 #5

You can be a dual US and Canadian citizen muriel_volestrangler Aug 2015 #14

This is partially true. It is NOT true that dual US-Canadian citizenships has always been Nay Aug 2015 #58

His parents got married in 1969, then moved to Canada. Canada required 5 years of residence muriel_volestrangler Aug 2015 #62

Yeah, I know all that. My main point was that dual citizenship was not always Nay Aug 2015 #64

This "why aren't you showing us the documents?" whine is very birtherish, though muriel_volestrangler Aug 2015 #65

No such questions are raised in this article FBaggins Aug 2015 #16

I read the OP quickly just before leaving for work and didn't have time to research. 1monster Aug 2015 #37

I think it is 3.0 - we embarrassingly went through it with mccain a few years back DrDan Aug 2015 #19

While I agree this is a sound and fury issue ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #31

Certainly! FBaggins Aug 2015 #41

No comment on the legalities here but . . . JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #51

There is a smile twitching around my lips, reading this... n/t Betty Karlson Aug 2015 #3

Ahem ejbr Aug 2015 #7

We had this toon on our fridge for years Omaha Steve Aug 2015 #9

The Far Side! I miss it so! n/t Spazito Aug 2015 #71

Dog may hope awoke_in_2003 Aug 2015 #80

LOL, too funny! DawgHouse Aug 2015 #84

Can it be proven that his mother became a Canadian citizen? Motown_Johnny Aug 2015 #6

Mother? Scarsdale Aug 2015 #10

I hear she was Bin Laden's chief lieutenant for a while before she died in battle. randome Aug 2015 #30

Three questions sarge43 Aug 2015 #11

Trump Must Build a Wall Around Canada! n/t fredamae Aug 2015 #17

The next logical{sic} step n/t sarge43 Aug 2015 #18

Let's deport his ass! liberal N proud Aug 2015 #12

Teddy Crazy was issued a US passport in 1986 SwankyXomb Aug 2015 #13

I'll wait. WinkyDink Aug 2015 #87

you reap what you sow, Republicans ericson00 Aug 2015 #15

Did his mother become a Canadian citizen prior to his birth? Vinca Aug 2015 #20

There's no evidence she became a Canadian citizen at all. Jim Lane Aug 2015 #21

I know that. They have to prove Cruz's mother became a Canadian for this theory to hold up. Vinca Aug 2015 #22

Au contraire. Cruz must prove his mother's US citizenship, as he himself was born in a foreign WinkyDink Aug 2015 #28

Wrong. He HAD to prove that at some point in the past FBaggins Aug 2015 #40

n/m. Answered in another post. WinkyDink Aug 2015 #86

That post must have been deleted n/t FBaggins Aug 2015 #88

There are no "residency requirements" per the US Constitution. Only an amendment can add them. WinkyDink Aug 2015 #29

In this instance, there is a residency requirement - on Cruz's mother. Jim Lane Aug 2015 #49

What "law" says what you claim about "passing on citizenship"? WinkyDink Aug 2015 #85

8 U.S.C. § 1401(g) Jim Lane Aug 2015 #89

The rule sounds complex, but the rationale is pretty straightforward FBaggins Aug 2015 #90

This message was self-deleted by its author Jim Lane Aug 2015 #50

Natural born citizen means born in USA unc70 Aug 2015 #32

No. A child of US citizens born abroad COLGATE4 Aug 2015 #35

A citizen, probably. Natural born, no. unc70 Aug 2015 #43

You made a categorical statement: COLGATE4 Aug 2015 #44

You have it backwards. unc70 Aug 2015 #46

Nope FBaggins Aug 2015 #48

You are completely wrong, unc70. Stop spouting nonsense. A number of us who Nay Aug 2015 #59

Nope. Naturalization only applies to children of COLGATE4 Aug 2015 #60

Untrue MosheFeingold Aug 2015 #63

If born outside USA, must take action to claim citizenship unc70 Aug 2015 #67

If a US citizen couple have a baby while traveling abroad, that baby is a natural-born US citizen, Nye Bevan Aug 2015 #78

That is a Constitutional question that is not settled. unc70 Aug 2015 #81

Try that line on the IRS Sen. Walter Sobchak Aug 2015 #82

Your statement of the law is incorrect Jim Lane Aug 2015 #91

Are we in such terrible shape TNNurse Aug 2015 #23

WTH is anybody HERE defending this man's background? "Natural-born" does not WinkyDink Aug 2015 #24

"Lies about Obama do not preclude learning the truth about Ted Cruz" ecstatic Aug 2015 #34

Nobody is defending Cruz or his background FBaggins Aug 2015 #39

"Defending" is too strong a word MosheFeingold Aug 2015 #66

Well, I've always thought there was something unnatural about him. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #26

I don't suppose Cruz' father went to Canada as a draft dodger - a main reason young men Kip Humphrey Aug 2015 #27

Even if he did, president carter pardoned all who did yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #33

We drafted Cubans?! jeff47 Aug 2015 #38

all US males at age 18, whether US born or naturalized, were required to register for the draft. Kip Humphrey Aug 2015 #42

CT Nonsense. Agschmid Aug 2015 #36

Says who? Iggo Aug 2015 #45

ACTUALLY, NO HE DOESN'T. Codeine Aug 2015 #47

Fringe agrees: The Wacky Birther Cases Against 4 GOP Candidates - Cruz, Rubio, Jindal & Santorum pampango Aug 2015 #52

I think Cruz should argue and prove citizenship himself the same way President Obama Lint Head Aug 2015 #55

"Must" in the opinion of a self-professed strict constitutionalist who also thinks pnwmom Aug 2015 #56

If only it were true... Gigabear Aug 2015 #57

The picture at the link shows he lives in a perpetual state of whining: freshwest Aug 2015 #68

Not true. The Senate has sole discretion when it comes to seating a senator. totodeinhere Aug 2015 #69

If he holds a US Passport, he's a US Citizen. It's as simple as that. leveymg Aug 2015 #70

It does not matter if Ted Cruz' mother was a Canadian citizen Snobblevitch Aug 2015 #72

I've seen questions about the validity of his Mothers actual citizenship. jaysunb Aug 2015 #73

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Payback's a bitch! n/t backscatter712 Aug 2015 #74

haha TeamPooka Aug 2015 #76

There is incontrovertible evidence that his mother was a Samiamese citizen! pinboy3niner Aug 2015 #75

Kick because I just have to come back and read this all the way through Hekate Aug 2015 #77

The US does not recognize obtaining foreign citizenship as a solely expatriating act Sen. Walter Sobchak Aug 2015 #79