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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 05:37 AM Original message |
Should second generation Americans be allowed to run for president? |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 05:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 05:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I feel your pain |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 06:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. What the poster means is, this is getting old |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 06:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Then why did he or she choose to read the thread? |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 06:07 AM Response to Original message |
3. According to my US Constitution... |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 06:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Response |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 06:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Good enough response for me... |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 06:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. What about those that come here when they are very young? |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Well, lines have to be drawn... |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:08 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. If they weren't born here, they can never be president |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:09 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Equal rights are idiotic? |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:11 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. It's not a question of equal rights |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:12 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Yes it is |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:13 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. No, it's not |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:18 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. How is that not second-class citizenship? |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 09:26 AM Response to Reply #34 |
47. Youy don't like it, you can leave |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 10:43 AM Response to Reply #34 |
49. BTW, running for president is not a right |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
9. 2nd generation would be eligible. |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:00 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Response |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:02 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. You are the exception to the rule |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Am I a terraist because of that? |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 08:37 AM Response to Reply #14 |
44. Consular Report of Birth Abroad |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:09 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Cool, then some billionaire media mogul from Australia |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:10 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. How would he be worse than people like Shrub and Raygun???? |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:12 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. You're not convincing me |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:16 AM Response to Reply #11 |
33. You are constitutionally ineligible to be president |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:20 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Look up the definition of second generation |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 09:24 AM Response to Reply #36 |
46. No matter how you feel about it |
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libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 10:47 AM Response to Reply #33 |
50. John McCain was born in Panama. n/t |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 11:04 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Canal Zone is the US |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 11:05 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Yep, same holds true for American hospitals at overseas bases |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
39. Interesting... _Jumper_ please read this and respond |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:30 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. My mother lived here for only six years at the time |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:33 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. At the time the rule was written, we were worried about... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:33 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. No one considers you a "threat" |
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libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 10:49 AM Response to Reply #39 |
51. so if that one "detainee" who was born in Louisiana had just moved |
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John_H (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 11:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
54. We look forward to your run for the senate. |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. SoCalDem, your sig pic is extremely disturbing |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:05 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. It made me laugh when I saw it |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:13 AM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Suddenly I hear cockroaches scurrying about... |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
16. We should NEVER allow foreign born citizens to run |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:08 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. What about the 2nd generation? |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:10 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Second generation, by definition, have met the requirements |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:11 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. False |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:14 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Yes, if you were not born here you are FIRST GENERATION |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:24 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. That is not the definition |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 09:27 AM Response to Reply #38 |
48. But if you are not born here, you are the immigarant |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
22. History is on their side |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:15 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. I don't know of any country with such a provision |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
30. Second generation americans can run ... |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:21 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. That isn't the issue |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:42 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. I read the threads above and so I have a question...why did your mom leave |
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_Jumper_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 08:47 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. It was irrational |
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rogerashton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
35. Only if they immigrate AFTER the amendment is passed. |
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