Are these the Same Republicans?

[FrenchieCat]

Should the Constitution be amended for Arnold?
By Martin Kasindorf, USA TODAY
12/2/2004

Now, debate over a proposed 28th Amendment is focused on the popularity and political future of one man: macho Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger, the former bodybuilder and action-movie star who has been California's governor for barely a year.
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Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, a political ally of Schwarzenegger, introduced the Equal Right to Govern Amendment in July 2003, a few weeks before the actor declared his candidacy in the recall election in which Californians ousted Democrat Gray Davis as governor.

If Hatch's amendment is adopted, an immigrant who has been a naturalized citizen for 20 years could run for president or vice president.

Schwarzenegger, 57, has been a U.S. citizen since 1983. He has retained Austrian citizenship.

Hatch's resolution must withstand daunting tests for proposed amendments: approval by two-thirds majorities in both houses of Congress, followed by ratification by three-quarters of the states — 38 of them.

As the departing chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Hatch boosted the amendment with favorable testimony from academics and legislators at a public hearing Oct. 5. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., who will head the committee in the congressional session that begins in January, says he hasn't made up his mind on the issue but will put it on the panel's agenda
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"Some people are talking as if a Manchurian Candidate could emerge and take over," says Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., referring to the Richard Condon novel and the two movies it inspired, in which communists brainwash an American to assassinate a presidential candidate.

Rohrabacher has introduced a House resolution that mirrors Hatch's proposal in the Senate. "Remember, the Manchurian Candidate was an American," Rohrabacher tells those who envision a foreign-born mole groomed for U.S. leadership.

If the question reaches the floor of Congress, "it would be very hard to vote against it without looking small or mean or bigoted," Amar says.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/2004-12-02-schwarzenegger-amendment_x.htm

versus...

BORN IN THE USA?
Eligibility bill hits Congress
Representative files law requiring candidates show birth certificate
March 13, 2009

A freshman representative has introduced a bill to the U.S. Congress that would require presidential candidates to provide a birth certificate and other documents to prove their eligibility to occupy the Oval Office.

Rep. Bill Posey, R-Fla., filed H.R. 1503, an amendment to the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, which increased required campaign fund disclosure and was later amended to establish the Federal Elections Commission.

According to the Library of Congress' bill-tracking website, H.R. 1503 would "require the principal campaign committee of a candidate for election to the office of president to include with the committee's statement of organization a copy of the candidate's birth certificate, together with such other documentation as may be necessary to establish that the candidate meets the qualifications for eligibility to the Office of President under the Constitution."
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=91649

WHAT HAPPENED IN THESE SHORT 4 YEARS?

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Considering that Obama IS a natural born citizen, and Arnold wasn't...makes this 180 change of heart even "weirder"! :crazy:

[havocmom]

1. White guy with R after name/ Black guy with D after his name

Then there is that Panamanian chap, McCain, who ran.... :evilgrin:

The capper is: recently reported that Arnold was considering switching parties :rofl:

[burning rain]

2. Admittedly, some of the more moderate-on-immigration Republicans...

have had this idea of a constitutional amendment for years.

[firedupdem]

3. Wow! Such hypocrites! We all know what the difference is!

If this is the case then Jennifer Granholm can run for President. In 8 yrs...

[babylonsister]

4. Haha! So very typical. Can you say flip-flop, when it's in their

best interests? Just yesterday, a birthers bill was introduced into Congress. :crazy: I wonder if this would apply to Ahnuld?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5250456

[FrenchieCat]

6. Or Gov. (he's not Obama but he's the best that we can do) Jindahl?

:shrug:

[hootinholler]

5. The quote in your photo is wrong

Shrubs nutsack of a justice flubbed his lines.

-Hoot

[FrenchieCat]

7. You are accurate in your observation.