In all honesty, I can't think of -anybody- who could be a better governor
than Arnold. After all, Clint Eastwood was pretty good from what I've heard,
and I -know- Arnold is probably one of the most patriotic foreign born
people in our country today. If given a choice between him and some of the
other homegrown people currently in office, I'd choose Arnold in a
heartbeat.
I think that once they become a US citizen, as they are required to uphold
the constitution when they swear in, they should also be allowed as US
citizens, to run for office just like anybody else. After all, how many of
us are native Americans to begin with? I don't see too many of them in
office and by right of birth, they hold more right to do so than anybody
else in this country.
It's all a matter of politics and popular opinion and their ability to do
the job. Since none of us really has the ability to do much about our
government these days anyways, I think it's probably best to sit back and
watch what happens.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bear" <bear_at_urec.net>
To: <SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: [SkunkworksAMA] Re: Off Topic...U.S. Constitution issues....
>
> I'm not a specialist in constitutional law, and can only go on
> what I remember from school. Beyond age and the fact they must be a US
> citezan at the time there is nothing stopping anyone from running for
President
>
>
> At 10:00 08/11/03 +0000, you wrote:
>
> > I know that this question is off topic, however with the state of
> >California in the middle of an economic and political crisis I thought
> >that I should go ahead and ask a few questions.
> >
> > Does anyone here specialize in U.S. Constitutional law?
> >
> > Does anyone know where in the Constitution of the U.S. does it say
> >that an immigrant turned American citizen can or can not run for the
> >presidency of the United States?
> >
> > The situation here in California has a circus like atmosphere with
> >many people running for governor courtesy of the recall vote that will
> >take place on October 7. After Arnold( Austrian born actor) becomes
> >governor, does he have the legal right to run for the position of
> >president of the United States?
> >
> > I apologize for this post, however the situation that California is
> >in is serious. There is no telling what type of ramification that the
> >recall effort will have on the rest of the United States.
> > You have no idea of the proverbial fur that is flying (arguements)in
> >the house that I live in. 0_o
> > Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > P.S. to avoide the wrath of the mod, please send any reply directly
> >to my e-mail accounts to:
> >-iontiger_at_yahoo.com
> >-IonTigerHawk_at_wmconnect.com
> >............................going back into lurking mode.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Bear
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> Common Sense is NOT common
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