tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post6742122597564528183..comments2023-10-03T06:18:27.828-05:00Comments on The Aardvark's PLUMBLINE: The Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-6954940022213841332008-02-11T13:29:00.000-06:002008-02-11T13:29:00.000-06:00Now that I think of it...I wonder if one could bri...Now that I think of it...<BR/><BR/>I wonder if one could bring suit to challenge McCain's name on the state's ballot, should he be nominated.<BR/><BR/>This would bear some research.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-45309706013061366952008-02-10T23:34:00.000-06:002008-02-10T23:34:00.000-06:00The Constitution is crystal clear on this issue. ...The Constitution is crystal clear on this issue. Expectant mothers have been flown into the US from military bases just so their children could be eligible. (Paul Linebarger's mother, for instance.)<BR/><BR/>But, since we're no longer a nation of laws but a nation of power, this point is rather moot. Lord Denethor's philosophy becomes more salient with each passing Primary:<BR/><BR/>"Better toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-5598900634773888772008-02-10T19:48:00.000-06:002008-02-10T19:48:00.000-06:00I suppose it's possible, but I'm still not buying....I suppose it's possible, but I'm still not buying. And I don't even want him as prez. Besides, like I said before, it's irrelevant. He's not going to win.<BR/><BR/>He had about as much chance as Dole in '96 (and for the same reasons), but then add Bush's support to that; dead in the frickin' water.Rigel Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758093584549988088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-27973016848510705982008-02-10T19:02:00.000-06:002008-02-10T19:02:00.000-06:00Mrs. P.- Perhaps send it to your Representative, a...Mrs. P.- Perhaps send it to your Representative, and Senator.<BR/>---------------------<BR/>Rigel- I have my suspicions that this will play like the anti-IRS arguments that seek to define who does-and-does-not have to pay based upon the definition of "income", using the Tax Code documents. The language is damning, but the courts defer to "Well, everybody KNOWS you are supposed to pay taxes....".<The Aardvarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-69500990429128354462008-02-10T19:01:00.000-06:002008-02-10T19:01:00.000-06:00Oh, allow me to add that my grandfather was at tha...Oh, allow me to add that my grandfather was at that time in service to the military and was stationed at a U.S. Army Base in Germany when my aunt was born.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-14706295844296097722008-02-10T18:58:00.000-06:002008-02-10T18:58:00.000-06:00Rigel, the state department page linked to in this...Rigel, the state department page linked to in this post says otherwise. But on a more personal scale, my aunt was born in Germany to two American parents, and she still had to apply for citizenship when she turned 18, thus she is ineligible to run for the presidency if she chose to, one has to be a born citizen inside the United States. And to apply for citizenship indicates you are indeed not Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-19510061261850443002008-02-10T17:05:00.000-06:002008-02-10T17:05:00.000-06:00Nice try Aardvark. But if McCain's parents were ci...Nice try Aardvark. But if McCain's parents were citizen's at the time of his birth (and I believe they were), then he is also considered a citizen, wherever he was born.<BR/><BR/>It's irrelevant either way, Bush recently endorsed him as a 'true conservative', which kills any chance he had of winning the election.<BR/><BR/>It'll be Hillary (or maybe Obama) in '08.Rigel Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758093584549988088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-54729104164774362472008-02-10T14:34:00.000-06:002008-02-10T14:34:00.000-06:00So, the question is: How do we use this, and when...So, the question is: How do we use this, and when?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com