Re: SF Politics and Super Tuesday

In message <P7idnbM0he3IazfanZ2dnUVZ_t6onZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Ken from Chicago <kwicker1b_nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes

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In message <60uq6cF1snd2aU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Sean O'Hara
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In the Year of the Golden Pig, the Great and Powerful Michael S.
Schiffer
declared:
jdnicoll@xxxxxxxxx (James Nicoll) wrote in
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Which Heroes would make good Presidents or bad ones?

Kal El isn't eligible to run (He's an illegal immigrant
or effectively one)
...
Maybe not: "The following shall be nationals and citizens of the
United States at birth: ... a person of unknown parentage found in
the United States while under the age of five years,

What reference frame are we using to measure his age?


Hypothetically if I were the judge. Whichever frame of reference reaches
the verdict Kal El wants, I don't want him pissed off at me....

If he can't handle dissent on his age, how do you think he would handle
political power?

Either he doesn't wholly merit his reputation in which case you don't want
to rule against him as it might annoy him; or he does merit his
reputation, in which case he is actually a pretty good candidate so I
would want to rule in his favour on entirely different grounds. Leaving
aside the fact that, on principal, I hate the ban on naturalised citizens
becoming president.

Tell that to Ahnold.

And there is why, Arnie is rather less loathsome than any of the actual candidates for the Republican nomination (not a high standard admittedly) but faces a huge additional obstacle as it would take amending the constitution. He has actively chosen to become an American citizen USA rather become one entirely passively simply by dint of parentage and as such has shown a greater commitment to the USA than a citizen by birth.
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