It wasn't just that, it was also there to prevent new immigrants that hadn't assimilated from becoming president.
Arnie shouldn't be permitted to be president. McCain was born to a military family abroad, he should be. Dana wrote: > I don't think we should be manipulating the consitution to allow mccain to > run or to prevent arnold from doing so. On the other hand, I think the > citizenship clause which afaik was intended to keep the British from > floating a candidate for president, has served its purpose. I'd have no > issue with the provision going away. > > On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> So you have no problems throwing out the constitution? >> >> Its a relatively good thing, this provision, otherwise we'd have the >> governator running either this election or in 4 years. >> >> Myself I think its a very stupid provision. Given what immigrants have >> contributed to the nations, the country is wasting a lot of potential with >> this. But hey the US has never shied away from creating second class >> citizens. >> >>> Oh give me a break.........geeeesh. >>> >>> I don't give two shits what the founding fathers meant by "natural born >>> citizen". There. I said it. I'm tired of having to genuflect everytime >>> someone utters the phrase "Founding Fathers". >>> >>> On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> >>> <snip> >>> -- >>> I'm young, I'm wild, and I'm free >>> Got the magic power of the music in me >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:259708 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
