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  • #91
    Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
    John Lennon was sure to run for president some day, that's why they had him killed...


    Um.... John Lennon couldn't run for President. You have to be born in the US to be President.
    That's why they had him born in the UK!
    "In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed. But they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love. They had 500 years of democracy and peace. And what did that produce? The cuckoo clock."
    —Orson Welles as Harry Lime

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    • #92
      Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
      John Lennon was sure to run for president some day, that's why they had him killed...


      Um.... John Lennon couldn't run for President. You have to be born in the US to be President.
      Is that the actual rule - if so when was it introduced, because George Washington and several other presidents weren't born in the US. They were born in English colonies.
      One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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      • #93
        It is a rule. IIRC, you also have to be 40 years old or older?

        I don't know when it was enacted. Obviously it was quite a bit after the country was founded...
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        • #94
          The age is 35 IIRC.

          I'm surprised though. Surely there are many Americans born outside the US. Does this mean they cannot become US President on a technicality?
          One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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          • #95
            Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin
            The age is 35 IIRC.

            I'm surprised though. Surely there are many Americans born outside the US. Does this mean they cannot become US President on a technicality?
            35 is correct. If they are born outside of the US to US citizens, then they are US citizens and can run for president. I'm pretty sure.
            "In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed. But they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love. They had 500 years of democracy and peace. And what did that produce? The cuckoo clock."
            —Orson Welles as Harry Lime

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            • #96
              Originally posted by MosesPresley


              35 is correct. If they are born outside of the US to US citizens, then they are US citizens and can run for president. I'm pretty sure.
              I am not so sure this is true. Perhaps both parents have to be citizens. A guy I know from highschool knocked up a Venezuelan chick this year and they went back to Venezuela to get married and have the kid. I think there was some turmoil because they thought the baby wouldn't have U.S. citizenship.
              Tutto nel mondo è burla

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              • #97
                Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin
                Does this mean they cannot become US President on a technicality?
                No one has ever tested it.
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                • #98
                  Is that the actual rule - if so when was it introduced, because George Washington and several other presidents weren't born in the US. They were born in English colonies.


                  Yes, that is the actual rule. It's in the Constitution.

                  Section 2, Clause 5:

                  No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

                  The Founders were dealt with in the 'citizen at the time of this Constitution' .
                  “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
                  - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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                  • #99
                    Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
                    Is that the actual rule - if so when was it introduced, because George Washington and several other presidents weren't born in the US. They were born in English colonies.


                    Yes, that is the actual rule. It's in the Constitution.

                    Section 2, Clause 5:

                    No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

                    The Founders were dealt with in the 'citizen at the time of this Constitution' .
                    So what would have stopped John Lennon becoming President if the UK adopted the US constitution?
                    One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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                    • #100
                      We haven't annexed you yet .
                      “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
                      - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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                      • #101
                        CBeast!
                        Tutto nel mondo è burla

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                        • #102
                          Originally posted by David Floyd
                          Thanks to STYOM for his vote of confidence
                          The US could use a dose of libertarianism in its foreign policy.
                          "I'm a guy - I take everything seriously except other people's emotions"

                          "Never play cards with any man named 'Doc'. Never eat at any place called 'Mom's'. And never, ever...sleep with anyone whose troubles are worse than your own." - Nelson Algren
                          "A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic." - Joseph Stalin (attr.)

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                          • #103
                            Bill Gates...

                            Originally posted by Asher

                            He's not a big fan of meddling around with other countries, donates billions of dollars to charities, and co-founded and ran one of the most successful companies in history.
                            For a second I thought you meant Ross Perot
                            "I'm a guy - I take everything seriously except other people's emotions"

                            "Never play cards with any man named 'Doc'. Never eat at any place called 'Mom's'. And never, ever...sleep with anyone whose troubles are worse than your own." - Nelson Algren
                            "A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic." - Joseph Stalin (attr.)

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                            • #104
                              Gandhi
                              "I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
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                              • #105
                                Okay, so I'm a bit late to the thread, but there's a name I can't believe got missed.

                                Ron Paul.

                                Of all the people I can think of who actually have a shot at the post, he's the one I'd like to see there.

                                Wraith
                                "If you guys are selling insurance, we don't want any."
                                "No, Tick. We're with the government."
                                "Well, no thanks. We've got all the government we need."
                                -- ("The Tick")

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