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    Please view my 3 PART EDITORIAL COMMENT to this thread in the first 3 replies below, using the LATEST ACTIVITY view of the thread


    Video: Senator Ted Cruz: Article II Natural Born Citizen Issue Silly; Important I'm Only American

    Birther Report

    8/25/2013

    Excerpt:

    VIDEO ...:
    ( Video via The Texas Tribune. @ Mediaite. Hat tip SA. )

    THE OATH VIDEO:
    ( Video via Sen. Ted Cruz. )


    View the complete Birther Report presentation at:

    http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogs...-ii-silly.html
    Last edited by bsteadman; 02-09-2017, 10:45 PM.
    B. Steadman

  • #2
    CNN's Candy Crowley To Sen. Ted Cruz: Pretty Cool You're A Dual Citizen; Probes 2016 Run

    Birther Report

    8/26/2013

    Excerpt:

    VIDEO EXCERPT ...:
    ( Video via CNN @ Sen. Ted Cruz. Hat tip Aloha Analytics. )

    FULL VIDEO ...:
    ( Video via Ted Cruz. )


    View the complete article at:

    http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogs...-ted-cruz.html
    B. Steadman

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    • #3
      CATO Institute & Daily Caller Declares Foreign-Born Persons Eligible To Be President

      Birther Report

      8/27/2013

      Excerpt:

      Yes, Ted Cruz Can be President
      By Ilya Shapiro @ CATO Institute


      This article appeared on Daily Caller on August 26, 2013.

      As we head into a potential government shutdown over the funding of Obamacare, the iconoclastic junior senator from Texas — love him or hate him — continues to stride across the national stage. With his presidential aspirations as big as everything in his home state, by now many know what has never been a secret: Ted Cruz was born in Canada.

      (Full disclosure: I’m Canadian myself, with a green card. Also, Cruz has been a friend since his days representing Texas before the Supreme Court.)

      But does that mean that Cruz’s presidential ambitions are gummed up with maple syrup or stuck in snowdrifts altogether different from those plaguing the Iowa caucuses? Are the birthers now hoist on their own petards, having been unable to find any proof that President Obama was born outside the United States but forcing their comrade-in-boots to disqualify himself by releasing his Alberta birth certificate?

      No, actually, and it’s not even that complicated; you just have to look up the right law. It boils down to whether Cruz is a “natural born citizen” of the United States, the only class of people constitutionally eligible for the presidency. (The Founding Fathers didn’t want their newly independent nation to be taken over by foreigners on the sly.)

      What’s a “natural born citizen”? The Constitution doesn’t say, but the Framers’ understanding, combined with statutes enacted by the First Congress, indicate that the phrase means both birth abroad to American parents — in a manner regulated by federal law — and birth within the nation’s territory regardless of parental citizenship. The Supreme Court has confirmed that definition on multiple occasions in various contexts.

      There’s no ideological debate here: Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe and former solicitor general Ted Olson — who were on opposite sides in Bush v. Gore among other cases — co-authored a memorandum in March 2008 detailing the above legal explanation in the context of John McCain’s eligibility. Recall that McCain — lately one of Cruz’s chief antagonists — was born to U.S. citizen parents serving on a military base in the Panama Canal Zone.

      In other words, anyone who is a citizen at birth — as opposed to someone who becomes a citizen later (“naturalizes”) or who isn’t a citizen at all — can be president.

      So the one remaining question is whether Ted Cruz was a citizen at birth. That’s an easy one. The Nationality Act of 1940 outlines which children become “nationals and citizens of the United States at birth.” In addition to those who are born in the United States or born outside the country to parents who were both citizens — or, interestingly, found in the United States without parents and no proof of birth elsewhere — citizenship goes to babies born to one American parent who has spent a certain number of years here.

      That single-parent requirement has been amended several times, but under the law in effect between 1952 and 1986 — Cruz was born in 1970 — someone must have a citizen parent who resided in the United States for at least 10 years, including five after the age of 14, in order to be considered a natural-born citizen. Cruz’s mother, Eleanor Darragh, was born in Delaware, lived most of her life in the United States, and gave birth to little Rafael Edward Cruz in her 30s. Q.E.D.

      So why all the brouhaha about where Obama was born, given that there’s no dispute that his mother, Ann Dunham, was a citizen? Because his mother was 18 when she gave birth to the future president in 1961 and so couldn’t have met the 5-year-post-age-14 residency requirement. Had Obama been born a year later, it wouldn’t have mattered whether that birth took place in Hawaii, Kenya, Indonesia, or anywhere else. (For those born since 1986, by the way, the single citizen parent must have only resided here for five years, at least two of which must be after the age of 14.)

      In short, it may be politically advantageous for Ted Cruz to renounce his Canadian citizenship before making a run at the White House, but his eligibility for that office shouldn’t be in doubt. As Tribe and Olson said about McCain — and could’ve said about Obama, or the Mexico-born George Romney, or the Arizona-territory-born Barry Goldwater — Cruz “is certainly not the hypothetical ‘foreigner’ who John Jay and George Washington were concerned might usurp the role of Commander in Chief.”

      - CATO Institute. Also @ Daily Caller.

      Ilya Shapiro is a senior fellow in constitutional studies and editor-in-chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review. Like most immigrants, he does a job Americans won’t: defending the Constitution.

      REMINDER: Fox News' Bret Baier Reports Obama And Cruz Not Eligible; Dual-Citizens Can't Be President - VIDEO ....

      REMINDER: Fox News Declares Sen. Ted Cruz Ineligible To Be President Due To Birth In Canada - VIDEO ....

      CDR Kerchner left the following spot on comment at another thread:

      "All we constitutionalists want is a fair and open debate on the NBC issue in all the major media with experts on both sides of the issue allowed to make their case without being shouted down, hung up on, or called names and using Saul Alinsky type ridicule to try and silence people on this issue. But they won’t give us the platform in the major media because they know we are correct. We have the facts and truth on our side as to the founders and framers original intent as to the purpose and meaning of why the NBC clause was put into the Constitution. Both political parties want to ignore the true meaning of the NBC clause in the Constitution rather than properly amend the Constitution because they have not been able to do that to date despite trying several times over the last 10-20 years to redefine it or amend it out. The NBC clause is a national security clause requiring the President to have sole allegiance to the USA at birth. Dual Citizens need not apply. People like Cruz, Obama, Jindal, and Rubio were dual Citizens at birth. They are NOT constitutionally eligible to be President! See these pages for more information: here and here."

      [...] - Full comment by CDR Kerchner (Ret) ...



      View the complete Birther Report presentation at:

      http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogs...-declares.html
      B. Steadman

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      • #4
        The Daily Times Goes There: Eligibility Question Has Been A Nagging Part Of Obama's Life

        Birther Report

        8/27/2013

        Excerpt:

        EDITORIAL: Ted Cruz and the 'birther' issue
        The Daily Times Via Dallas Morning News


        Is he a natural-born citizen or isn't he? The question has been a nagging part of Barack Obama's life ever since his first presidential campaign. No amount of birth certificates and sworn statements from state officials in Hawaii, his birthplace, seemed capable of putting the issue to rest. The "birther" movement continues pressing the question even today, five years after Obama's election to the presidency.

        The question nags anew, but this time Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz is the focus because he was born in Canada to an American mother and Cuban father. By law, his mother's U.S. citizenship automatically confers natural citizenship to Cruz, just as - for those who continue to doubt the location of Obama's birth - the citizenship of Obama's American mother conferred it to him.

        When it became a hot-button issue in 2008, Democrats countered that Obama's GOP opponent, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, was born to American parents at a U.S. military installation in the Panama Canal Zone. The implication being that if Republicans wanted to play the birther game, Democrats could, too.

        This is such a nonissue, regardless of whether the candidate is Republican or Democrat. Nevertheless, narrow-minded individuals, including some prominent personalities such as billionaire former presidential contender Donald Trump, are doggedly trying to concoct controversy and introduce doubt where there should be none.

        These men have been natural U.S. citizens from birth and have every right to seek the nation's highest office. Article II of the Constitution sets out three eligibility requirements to be president: that the person be at least 35 years old, a resident within the United States for 14 years and a "natural-born citizen."

        The exact meaning of natural-born is not defined in the Constitution, but legal scholars say it is meant only to distinguish between native-born U.S. citizens and those born abroad (of noncitizen parents) who subsequently become naturalized U.S. citizens. The Congressional Research Service published a 50-page study dissecting the issue in 2011. [...] The Daily Times. H/T Marshman.


        View the complete Birther Report presentation at:

        http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogs...igibility.html
        B. Steadman

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        • #5
          Mark Levin Goes Off Deep End: Calls Cruz Naturalized Citizen And Eligible To Be POTUS

          Birther Report

          8/30/2013

          Excerpt:

          AUDIO ...:
          ( Audio via Mark Levin. Hat Tip Mara Zebest. )

          Mark Levin Showed All The Traits of a Scoundrel on His Radio Show Thursday
          CDR Charles Kerchner ( Ret. )

          Mark Levin’s brazen misstatements and disinformation on his radio show Thursday were unbelievable and shocking. He said Ted Cruz is eligible to be President even though he said Ted Cruz was a “naturalized Citizen”. As I said, unbelievable. I guess Mark, it’s hard to keep your mind straight when you are twisting the truth about what a “natural born Citizen” truly is to constitutional standards. And this disinformation is coming from a man who holds himself out as a constitutional expert. He is doing this on purpose. In my opinion, he is a coward on this issue of presidential eligibility since he will not allow anyone on the air, constitutional expert or otherwise, to debate him in a courteous, intelligent, and respectful way on this. All he spews out on this issue is anger, intimidation, disinformation, and ridicule. And he blocks all calls from listeners on this issue. What is he so afraid of? Maybe that the real truth might get onto the national airways. By way of a note as to correct historical information given to him in the past, a team of constitutionalists, me included, attending a conference in Washington DC in 2010, presented him and other dignitaries attending that event with historical and legal information on the founders and framers intent and true meaning of “natural born Citizen” of the United States”. Levin is obviously ignoring it when he says nothing in history supports the definition of natural born Citizen that to be such one must be born in the USA to two Citizen parents and the founders purpose and intent for its true meaning, i.e., a person born with sole allegiance and unity of citizenship at birth. Dual-citizens by birth need not apply to be President and Commander-in-Chief.

          He cited the 1790 Act of Congress but neglected to tell his listeners it was repealed 5 years later with the 1795 Act to correct mistakes made in that first act such as removing any mention of declaring people born out of the country to be considered natural born Citizens if born of parents who are citizens. People born outside the USA in the 1795 Act were considered simply Citizens, not natural born Citizens. In addition his citing of other man-made statutory laws such as the U.S. Nationality Acts are meaningless to the true meaning of natural born Citizen, which can only be created by the laws of nature, not man-made laws. The man-made laws he alluded to do not even address the term natural born Citizen but only address who is a basic Citizen of the United States due to some circumstance of that person’s birth, such as birth outside the USA, that preclude that person from being automatically a natural born Citizen of the United States, for which no law or act of Congress is needed, and which need no paper citizenship document issued to the parents from the U.S. State Department. Levin instead is using intimidation and ridicule and other tools straight out of the far-left’s training book – Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals”.

          If Mark Levin was even remotely fair he would at least have either Atty Mario Apuzzo, Atty Herb Titus PhD, and/or Atty Larry Klayman or maybe all of them on his show to debate the issue fair and openly for an hour or two. But he won’t. His agenda is to keep the cloud of disinformation and cover-up in effect on this blatant usurpation of Article II Section 1, the presidential eligibility clause of the U.S. Constitution by both major political parties. I believe he’s a coward on this issue. He is sure acting like one. Or maybe the Obama regime has something on him and is threatening him, his family, or his show producers. Whatever the reason, he is not telling the truth on the historical and legal facts regarding the constitutional term “natural born Citizen”. On his show this time he even ridiculed by implication and innuendo the great legal writers of the founding era such as Emer de Vattel and his preeminent legal treatise of that time, “The Law of Nations or Principles of Natural Law” which our founders along with the Bible used to help write the U.S. Constitution and other founding documents, and which treatise contained a legal definition of “natural born Citizen” therein. This is not the actions of a historical and constitutional scholar seeking to air the truth. Mark Levin on his show demonstrated the traits of a scoundrel. Mark Levin should be ashamed of himself for his tirade and disinformation rant on his radio show Thursday.

          CDR Charles Kerchner, P.E. (Retired)
          Lehigh Valley PA USA
          http://www.protectourliberty.org
          http://cdrkerchner.wordpress.com
          http://www.scribd.com/protectourliberty/collections


          View the complete Birther Report presentation at:

          http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogs...d-citizen.html
          B. Steadman

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          • #6
            Free Republic is running a thread titled, 'CATO Institute: Yes, Ted Cruz Can be President', which was started 8/30/2013 by 'Jim Robinson'

            The thread references a 8/26/2013 CATO Institute article written by Ilya Shapiro - http://www.cato.org/publications/com...n-be-president

            View the complete Free Republic thread at:

            http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3060736/posts

            As I've stated elsewhere on this forum many times, I have infinitely more confidence in Mark Levin and the CATO Institute than I do in legions of internet sea lawyers and bloggers.

            If Ted Cruz decides to run for the Presidency and he appears to be the strongest conservative running, I will support him to the hilt. He's one of the few conservatives in the Senate who actually has the balls to stand up for conservatism and against Obama and the GOP-e RINOs. This is a battle for the survival of America as a free nation. If we allow the democrats and the GOP-e statists to select our next opposition candidate for us, ie, Chris Christie or Jeb Bush, this nation is kaput.

            We stand united or we fall. We cannot afford to destroy our best candidates or to split our conservative vote to the point that the likes of Christy or Bush gets the nod and someone like Hillary waltzes into the White House.

            Supporting the "electable" Dole, McCain and Romney gave us Clinton and Obama. Supporting the crazy conservative gave us President Reagan.

            1 posted on Friday, August 30, 2013 3:02:15 PM by Jim Robinson
            B. Steadman

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            • #7
              Blanks: Professor Jacobson Takes Shot At Natural Born Citizen Issue; Doesn't Get It!?

              Birther Report

              9/3/2013

              natural born Citizens:
              Marco Rubio, Bobby Jindal, Ted Cruz
              Excerpts Via William A. Jacobson @ Legal Insurrection


              [...] The arguments that the term “natural born Citizen” excludes Rubio and Jindal (because their parents were not citizens) or Cruz (because he was born abroad to a citizen mother only) at most raise doubts. Those doubts, however, never rise anywhere near the level of making the case that Rubio, Jindal and Cruz are excluded. Most of the counter-arguments are historical conjecture, at best, and rely on speculation not connected to the text of the Constitution or any demonstrable actual intent or understanding of the Framers.

              In the circumstance of candidates who appear to qualify based on the text of the Constitution and the traditions upon which “natural born Citizen[ship]” is believed to derive, and as to whom there are at worst some doubts raised, I believe the proper constitutional outcome is to leave the issue to the political process. To exclude apparently eligible candidates based on speculation as to what the term “natural born Citizen” might have meant is no better, and I would argue much worse.

              Remember, these are merely eligibility requirements, not requirements that a person be elected. It would be consistent with the Framers’ demonstrable concerns to consider loyalty to the United States as a political factor, even if not absolutely legally disqualifying. If you don’t trust the loyalty of a candidate because of how he or she became a “natural born Citizen,” don’t vote for the person.

              I set forth below my approach and reasoning.

              2. Caveats, conditions and limitations

              I do not claim any prior expertise in the “natural born Citizen” clause. Few people had that expertise prior to the challenges to McCain. Challenges to Obama increased the number of purported experts exponentially.

              In addition to my own research with the assistance of a former student, I have received input from readers on at least two occasions (here and here). Even if I disagree with some of the comments, I value the input. The notion that the Constitution is the exclusive domain of lawyers is unfounded and unwise.

              There are limits to this analysis. It is not intended to argue for or put the dispute into a particular constitutional construction theory. I link to many writings by constitutional law professors and others who do put the dispute in a more theoretical context, particularly the issue of “originalism,” and you can read those.

              I don’t claim that mine is the only approach, but having dwelled on this for several months, it’s the approach that I find best helps unravel the Gordian Knot of accusations and arguments.

              I also am not trying to “win” the argument. I have no intention (hah!) of getting into the endless argument streams this topic engenders, where for every answer there is a new obscure historical reference or convoluted theory until someone gives up. There are some things you just can’t “win” on the internet, and this is one of them.

              As to formatting, this topic really doesn’t lend itself to the blog post format. So I’ve not followed legal briefing or law review style of using “supra” and “infra” for repeated citations, instead I just use the full cite each time. I also leave footnote numbers in quotes, so that if you go to the source, you can follow more easily. I’ve tried to link to public sources as much as possible. Some material is hard to find on the internet, but I’ll try to back fill source links after publication as I hunt for public sources.

              3. The unfortunate term ”birther”

              I also want to go on record again objecting to the use of the term “birther.” If the term were confined to conspiracy theorists, that would be one thing. But it has become a tool to shut down even legitimate debate.

              The term was used as a pejorative as part of a deliberate Obama campaign strategy to shut down debate on his issues, and then expanded outward as a general Democratic talking point as a synonym for racist. One didn’t even need to question Obama’s eligibility to be called a “birther.”

              Unfortunately, the term has been picked up by many Republicans and conservatives to shut down even good faith questions as to the eligibility of Rubio, Jindal and Cruz. You don’t need to do that.

              I suggest that it is our duty as citizens to ascertain that these minimal eligibility requirements are met. I guess I’m politically naïve in that regard.

              Now to the analysis I followed in reaching my conclusions.

              4. The Text of The Constitution [...] - Continued at Legal Insurrection. Hat tip Free Republic. Article II Eligibility Facts Here.


              View the complete Birther Report presentation at:

              http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogs...s-shot-at.html
              B. Steadman

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              • #8
                Shock Video: Rep. Yoho With Birther Chris Matthews; Yoho Isn’t Sure Obama Is Legitimate

                Birther Report

                9/5/2013

                Excerpt:

                Birtherism, cont.: Florida Rep.Yoho isn’t sure Obama is American
                By Aliyah Frumin @ MSNBC

                VIDEO EXCERPT ...:


                Republican Congressman Ted Yoho came on Hardball Wednesday night to talk about Syria. Instead, the conservative tied himself in knots about President Obama’s birthplace.

                The Florida lawmaker argued against U.S. military action in Syria, which President Obama is pushing, insisting diplomacy was the answer instead of “guns and bombs.”

                Host Chris Matthews asked if Yoho would feel the same way if the president was a Republican, to which the Yoho said yes.

                Matthews then asked if Yoho questioned Obama’s legitimacy. Yoho said “No. He’s been under enough scrutiny. We need to move on from that,” and even pointed to a recent town hall meeting in which the president’s birth certificate came up.

                Yoho recounted asking his constituents if that was really the issue they wanted him to spend time on. Ninety-eight percent, he said, said “absolutely not.”

                Matthews asked Yoho: “So you accept the fact that he’s a born American,” to which the Sunshine State pol said “no comment.”
                -
                (bold, underline, font size and color emphasis added in the preceding three paragraphs)

                “No comment?” Matthew said. “In other words, you question the president’s legitimacy.”

                When pressed further, Yoho said “I haven’t studied it enough to spend the time on it to come back with an intelligent answer, so I will not respond.” He added when the U.S. gets Syria and the debt crisis are solved, “I’d be happy to talk to you.”

                The Hardball host asked if Yoho was a birther. [...] Continued @ MSNBC. Hat tip Seizethecarp @ Free Republic. Full video.


                View the complete Birther Report presentation at:

                http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogs...-matthews.html



                For my interpretation of the above, otherwise very puzzling conversation between Matthews and Yoho, please see my EDITORIAL, which is the 1st REPLY at the top of this thread
                Last edited by bsteadman; 09-05-2013, 01:33 PM.
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                • #9
                  Free Republic is running a thread titled, 'Birtherism, cont.: Florida Rep. Yoho isn’t sure Obama is American ("No comment" to Chris Matthews)', which was started 9/5/2013 by 'Seizethecarp'

                  The thread references a 9/4/2013 MSNBC video with accompanying article - http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/09/04/birth...a-is-american/

                  View the complete Free Republic thread at:

                  http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3062790/posts
                  B. Steadman

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                  • #10
                    Flashback: There Have Been Attempts to Make Foreign Born People Eligible for the Presidency

                    Obama State Ballot Challenge

                    GeorgeM
                    9/12/2013

                    Excerpt:

                    So, what makes law school graduate and Bar member (former TX Solicitor General and a partner at the law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, where he headed the firm’s U.S. Supreme Court and national appellate litigation practice) Rafael Edward “Ted” Cruz think he’s eligible, when he was:
                    - Born in Canada, which, last time I checked was still a foreign country

                    - Born to a Cuban Citizen father

                    A few years ago, who would have believed we’d not only have a two-term ineligible faux “pResident,” but more ineligible candidates lining up, including one foreign born to a foreign father, a high powered attorney at that, who would have us believe that he is a natural born Citizen!

                    Look what was unsuccessfully attempted for folks like Ahnooold Shwarzenegger and others …

                    And what’s with all these ineligible would-be candidates from multiple parties, ESPECIALLY the Republicans? Has ineligible “Obama” opened up the floodgates? Can Putin run too? How about a Jedi? Jeeeez.

                    Read more: http://giveusliberty1776.blogspot.co...k-in-your.html

                    Read about presidential eligibility: http://art2superpac.com/issues.html

                    View the complete article at:

                    http://obamaballotchallenge.com/flas...the-presidency
                    B. Steadman

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                    • #11
                      Cruz 'as eligible as Obama is'

                      House member deflects MSNBC host's 'birther' assault

                      WND

                      9/21/2013

                      Excerpt:

                      WASHINGTON – MSNBC host Chris Matthews didn’t have the slightest issue with Barack Obama’s constitutional eligibility.

                      But he is grilling Republican supporters of Sen. Ted Cruz’s presidential ambitions with reckless “birther” abandon.

                      On Friday, Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, was in his crosshairs.

                      Asked about Cruz’s constitutional eligibility given his birth in Canada, Farenthold said: “He’s as eligible as Obama is.”

                      “Well, what does that mean?” a flustered Matthews asked.

                      “Obama’s president, Ted Cruz can be president,” Farenthold answered.

                      “This is serious business, Congressman,” Matthews replied. “You’re chuckling about this. Is he eligible to be president or not? You’ve been touting the guy, you said he could run for president — explain.”

                      Matthews zeroed in like a laser beam with one issue in mind: Ted Cruz’s eligibility. When he said he believed Cruz to be eligible to serve as president, Matthews asked if he thought the same of Obama “even if that crazy theory of Donald Trump is true.”

                      “We’re talking about Ted Cruz,” Farenthold answered.

                      “Can’t you project an inch, mentally?” Matthews asked.

                      “I’m telling you that President Obama is the president,” Farenthold said. “If he’s eligible to be president, Ted Cruz is.”

                      “Was he legitimately elected president?” Matthews responded.

                      “I wasn’t in Congress to make that determination,” Farenthold said. “That was determined before I got here.”


                      View the complete article, including video, at:

                      http://www.wnd.com/2013/09/cruz-as-e..._orig=politics
                      B. Steadman

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                      • #12
                        Atlantic: Cruz Leading Third Party of 'Good Guys' in Congress

                        Breitbart / Big-Journalism

                        Tony Lee
                        9/30/2013

                        Excerpt:

                        After Sarah Palin mentioned that senators like Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT) were already essentially in a third party of "good guys" against Washington's bipartisan permanent political class, The Atlantic Wire observed that Cruz is leading that movement in Congress.

                        Author Philip Bump writes, "the idea that Congress is now operating as a three-party system has gained informal traction recently." He then names Cruz as a Minority Leader in the Senate and an "Honorary" Minority Leader in the House.

                        The exercise is "only partly facetious," the Bump writes, because there are reliable conservative votes that stand in the way of the agendas of the House and Senate leadership, meaning that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) really only has about 30 GOP members with him, while House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) has a bit over 200 because conservative members in the House seem intent on following Cruz's lead on the budget and Obamacare.

                        The Atlantic Wire states that though this "ad hoc political group could be short-term," the "idea that there exists a block of hard-right Republicans willing to stand in the way" of the objectives of establishment Republicans is "long-standing, and Cruz has learned this week that his forays into independence will be rewarded" by voters, especially conservative voters.

                        The most recent Public Policy Polling poll found that Cruz was leading the 2016 GOP presidential field and was viewed as the Republican leader in Congress.
                        - (bold and color emphasis added)

                        View the complete article at:

                        http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journal...ys-in-Congress
                        B. Steadman

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                        • #13
                          Breaking: Man Sets Self On Fire On National Mall; Cruz Not Eligible But

                          Host of Freedom Friday Carl Gallups says if Obama gets away with usurpation he'd vote for Ted Cruz for POTUS even though he's not eligible...
                          -
                          (color and underline emphasis added)

                          Birther Report
                          10/4/2013

                          Excerpt:

                          Freedom Friday: Man Sets Himself On Fire On National Mall; Ted Cruz Not Eligible... But...

                          AUDIO ... :
                          ( Video via WEBY. )

                          Host of Freedom Friday Carl Gallups says if Obama gets away with usurpation he'd vote for Ted Cruz for POTUS even though he's not eligible...

                          Here's the breaking MSN report on the man that set himself on fire on the National Mall in DC...

                          ... video from the incident:

                          Video/Image via Baltimore News Journal


                          View the complete Birther Report presentation at:

                          http://www.birtherreport.com/2013/10...fire.html#more
                          B. Steadman

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                          • #14
                            Fox News' Bill O'Reilly Backtracks: Now Says Foreign-Born Persons Can Be President

                            Birther Report

                            10/15/2013

                            Video: Fox News' Bill O'Reilly Backtracks: Now Says Foreign-Born Persons Can Be President...

                            I wonder if Bill researched this like he researched Obama's Connecticut social security number?

                            areyoukiddingme opines, Maybe his next book will be "Killing the Constitution"

                            AUDIO ... :
                            ( Audio via Fox News. Hat tip areyoukiddingme. )


                            View the complete Birther Report presentation at:

                            http://www.birtherreport.com/2013/10...her-issue.html
                            Last edited by bsteadman; 10-16-2013, 03:17 PM.
                            B. Steadman

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                            • #15
                              Schwarzenegger: Change Constitution So I Can Run For President

                              Breitbart / Big-Hollywood

                              Larry O'Connor
                              10/18/2013

                              Excerpt:

                              Sources tell the New York Post that former California Governor is seriously lobbying for a change to the constitution so that he can move to the White House:

                              “Schwarzenegger has been talking openly about working on getting the constitutional rules changed so he can run for president in 2016. He is ready to file legal paperwork to challenge the rules.”

                              Arnold has been hinting about a presidential run for years. In 2010 he was asked by Jay Leno on the 'Tonight Show', if he would make a White House run, if the rules were altered, he replied: "Without any doubt."

                              In a 2008 "60 Minutes" interview with Scott Pelley, Arnold affirmed his presidential ambitions:
                              "I think that I am always a person that looks for the next big goal. And I love challenges."

                              "I always set goals that are so high, that are almost impossible to achieve."

                              "Because then, you're always hungry for climbing and climbing. Because it's always interesting."

                              "The climb is always interesting. When you get there you just have to pick another goal."
                              ............................................

                              View the complete article, including video, at:

                              http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywo...-For-President
                              Last edited by bsteadman; 10-18-2013, 08:22 PM.
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