Michelle Bachmann claims Swiss Citizenship (candidacy, wisdom, school, rating)

[pghquest]

Originally Posted by wrecking ball

a branch of the birther movement claim you can't be eligible for president if you have "divided allegiances" ( dual citizenship ). many birthers have claimed that obama was ineligible due to his having british/kenyan citizenship thru his father and/or the belief that he became an indonesian citizen ( which is contradicted by US and indonesian law ).

so, yes, bachmann gaining another citizenship is relevant to birtherism/presidential eligibility debate.

But Michelle Bachmann is no longer a presidential candidate.

[ambient]

Getting a citizenship in one of those nasty European Socialist countries - she must not be Proud to be an American!

[pghquest]

Originally Posted by Lucario

He was eligible. Was he actually a citizen?

Yes, Obamas dual citizenship was automatic because of his fathers birthright.

Originally Posted by HistorianDude

Don't be stupid. It has everything to do with the Birther movement.

No it doesnt.

[chielgirl]

Originally Posted by itsjustmeagain

Michele Bachmann claims Swiss citizenship - Tim Mak - POLITICO.com

Will she run for office in Switzerland, now?

I believe Bachmann serves on the intelligence committee.
What will prevent her from giving classified info to our Euro-socialist rivals?

Please keep her on your side of the Atlantic.

[itsjustmeagain]

Originally Posted by Dane_in_LA

Her basic lack of credibility?

Do you think she or her husband peak Swiss-German?

[Finn_Jarber]

Originally Posted by itsjustmeagain

Do you think she or her husband peak Swiss-German?

I am sure he does, and now their sons will be serving in a foreign military.

[HistorianDude]

Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

I am sure he does, and now their sons will be serving in a foreign military.

Off topic: One of my best friends in high school was a dual US/Swiss citizen, and our senior year he was drafted into the... wait for it... Swiss Navy.

Who knew they had a navy?

[HistorianDude]

Originally Posted by pghquest

Yes, Obamas dual citizenship was automatic because of his fathers birthright.

No it doesnt.

I said don't be stupid.

[legalsea]

An interesting news story. I imagine that part of the reason for the Bachmann's doing this is due to the evolving Swiss banking laws making it harder for non-citizens to keep their accounts private, while citizens will continue to enjoy the protection of the bank secrecy laws.

[pghquest]

Originally Posted by HistorianDude

I said don't be stupid.

And luckily for me, what you say has absolutely no validity. You pretending soemthign is true, doesnt make it so. Get off the crack.