I like Me Some Ted Cruz

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by MTQ3000

Let's assume that the birthers are right and Obama was born in Kenya instead of Hawaii. No one has ever disputed his mother is a US citizen. Comparing to Cruz's situation, what's the difference exactly?

Cruz officially renounced his Canadian citizenship last year, so he's ex-Canadian (Fox News link). It took him only 44 years, but better late than never. Ted Cruz renounces Canadian citizenship | Fox News

Mick

Cruz had dual citizenship. Citizenship in Canada, like America, is automatically given whether you want it or not. Cruz's mother, a US citizen, had registered his birth with the U.S. consulate.

Some have disputed that Obama's mother was a US citizen, but I am not interested in that issue. The people putting him up for the presidency were responsible for that clearance. His problem was the almost secrecy about his past. He was the first person running for the presidency in which there was not a lot of information about him and his past. It was just quite different than all the other candidates before him. So, in that respect, I can see why there was some doubt about him. But, again, I am not interested in the birther stuff. Nor do I think that 911 was done by our government, for the record. LOL!

[micla0]

Originally Posted by newtoks

This has become an obligatory thing for GOP candidates. Play gun nut for the day and get some photos of themselves holding weapons.

[mkpunk]

Originally Posted by banjomike

You need to thin a lot less about liberal's exploding heads and a lot more on how to get some of them to jump over the fence by November 2016. Despite what you apparently believe, the Democrats are far from being worried about any Republican candidate right now.

And since Bernie Sanders' announcement, Hillary is no longer the sure thing she was just a month ago. If you don't start paying a bit closer attention, you may find yourself as unpleasantly surprised by the 2016 results as you were in 2008 and 2012.

And if 2016 goes to the Democrats and so does 2020, the Republican brand will need to change and drop the more Christian conservative roots.

[wrecking ball]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

His problem was the almost secrecy about his past. He was the first person running for the presidency in which there was not a lot of information about him and his past. It was just quite different than all the other candidates before him.

no it wasn't. it was status quo. it's a myth that past presidential candidates have released their school records ( bush released 1 page of his yale transcript during his 2nd term ). please point out any information that past presidential candidates have released that obama didn't.