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Old 03-17-2017, 12:59 PM
 
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Actually, many people thought Cruz was ineligible.

More Scholars Say Ted Cruz Can't Be President - Newsweek
It never, never rose to the level of hysteria that birtherism for President Obama did. You know it and I know it. Free Republic, probably the largest right wing forum out there, was all in for birtherism as applied to President Obama. They had many, many threads dedicated to it. But when Ted Cruz was a candidate last year, anyone who dissed him with any kind of birther talk was promptly and permanently banned from the site.

It's a false comparison, and you know it. The very fact that it is still going strong even after Obama is out of office proves it.
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Old 03-17-2017, 01:03 PM
 
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It never, never rose to the level of hysteria that birtherism for President Obama did.
Actually, it did. Perhaps you didn't notice because you had your "call them racists"-colored glasses on.

Go back and look at the Cruz eligibility threads in the Elections Forum.

BTW, I'm with the Constitutional scholars cited in the Newsweek article I posted. Cruz was/is ineligible.
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Old 03-17-2017, 01:12 PM
 
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Actually, it did. Perhaps you didn't notice because you had your "call them racists"-colored glasses on.
Oh, please. I'd wager the majority of people never even heard of the controversy around Cruz's birth, because it simply was never that big a deal, all your pretense to the contrary aside. There were no lawsuits, no rallies, no websites devoted solely to that issue, because it was largely a non-issue. Birtherism, on the other hand, is still going strong with the racist anti-Obama birthers--because it is ALL about racism. They will never be able to get past the fact that a black man was president.

I've read your nonsense on this subject many times, and it remains nonsense. Which is why I usually ignore you.
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Old 03-17-2017, 01:16 PM
 
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Actually, it did. Perhaps you didn't notice because you had your "call them racists"-colored glasses on.

Go back and look at the Cruz eligibility threads in the Elections Forum.

BTW, I'm with the Constitutional scholars cited in the Newsweek article I posted. Cruz was/is ineligible.
It was tiny compared to Obama's birther outrage. Maybe there were a few threads on here but outside of CD it barely got any play.
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Old 03-17-2017, 01:20 PM
 
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I hope Gorsuch can invalidate the Obama presidency.
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Old 03-17-2017, 01:21 PM
 
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I hope Gorsuch can invalidate the Obama presidency.
Can you tell us how he would do that?
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Old 03-17-2017, 01:21 PM
 
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Oh, please. I'd wager the majority of people never even heard of the controversy around Cruz's birth, because it simply was never that big a deal
Actually, it was. Why do you think Cruz didn't win the GOP Primary even though he was the closest competitor, and originally FAR more popular with the evangelicals?

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I've read your nonsense on this subject many times, and it remains nonsense. Which is why I usually ignore you.
Facts are nonsense to you? That explains a lot.
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Old 03-17-2017, 01:23 PM
 
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Actually, it was. Why do you think Cruz didn't win the GOP Primary even though he was the closest competitor, and originally FAR more popular with the evangelicals?

Facts are nonsense to you? That explains a lot.
It wasn't because of his birth certificate.
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Old 03-17-2017, 01:24 PM
 
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It was tiny compared to Obama's birther outrage. Maybe there were a few threads on here but outside of CD it barely got any play.
And yet Cruz, the evangelicals' darling, lost the GOP Primary to a very recently Dem but now a Republican, Trump. Hmmmm...

Perhaps put some critical thinking skills to use?
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Old 03-17-2017, 01:26 PM
 
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It wasn't because of his birth certificate.
It wasn't because of his birth in Canada? Even Harvard Law School Constitutional Scholars disagree with you on that.
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