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Old November 5th, 2008, 06:06 PM

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Default Re: OT: US President (US Dom Players only)

HoneyBadger -- the sticking point is that to be president one must be a natural citizen (born here) and not naturalized. Schwarzeneggar was born in Austria and became a citizen later in life, so he cannot be president, though he can be a governor, senator, etc. That's what that whole lawsuit was about. The claims vary between he wasn't born in Hawai'i, or that he was born in Hawai'i pre-statehood.

Both claims are hooey, and so now the combatants are reduced to complaining that they dismissed the original bogus suit on grounds that the complainant lacked the standing to bring it, instead of going to trial and demonstrating its bogosity.

I think this debate has entered the hallowed ranks of ridiculousness previously reserved for howling about Monkey PD.