I hold relatively deep enmity towards Arnold Schwarzenegger for providing crucial support for George W. Bush in Ohio in the waning days of Bush's 2004 reelection campaign against John Kerry.To the many simpleton dunces in Ohio who wound up voting for W, the sight of the Terminator up there on stage with Bush a few days before election day was too much to handle: Fucking cool dude! Let's go bomb something and rip Osama's guts out! Fuck yes!! It's Conan the Barbarian, dude!!
Having said that, the guy is one hell of a politician and one of the few national Republicans--Florida governor Charlie Crist is another--who seems to get it. As a matter of fact, it's a shame Arnie can't run for president because he was born in a foreign country.
What a silly rule: we allow dunces' with the IQ of your average chimpanzee to ascend to the presidency, yet we prevent incredibly capable American citizens become president because of where they are born. That's both undemocratic and in fact un-American. Alas, I digress...
If Arnie does decide to continue his political career by running for Senate in 2010, as this article suggests, it will be good for America.
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I completely disagree with the notion that we should allow foreign born American citizens run for high public office. A "natural-born" citizen law is in place to avert subjugation of the electoral rule of law by foreign nationals that may have (well) hidden agendas.
If this country with 300 million people can't find even 1 US citizen qualified, and with solid moral standing to run and be elected to the office of the president, then we truly have lost the leadership compass our founding fathers instituted for this nation.
AV,
Are you comfortable with foreign born American citizens serving in the Army? Controlling nuclear subs? I've got news to you, they are more American than the majority of 'pure' Americans. Nonsense.
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