Cruz Decision to Release Birth Certificate Backfires

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Birther Rep. Ted Cruz symbolically released his birth certificate yesterday, but the stunt backfired when it was unexpectedly discovered in the document that he's a Canadian citizen. Cruz has responded by angrily denouncing Canada and vowing to seek to have his Canadian citizenship annulled.

The Texas Republican shared his birth certificate Sunday with The Dallas Morning News. It shows his place of birth as Calgary, Alberta, to an American mother, a fact which conferred upon him American citizenship.

But Canadian lawyers told the Morning News that Cruz’s birth in Canada also instantly conferred upon him Canadian citizenship, though a spokeswoman for Cruz said he was not aware of having dual citizenship.

On Monday, Cruz agreed he would renounce his Canadian citizenship.

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/08/t ... 95668.html

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[2dimes]

Where is Mike now? There's a guy that done disappeared.

[Frigidus]

Wow, what a dipshit. Did he just never ask his parents where he was born?

Also, can we all just agree to drop the birther thing? Even if you strongly feel that Obama was born in another country there are (relatively) easier ways to get Obama impeached if you really want to. How about you just bring charges against him over any of his numerous violations of the Fourth Amendment? I mean, that accusation actually has some evidence behind it. Are you really going to stick with beating this phantasmal dead horse to the resounding apathy of the majority of the country?

[AndyDufresne]

i r wunt my countree back/


--Andy

[patches70]

And Cruz's wife works for our friends at Goldman Sachs, which is worse than being born in Canada. So that's two strikes against Ted Cruz.

[AndyDufresne]

And Cruz's wife works for our friends at Goldman Sachs, which is worse than being born in Canada. So that's two strikes against Ted Cruz.

I see your two strikes and raise you three pictures that nullify and give Cruz a +1. I mean, just look at these coy photos:








--Andy

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Where is Mike now? There's a guy that done disappeared.

Ironically, he did exactly what Harper said he would and moved back to the U.S. the day after he lost. You can take a class from him at Harvard - including a graduate module "designed to test student responses to practical ethical dilemmas for those seeking and holding public office in the United States" ...
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/degrees/teac ... ng/dpi-205

[oVo]

Cruz is a Republican Tea Bagging parrot
nearly as embarrassing as the TX Gov.

He was less than impressive in his campaign debates
and still dominated the red state election . . .
Shooting himself in the foot was the only thing that
would have derailed his campaign.

IF there was anything truth worthy of Impeaching the prez
it would have already happened.

[BigBallinStalin]

Cruz is a Republican Tea Bagging parrot
nearly as embarrassing as the TX Gov.

He was less than impressive in his campaign debates
and still dominated the red state election . . .
Shooting himself in the foot was the only thing that
would have derailed his campaign.

IF there was anything truth worthy of Impeaching the prez
it would have already happened.

I doubt it. If the Repubs try to impeach Obama on 'constitutional infractions', then they'd be setting themselves up for future impeachments/trials against potential Repub presidents, so why stir the hornet's nest? 'Business as usual' is the cheapest, safest way to go about it--as oppose to the claim "there's nothing truth worthy of impeaching the prez."

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Where is Mike now? There's a guy that done disappeared.

Ironically, he did exactly what Harper said he would and moved back to the U.S. the day after he lost. You can take a class from him at Harvard - including a graduate module "designed to test student responses to practical ethical dilemmas for those seeking and holding public office in the United States" ...
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/degrees/teac ... ng/dpi-205

You spelled "predictably" wrong and I don't think I "can" take a course at Harvard. I would move to the US&A if I could. I sort of like Canada but it's not worth putting up with the cold.

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Where is Mike now? There's a guy that done disappeared.

Ironically, he did exactly what Harper said he would and moved back to the U.S. the day after he lost. You can take a class from him at Harvard - including a graduate module "designed to test student responses to practical ethical dilemmas for those seeking and holding public office in the United States" ...
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/degrees/teac ... ng/dpi-205

You spelled "predictably" wrong and I don't think I "can" take a course at Harvard. I would move to the US&A if I could. I sort of like Canada but it's not worth putting up with the cold.

You "may" take a course at Harvard?

[DoomYoshi]

The real question is "should" you take a course at Harvard and "can" the moderators of CC dictate this to you?

[2dimes]

I'll go as long as they can afford to send me.

[notyou2]

Send Cruz to Mexico.

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Lest any questions remain about Sen. Ted Cruz's national allegiance, the Texas Republican announced Monday he was renouncing his Canadian citizenship.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/20 ... ?hpt=hp_t2

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U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, who says he recently discovered he is likely a Canadian, must win security clearance from Canada's spy agency, fill out a four-page form and then wait up to eight months to sever his ties to America's northern neighbor.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/ ... S220130820

[notyou2]

Thank the American gods that he can never be president. What a dipshit.

[BigBallinStalin]

Thank the American gods that he can never be president. What a dipshit.

He's doing it for his country. You should honor him for his splendid patriotism!

[notyou2]

Thank the American gods that he can never be president. What a dipshit.

He's doing it for his country. You should honor him for his splendid patriotism!

The world needs less morons, not more. He should be set adrift in a boat in the middle of the Pacific. The gene pool doesn't need his genes. How the f*ck did he get elected being that stupid?

[BigBallinStalin]

Thank the American gods that he can never be president. What a dipshit.

He's doing it for his country. You should honor him for his splendid patriotism!

The world needs less morons, not more. He should be set adrift in a boat in the middle of the Pacific. The gene pool doesn't need his genes. How the f*ck did he get elected being that stupid?

Because he and his team were great at convincing people that he's the answer to their problems.

Did you ask the gene pool about that? What's its number?--because I've got a few questions too.

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Rafael Eduardo Cruz blames his mom for not giving him better legal advice:

“When I was a kid, my mom told me that if I ever wanted to, I could affirmatively choose to claim Canadian citizenship, but I got a U.S. passport when I was in high school, I never did anything to affirmatively claim citizenship, so I thought that was the end of the matter,” Cruz said on CNN yesterday.

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/ ... ough-right

In other news, Cruz reports that, while his mom still does his laundry, he is working on becoming more independent and even just got a learner's permit.

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Cruz' father, Rafael Bienvenido Cruz, claims he didn't know Fidel Castro was a communist when he was fighting for him ...

Ted Cruz said his father described himself as among young teenage boys who fought Batista and allied with Castro’s forces because “they didn’t know Castro was a Communist ..."

http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/ ... n-of.html/

The men of the Cruz family seem not to know much ... they don't know their own citizenship, they don't know Castro is a communist ...

Castro and Che - elder Cruz thought they were recruiting for the Camp Fire Kids -

[AndyDufresne]

I look forward to the eventual revelations that the Cruz family was prominent throughout the War of 1812 on the British's side.


--Andy

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I look forward to the eventual revelations that the Cruz family was prominent throughout the War of 1812 on the British's side.


--Andy

I heard the Cruz family was responsible for cracking the Liberty Bell.

[AndyDufresne]

I look forward to the eventual revelations that the Cruz family was prominent throughout the War of 1812 on the British's side.


--Andy

I heard the Cruz family was responsible for cracking the Liberty Bell.

Not surprising. I also heard the Cruz family was also responsible for Benjamin Franklin's venereal diseases.


--Andy