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Valli6
01-06-2016, 11:34 PM
Hahaha
http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/rand-paul-says-hes-not-sure-if-ted-cruz-is-eligible-to-be-pr#.sjQa4qkE4

Rand Paul Says He’s Not Sure If Ted Cruz Is Eligible To Be President
“You know, I think without question he is qualified and would make the cut to be prime minister of Canada, absolutely without question, he is qualified and he meets the qualifications.”
Jan. 6, 2016
Andrew Kaczynski

Rand Paul said on Wednesday that he’s not sure if his Canadian-born rival for the Republican presidential nomination Ted Cruz is eligible to be president of the United States.

“You know, I think without question he is qualified and would make the cut to be prime minister of Canada, absolutely without question, he is qualified and he meets the qualifications,” the Kentucky senator said of Cruz on the radio show Kilmeade and Friends.

In an interview with the Washington Post on Tuesday, Donald Trump said Ted Cruz’ Canadian birth would be a “big problem” for the Republican Party.

Asked again if he thought Cruz was qualified to be president, Paul said he wasn’t “an expert” on what the Constitution says about natural-born citizens.

“You know, I’m not an expert on the natural-born clause in the Constitution and people have various opinions,” said Paul. “Some people believe it means you need to be born here, some people think it means you can be born in another country as long as your parents are citizens.”

“And we’ve had some previous cases of it, but I don’t think we’ve ever gone through the court system for the Supreme Court to decide one way or another,” he continued. “It is interesting, and I think sometimes people point out that it’s a double standard, in the sense that people went out, hot and heavy, including Donald Trump you know, about President Obama when there was really nothing more than conjecture that he wasn’t born in the country. And yet, there hasn’t been really the same outrage at all for some one who actually is born in another country.”

Paul seemed more certain of Cruz’ eligibility in a 2013 interview with CNN, saying, “You won’t find me questioning his eligibility. I decided a long time ago I wouldn’t be a birther. I’m not a birther for Democrats. I’m not a birther for Republicans. I’m staying out of that.”

Later in Wednesday’s radio interview, Paul again said he didn’t know how a court would decide on Cruz’ eligibility.
“You know, we live in a really litigious world and it is a concern that people will sue over him not being born in the country, you know, it hadn’t been a big discussion yet and I think this will begin the discussion of it,” said Paul. “I am not enough of a legal scholar to say the court will decide one way or another. In fact, probably nobody knows how the court would decide because it’s never been adjudicated before.”

http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/rand-paul-says-hes-not-sure-if-ted-cruz-is-eligible-to-be-pr#.sjQa4qkE4

kahless
01-06-2016, 11:40 PM
This is an effective tactic, hit him in a light funny way as if it is a joke and then follow-up leaving some doubt about Cruz for the people to chew on.

Indy Vidual
01-06-2016, 11:44 PM
I approve this message. :)

Jackie Moon
01-07-2016, 12:07 AM
This is an effective tactic, hit him in a light funny way as if it is a joke and then follow-up leaving some doubt about Cruz for the people to chew on.

Agree. Just like his joke about Cruz not promising to sign an executive order stating that Canadian bacon isn't real bacon.

Crashland
01-07-2016, 12:20 AM
Rand is at his best when he trolls other candidates (or anyone for that matter) with lighthearted humor that simultaneously demonstrates how right he is. Rand's Festivus tweets were probably more effective at messaging than most anything else. People just eat that stuff up. I hope Rand's campaign has a plan in the home stretch to get people excited to talk about him again

Foreigner
01-07-2016, 03:52 AM
This and fights in the senate are the only way's he's getting national coverage nowadays. Needs to keep pounding on! On a flipnote, his engagement on facebook is way up, getting 30.000+ likes whenever he posts clever memes.

65fastback2+2
01-07-2016, 06:37 AM
I typically like it but dont like this one because Ted renounced his canadian citizenship which makes him automatically disqualified. So...its just a little off factual for me.

However, it is hilarious.

SilentBull
01-07-2016, 08:16 AM
I typically like it but dont like this one because Ted renounced his canadian citizenship which makes him automatically disqualified. So...its just a little off factual for me.

However, it is hilarious.

Ah, yeah, I forgot about that. Unfortunate.

RonPaulGeorge&Ringo
01-07-2016, 02:28 PM
FINALLY Rand is trolling Canada Ted on his treasonous ineligibility. Rand should have been doing this two years ago when Cruz started his campaign to undermine Rand's Presidential run.

Hell, the Paul machine should have been talking about this issue nine years ago when Ron was running against Panamanian strongman Juan McCain. Finally we have someone -- Rand! -- in the Paul operation who isn't too chickenshit to engage on this issue. This is truly a breath of fresh air.

specsaregood
01-07-2016, 02:44 PM
FINALLY Rand is trolling Canada Ted on his treasonous ineligibility. Rand should have been doing this two years ago when Cruz started his campaign to undermine Rand's Presidential run.

Hell, the Paul machine should have been talking about this issue nine years ago when Ron was running against Panamanian strongman Juan McCain. Finally we have someone -- Rand! -- in the Paul operation who isn't too chickenshit to engage on this issue. This is truly a breath of fresh air.

That early advertisement put out by the PAC that Benton ran, hit on it early on. That really cheesy ad that so many people claimed to hate.

Jan2017
01-07-2016, 02:53 PM
I approve this message. :)

It was in the (very good) CNN interview -lol (about 5:30mark)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Deg2ZPWF0Z0

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RonPaulGeorge&Ringo
01-07-2016, 02:55 PM
That early advertisement put out by the PAC that Benton ran, hit on it early on. That really cheesy ad that so many people claimed to hate.

What ad? Is it on Youtube? What was the name of this PAC? Jesse Benton was just the press secretary for the campaign in 2007-08; he didn't have a PAC as far as I know.

specsaregood
01-07-2016, 03:02 PM
What ad? Is it on Youtube? What was the name of this PAC? Jesse Benton was just the press secretary for the campaign in 2007-08; he didn't have a PAC as far as I know.

I was referring to this cycle. It came back all the way in May.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/wp-ag/wp-content/uploads/sites/72/2015/05/RandAd2.gif
I recall how it made some of the Rafael fans butthurt.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7qy-4CBBZo

enhanced_deficit
01-07-2016, 10:15 PM
Oops, didn't see this thread.
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Cruz probably will slide soon even before Iowa if Rand, Trump, McCain and many other in GOP see doubts/challenges ahead for Cruz... not even counting future questions from Dems.


Related

Rafael Cruz in 2012: Send Obama 'back to Kenya' (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?487860-Rafael-Cruz-in-2012-Send-Obama-back-to-Kenya&)

TheNewYorker
01-08-2016, 12:06 AM
Ah, yeah, I forgot about that. Unfortunate.

Ted is going to be sorry some day when he's sick and dying and can't get free medical care in Canada

LatinsforPaul
01-08-2016, 06:59 AM
Cruz Princeton Debate Teammate from Canada: Ted ‘Identified Himself as a Dual Citizen’ While Crossing Border (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/01/07/cruz-princeton-debate-teammate-from-canada-ted-once-identified-as-dual-citizen-while-crossing-border-with-me/)


"Lubetsky said he remembered one occasion at a border crossing where Cruz identified himself as a dual citizen, “because I pointed him to and said he was a dual citizen.”

fcreature
01-08-2016, 10:53 AM
Glenn Beck was really upset about this joke this morning :P