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Politics : American Presidential Politics and foreign affairs
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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (29051)7/16/2008 6:39:47 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 71588
 
Look... you can try to 'define away' the issue by CLAIMING that the 'issue' is whatever you say it is

What the issue is is in this discussion is simple, its the point under dispute. I haven't been disputing any claims about the canal zone, so the law about the canal zone isn't the issue. Since it isn't in dispute, and isn't something necessary to the dispute (to put it another way it isn't the only way that McCain can qualify).

and the American laws are were we should turn for answers

And none of those laws say he is ineligible.

so it shouldn't matter at all what 'my definition' is.

Absent a specific USSC finding or unambiguous law the only thing to go by is to directly look at the words of the constitution. Unless one is to assert that "natural born" means "born in the US", the "McCain is ineligible" argument has no leg to stand on. If you are going to argue that he is ineligible you should have a reason why. No law says he isn't eligible. No relevant USSC decision says he isn't eligible. The only thing that would make him ineligible is if "natural born" means "born in the US". If you believe it means that you should say so. If you don't there isn't anything more to debate.
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