New McCain ad: J.D. Hayworth, Birther

My feelings about Birtherism are well known and, needless to say, this is an efficient way of marginalizing Hayworth with undecided centrists who might otherwise be weary of decades of maverickiness.

LOL.

You have been trying to sell this idea that “centrists” are put off by questions of Constitutional eligibility but I have yet to see any evidence for that. The fact is that most Americans are befuddled by the idea that the guy occupying the White House to refuses to release even the simplest documentation to establish his eligibility. Most Americans know that The Precedent lies about nearly everything and find his actions in trying to hide hide past very, very suspicious.

McShame forgets that he had the Senate move to establish his “natural born” status – notice the co-sponsors of this joke of a resolution:

SRES 511 ATS
110th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 511

Recognizing that John Sidney McCain, III, is a natural born citizen.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 10, 2008

Mrs. MCCASKILL (for herself, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. OBAMA, Mr. COBURN, Mrs. CLINTON, and Mr. WEBB) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

April 24, 2008

Reported by Mr. LEAHY, without amendment

April 30, 2008

Considered and agreed to

RESOLUTION

Recognizing that John Sidney McCain, III, is a natural born citizen.

Whereas the Constitution of the United States requires that, to be eligible for the Office of the President, a person must be a `natural born Citizen’ of the United States;

Whereas the term `natural born Citizen’, as that term appears in Article II, Section 1, is not defined in the Constitution of the United States;

Whereas there is no evidence of the intention of the Framers or any Congress to limit the constitutional rights of children born to Americans serving in the military nor to prevent those children from serving as their country’s President;

Whereas such limitations would be inconsistent with the purpose and intent of the `natural born Citizen’ clause of the Constitution of the United States, as evidenced by the First Congress’s own statute defining the term `natural born Citizen’;

Whereas the well-being of all citizens of the United States is preserved and enhanced by the men and women who are assigned to serve our country outside of our national borders;

Whereas previous presidential candidates were born outside of the United States of America and were understood to be eligible to be President; and

Whereas John Sidney McCain, III, was born to American citizens on an American military base in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That John Sidney McCain, III, is a `natural born Citizen’ under Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution of the United States.

And riffing off this resolution:

Whereas there is overwhelming evidence of the intention of the Framers to limit the Presidency to Americans who have never held any foreign citizenships or foreign allegiances;

neurosculptor on February 24, 2010 at 2:49 PM