Liberal hypocrisy exposed yet again. CNN has become the birther news network

fair is fair.

It's incredibly hypocritical to have been a birther, and then condemn people who do the birther treatment.

I think both lots are focusing on the wrong issues, but one side of the lot condemning the other is just plain hilarious.

 

Uh the difference is he actually was born outside of the United States.

 

The only person in that story that questioned whether he might be eligible is Donald Trump. Not a single liberal was quoted or even mentioned as suggesting it.

 

Wasn't there some buzz when Schwarzenegger was in his CA heyday about an amendment to strike that requirement?

This is going to set amaru's head aspinnin'.... a man named Cruz born in Canada of an American born mother and a Hispanic/Latin father-- not sure where he's from.

 

Arnold's situation was different because he was clearly not a natural-born citizen. That would have required allowing naturalized citizens to run for President. Cruz is a bit different because it depends if you believe natural-born means getting citizenship at birth or being born in the US. I think most people believe the former, which is why Cruz would be fine. But birthers will run into a serious problem, because Cruz fits exactly the problem that they claim to have with Obama - born to a US citizen, but born out of the country - except instead of having to make up conspiracies to get here, it's established fact here. I suspect many birthers will suddenly be OK with it, though.

 

it's an article about the recent trend of questioning the birthplace of politicians.

the lead in uses the Obama birther hysteria and then brings up Cruz, McCain, Romney, and Obama.

it's not an op-ed piece calling out Cruz or anything.

I am disappointed by thread title and subsequently flat article.

no hypocrisy, no story at all (to say the least)

I've never heard the Cruz birther narrative anywhere but here fwiw.

 

There's a difference between debating eligibility based on accepted facts and debating the origins of one's birth.

FWIW I think both are legitimate discussions.

 

as of 8:03 PT this morning, the lead story on cnn.com is the kidnapped California girl.

under "CNN Trends" there is no mention of Cruz or birthers.

under "more top stories" there is a clip from OutFront on how Rand Paul claims he is not a birther on either side of the debate.

the linked video in the OP is teased down under the "politics" link, which then brings you to cnn.com/politics, which leads in on a story on Cory Booker.

 

Poor reasoning indicative of shallow thinking. Make a better effort next time son.

 

I never understood why it mattered where someone was born. It's not like you can choose where your mom squeezes you out, so it in no way can affect your ability to do whatever it is presidents do.

Back in the "Obama is a foreign born Muslim" days, I always hoped it was true. Perhaps then he would be less likely to keep bombing foreign born Muslims. (But since he's an American and he now openly bombs those born in America, I guess that reasoning proved to be foolish.)

 

One of the talking points was generated because the guy's name sounded different and he was black and the other is because the guy's birth certificate says Canada.

 

Who would have guessed. Cruz born in Canada.

It is apples to oranges. So far nobody is demanding another Birth Certificate or posting fake ones on the internet.

 

I, for one, look forward to Cruzanity. It will be almost as entertaining and impactful as The Cain Train.

 

Don't let the librul meediuhh tell you how to thinnnk. If you got hate in yer heart, let it out.

 

The Paul, Ryan, Santorum, Christie derpfest will pile on the Cruz berther slime years before any librul would even consider the need.

 

I thought the same thing at FIRST, but I realized it's not really. We KNOW Cruz wasn't born in the United States. There was SPECULATION Obama wasn't. The Cruz debate is somewhat valid, is he technically a naturalized citizen? Obama only fueled the debate during his run because he refused to display proof of citizenship for quite some time. He may have done that intentionally knowing if he held on to it, he could whip it out and make a fool out of "birthers."

It's a legitimate question for any candidate, but there wasn't much to go off of for Obama, whereas Cruz has admitted he was born in Canada.

 

You seem to have quite a low opinion of people's intellects and ability to think for themselves - your ivorytower elitism is showing.

Or maybe you're just really easy to brainwash and think everyone else must be too.

 

Trust me, the birthers were/are making fools of themselves without any outside help.