i saw in the news that Arnold Schwarzenegger was goin to try to run for president. while he was put down, it is beyond me why some people think it was a good idea. isnt the point of that rule to make sure that an AMERICAN can only be the president, or are we so concerned with pleasing immagrants that were gonna let them run the country. (this aint a shot at arnie so i don wanna hear it)
2007-07-26 15:54:12 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I wouldn't vote for him. The only accent i want to hear from the president is an American one.
2007-07-26 15:57:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Allowing non American people to lead our country is asking for a disaster.
What's to stop an evil regime from planting someone in the US, to gain citizenship and then make a bid for the presidency? And if all that happened, the consequences would be dire! Imagine if the USSR could have planted a spy here, naturalized him, and then backed him with millions if not billions to campaign and get him elected. We may be speaking Russian right now, if that law we're changed during the Cold War.
For those that said, foreign born people may have better ideas. Well, they can always join congress or other political positions and make their great ideas a reality. But we don't need them at the helm of our country.
2007-07-26 16:29:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
LMAO @ 'AMERICAN ACCENT.'
Wow, why don't you travel? People in Louisiana have a drawl, y'all, and people in Vermont speak each and every consanant.
Why can't he run for president? What, because he wasn't born in the United States, he is some how less of a person? Are you saying that people who live in the United States are superior to every other person in the world? That even the richest man in Britain is worse then upper class Americans? If so, if that is the belief of Americans, then I feel ashamed to live in the US.
This is supposed to be a free country. And yet we have racial prejudice and discrimination left and right.
I'm not saying that someone who can't speak English and has lived here for 5 years should be President. But he knows the laws here. He's a governor of a large state. What makes you think he'd do any lesser of a job then, say, George Bush? For the simple reason he wasn't born here?
If all the people from all the other countries are less than George Bush, then I think a big meteor needs to hit the Earth. Or the sun should explode. Or the Earth should implode.
2007-07-26 16:02:44 · answer #3 · answered by Cleo 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
A little history:
The "President has to be born in America" rule exists because one of the founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton, was born in the West Indies. He had political foes who never wanted to see him as President, so they made sure that this rule was added. I believe Hamilton made it as high as Secretary of the Treasury, but never any higher.
Today, we talk about how politics can be dirty. People look at Bush's election and long for a more "honest" time. This is proof that these political games have gone on long before today, and will continue long into the future
2007-07-26 16:04:16 · answer #4 · answered by Pythagoras 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it has much more to do with that old rule being defunct now.
Originally it was said that only those born in America should be president, becuase they were scared back then of foreigners taking over (I guess those fears haven't really been alleviated since eh?). But to some, including myself, it doesn't make sense you can be governor of a state, you can even be Vice President, but you cannot be head of state... even if you lived in America since you were 2 weeks old, you cannot be President because you were born in another country. That just doesn't make sense to me in America.. a country where 99% of everyone is at least descended from an immigrant.
2007-07-26 16:02:13 · answer #5 · answered by MattH 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I would rather they spoke English (no offense to any one but it is the language I'm typing in), and could recite the Pledge of Allegiance without a sheet in front of them. I do want be able to say that my President is from Ohio, or Connecticut. Not that I wouldn't mind Arnold in office. I prefer him to Hilary any day.
But then again are any of us Americans? Unless you're an Indian? Oh, sorry, Native American?
political correctness strikes again, ugh. and Cleo has a large point about the accent thing. Like, it's so, like politically, like incorrect, uh! California blond accent.
and coragryph by the way I'm starting to get a grudge: when you are not born here, it's called naturalization, try to remember.
2007-07-26 16:01:56 · answer #6 · answered by Yalerower 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You are definitely confused between a natural born American and a naturalized American citizen. The difference lies in what principle the US constitution adheres to, which in the case of the US adopted the principle of 'Jus Soli' - meaning citizenship by place of birth. 'The Terminator' is definitely an American but a naturalized one since he was originally from Europe (Swiss, Swedish, Norwegian?-not sure) which explains his peculiar accent. The opposite of 'Jus Soli' is 'Jus Sanguinis' or right of blood which means that the citizenship of the child follows that of the parent.
2007-07-26 16:24:43 · answer #7 · answered by auggee68 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Arnie is an American - a naturalized one.
The rule about being born here is archaic and ridiculous.
Timothy McVeigh was born here - would he be a good president?
2007-07-26 15:58:27 · answer #8 · answered by Sageandscholar 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Schwarzenegger IS an American.
He is an American citizen. He just wasn't born here.
2007-07-26 15:57:59 · answer #9 · answered by coragryph 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I think this is a way for some to try to keep the White House.
2007-07-26 16:00:35 · answer #10 · answered by Triumph 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋