Comments on: Are we ready for another Herbert Hoover? http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/03/30/are-we-ready-for-another-herbert-hoover/ Pat Cunningham offers an unabashedly liberal perspective on national politics. A note of caution: The language gets a litttle salty on some of the sites to which this blog links. So, don't say you weren't warned. By the way, this blog's name is inspired by the Will Rogers quote, "All politics is applesauce." Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:52:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 By: Bob Schaper - Assistant Metro Editor http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/03/30/are-we-ready-for-another-herbert-hoover/#comment-1170 Bob Schaper - Assistant Metro Editor Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:01:44 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/03/30/are-we-ready-for-another-herbert-hoover/#comment-1170 Mike, I'm not saying it's my position, just that it's a possible interpretation of the Constitution. Let's face it, crazier things have come down from the Supreme Court. And let's face it, Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan were both ineligible to run for third terms ... 'cause that's what the Constitution says. Does it make sense? They were both popular figures who, arguably, could have won third terms. For that matter, why the age limit? Mike, I’m not saying it’s my position, just that it’s a possible interpretation of the Constitution. Let’s face it, crazier things have come down from the Supreme Court.

And let’s face it, Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan were both ineligible to run for third terms … ’cause that’s what the Constitution says. Does it make sense? They were both popular figures who, arguably, could have won third terms. For that matter, why the age limit?

]]> By: Pat Cunningham http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/03/30/are-we-ready-for-another-herbert-hoover/#comment-1169 Pat Cunningham Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:36:26 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/03/30/are-we-ready-for-another-herbert-hoover/#comment-1169 I think that's the way it works, Hoke. I think that’s the way it works, Hoke.

]]> By: hokumboy http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/03/30/are-we-ready-for-another-herbert-hoover/#comment-1164 hokumboy Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:50:47 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/03/30/are-we-ready-for-another-herbert-hoover/#comment-1164 So, if though some sort of "end - times miracle " John McCain gets elected President, and The Rapture happens, does Lieberman become President? So, if though some sort of “end - times miracle ” John McCain gets elected President, and The Rapture happens, does Lieberman become President?

]]> By: Pat Cunningham http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/03/30/are-we-ready-for-another-herbert-hoover/#comment-1163 Pat Cunningham Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:50:06 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/03/30/are-we-ready-for-another-herbert-hoover/#comment-1163 But nobody born more than 6,000 years ago -- no matter where -- can win the Republican presidential nomination, because them folks don't think the world is any older than that and they don't want the age of their nominee to confuse them. But nobody born more than 6,000 years ago — no matter where — can win the Republican presidential nomination, because them folks don’t think the world is any older than that and they don’t want the age of their nominee to confuse them.

]]> By: hokumboy http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/03/30/are-we-ready-for-another-herbert-hoover/#comment-1162 hokumboy Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:08:07 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/03/30/are-we-ready-for-another-herbert-hoover/#comment-1162 Bob, inversely, a child born in the US to foreign born parents who are here illegally could become President. Bob,
inversely, a child born in the US to foreign born parents who are here illegally could become President.

]]> By: Pat Cunningham http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/03/30/are-we-ready-for-another-herbert-hoover/#comment-1161 Pat Cunningham Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:16:24 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/03/30/are-we-ready-for-another-herbert-hoover/#comment-1161 C'mon, everybody, let's not deny McCain his rightful citizenship. Let's not do anything that would deny him the Republican presidential nomination. The guy is our Dream Candidate. He's going to be easier to beat than Goldwater was. No, make that easier to beat than Herbert Hoover was. C’mon, everybody, let’s not deny McCain his rightful citizenship. Let’s not do anything that would deny him the Republican presidential nomination. The guy is our Dream Candidate. He’s going to be easier to beat than Goldwater was. No, make that easier to beat than Herbert Hoover was.

]]> By: Mike Carroll http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/03/30/are-we-ready-for-another-herbert-hoover/#comment-1160 Mike Carroll Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:31:55 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/03/30/are-we-ready-for-another-herbert-hoover/#comment-1160 Lets see if I have this burning issue right Bob, a child born to two US citizens on foreign soil because his father is serving in the US Military is ineligible to become the President? Good luck with that. Lets see if I have this burning issue right Bob, a child born to two US citizens on foreign soil because his father is serving in the US Military is ineligible to become the President? Good luck with that.

]]> By: Bob Schaper - Asst. Metro Editor http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/03/30/are-we-ready-for-another-herbert-hoover/#comment-1159 Bob Schaper - Asst. Metro Editor Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:58:04 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/03/30/are-we-ready-for-another-herbert-hoover/#comment-1159 It's not a question of whether he's a citizen. Of course he is. So is Arnold Schwarzenegger - but he's not eligible to be president because he's a naturalized citizen, not natural-born. Whether you like it or not, Kaus, some legal scholars believe that only those people born within the 50 states are able to serve as president. Not territories, not canal zones, not even Washington, D.C., but one of the 50 states. It’s not a question of whether he’s a citizen. Of course he is. So is Arnold Schwarzenegger - but he’s not eligible to be president because he’s a naturalized citizen, not natural-born.

Whether you like it or not, Kaus, some legal scholars believe that only those people born within the 50 states are able to serve as president. Not territories, not canal zones, not even Washington, D.C., but one of the 50 states.

]]> By: Kaus http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/03/30/are-we-ready-for-another-herbert-hoover/#comment-1152 Kaus Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:12:46 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/03/30/are-we-ready-for-another-herbert-hoover/#comment-1152 Goldwater....Pat probably knew him to. I would like to believe that he would have made a wonderful president. Pat....tell us what it was like to walk with a true giant of logic and common sense. You guys and Mccain not being a citizen....like is Hawaii a real state? Obama is not American. Goldwater….Pat probably knew him to. I would like to believe that he would have made a wonderful president. Pat….tell us what it was like to walk with a true giant of logic and common sense.

You guys and Mccain not being a citizen….like is Hawaii a real state? Obama is not American.

]]> By: Bob Schaper - Assistant Metro Editor http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/03/30/are-we-ready-for-another-herbert-hoover/#comment-1147 Bob Schaper - Assistant Metro Editor Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:45:14 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/03/30/are-we-ready-for-another-herbert-hoover/#comment-1147 I know ... I\\\'m just seeking your wisdom. I know … I\\\’m just seeking your wisdom.

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