Democrats: Please Let McCain Be the Nominee
Senate Democrats introduced a nonbinding resolution stating that John McCain is eligible for the presidency despite being born outside US territory. Co-sponsors of the resolution include Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. I find this comical for two reasons:
1.) Democrats must REALLY want to make sure that McCain gets the nomination because they know he has no chance of winning the general election. Republicans are out of their minds for nominating him, and this gesture only helps to support that claim. Of course, this would have been the case with any of the potential nominees except for Ron Paul.
2.) Since when are any of these people — especially Democrats — concerned with the Constitution and the intent of the founders? Now that they cleared that up, by introducing a resolution that states their understanding of the founders’ intent, they can get back to interpreting the Constitution to further their agenda and benefit them and their constituency.
Frankly, I don’t care where John McCain was born. That is the least of his Constitutional breaches, if you consider that to be unconstitutional. His status as a “natural born citizen” has nothing to do with why he would be an awful president with great disregard for the only protection average Americans have from their government. Unfortunately, the democratic candidates don’t offer a reasonable alternative.