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Has the US seen its last white, male President?

Has the US Seen its last white, male President?


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Of course they don't. That's exactly what I meant when I wrote:



I'm saying that there's more to voting than race and gender.

I'm sure some people are driven by these interests - but many are not.


But how many countries actually elect people outside of their racial majority?

It's one thing to say someone cannot vote for someone outside of their race but it's entirely another thing to say someone will most likely vote for someone of their race when all else is equal.
 
Aren't you a Republican? You should get used to that kind of statement coming from your side.

LOL

No. I am not a Republican.

Don't give yourself a headache: I'm not a Democrat, either.
 
Why is it silly?

Why don't you start compiling a list of every world leader democratically elected, without force, that belongs to a country's minority group? Unless you're telling me white people only elect white people, black people only elect black people, and so on this should be a very long list.

Abel Muzowera
Cecile Kyeng
Alberto Fujimori
Benjamin Disraeli
Arthur Wellesly
Pratibha Patil
Mahendra Chaudry
Jalal Talabani
Edward Seaga
Asia Ali zaradri

I'm bored.
 
But how many countries actually elect people outside of their racial majority?

It's one thing to say someone cannot vote for someone outside of their race but it's entirely another thing to say someone will most likely vote for someone of their race when all else is equal.

I don't know - I don't keep up with foreign politics and race issues to that degree.

In the US I think it's clear that these things aren't that big of a concern. More and more US citizen are of mixed races and ethnicities - and we have less cultural and other divides.
 
I think we have seen our last president from the Chicago/Hawaii/Kenya area.
 
We will keep seeing one at least until 2016.
 
Ted cruz is not a US citizen. He is ineligible.

He was born to an Americn woman who's husband was working in Canada.

Same as McCain being born to an American woman who's husband was working in Panama.
 
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Ted cruz is not a US citizen. He is ineligible.

Under Article I, section 3 of the Constitution as for qualifications for senator it states: “No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States,”

So obviously Cruz is a citizen or he wouldn’t be serving in the U.S. Senate.

you can bet if he wasn't there would be plenty of Democrats pointing that out.
 
He was born to an Americn woman who's husband was working in Canada.

Same as McCain being born to an American woman who's husband was working in Panama.

Funny how that didn't apply for obama and he had to produce a birth certificate. Going by what the birther constitutional lawyers have told us Ted Cruz is not a US citizen.
 
Under Article I, section 3 of the Constitution as for qualifications for senator it states: “No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States,”

So obviously Cruz is a citizen or he wouldn’t be serving in the U.S. Senate.

you can bet if he wasn't there would be plenty of Democrats pointing that out.

Obama was a senator and conservatives still asked that question. I wonder why.
 
Obama was a senator and conservatives still asked that question. I wonder why.

I wonder why Hillary supporters were asking the same question?... after all, they started the birther crap.


it is amusing to think conservative took the ball Hillarys people put into play and ran with it... and now you are picking it up again trying to gain more mileage.
 
Obama was a senator and conservatives still asked that question. I wonder why.

You will have to ask them, but the president has different qualifications in the constitution than a senator. under Article II section I it states: No person except a natural born Citizen or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of the President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained the Age of thirty five years and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.

So to be a senator, one only has to be a citizen of the United States for nine years. To be president one has to be a natural born citizen. Now some people take that to men born within the boundaries of the United States, that is not really the case. Anyone born from parents on official government business overseas is considered a natural born citizen. Hence John McCain being born in Panama, his father was in the Navy on official government business in Panama and hence a natural born citizen. My son was born in Bangkok Thailand and is considered a natural born citizen, I was in the army at the time stationed in Thailand.

Anyone born overseas who's parents or a parent is an American Citizen is also considered to be a natural born citizen although there is/was a paper work drill required.
 
You will have to ask them, but the president has different qualifications in the constitution than a senator. under Article II section I it states: No person except a natural born Citizen or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of the President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained the Age of thirty five years and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.

So to be a senator, one only has to be a citizen of the United States for nine years. To be president one has to be a natural born citizen. Now some people take that to men born within the boundaries of the United States, that is not really the case. Anyone born from parents on official government business overseas is considered a natural born citizen. Hence John McCain being born in Panama, his father was in the Navy on official government business in Panama and hence a natural born citizen. My son was born in Bangkok Thailand and is considered a natural born citizen, I was in the army at the time stationed in Thailand.

Anyone born overseas who's parents or a parent is an American Citizen is also considered to be a natural born citizen although there is/was a paper work drill required.

So the question remains why the birther crap? Obama's mom was a US citizen so obama would a natural born citizen no matter where he is born
 
So the question remains why the birther crap? Obama's mom was a US citizen so obama would a natural born citizen no matter where he is born

Yep, as long as she did the proper paper work or at least that was how it was. Once one gave birth overseas it is the responsibility of the parents to report that birth to the American Embassy or Consulate involved along with a copy of the birth certificate. Now it been a long time since I last checked into this, so I use the phrase that was how it was. I assume it hasn't changed.

A lot of people seem to equate natural born citizen which the constitution states to be born within boundaries of the United States. The first case I can remember was that of Barry Goldwater, he was born in the Arizona Territory before it became a state and a federal court ruled that he was indeed a natural born citizen.

Now if a person is a citizen of another country even if he has an American Parent, that would disqualify him from becoming president.
 
I wonder if anybody asked if Bush would be the last white president because he was so crappy.

The funny thing is if there ended up not being another white male president again, it would be exactly because of this.
 
At least for the foreseeable future, do you guys think we have seen our last white, male President? I think it is HIGHLY likely that as the minority and women voting blocks grow we may not see another one for some time. Over/under 3 more Presidents until our next white male??

It depends on many factors, but I'd say no.
 
No, but it's seen its last revolution since no one on the far right has the guts to try one.

Don't take my word for this, wait and see.
 
I wonder what Republicans and conservatives are doing wrong that they cannot appeal to enough Americans to get the votes?
Everything.

Obama is related to Cheney, Bush & Brad Pitt, Bush is related to Marilyn Monroe,

I wonder how many people know this?
 
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Funny how that didn't apply for obama and he had to produce a birth certificate. Going by what the birther constitutional lawyers have told us Ted Cruz is not a US citizen.

I was because Obama was even worse than advertized and people wanted to try any way in the world to boot his ass out of office. #Can you blame us
 
I don't know - I don't keep up with foreign politics and race issues to that degree.

In the US I think it's clear that these things aren't that big of a concern. More and more US citizen are of mixed races and ethnicities - and we have less cultural and other divides.

That might just be the single most absurd statement I've ever read on this forum and that's saying a lot.

I can't even turn on the news without someone howling about race for 90% of it.
 
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