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Oct. 8th, 2003 08:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
roneNoted recording artist Orrin Hatch introduced a joint resolution to the Senate in July "that would allow anyone who has been a U.S. citizen for 20 years to run for president." While he proposed this before Ahnuld announced his intention to run for governor, you gotta wonder if it's outside the realm of possibility that people in the GOP already knew that he wanted to do it. Anyway... we're back to "Demolition Man": escapist fluff or chilling prophecy?
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Date: 2003-10-08 11:17 pm (UTC)On the other hand, that whole "you must have been born in the USA to be President" thing does seem rather outdated to me. It's essentially saying that no matter how well or long you serve your adopted country you will *never* be "one of us". As a furriner who has from time to time considered emigration, it's not a happy shiny message to be receiving.
So, I guess I'm a bit conflicted.
(I care who becomes US President despite not living there for fairly obvious reasons.)