All anyone has to do is point to Peru as an excellent example of why you don't let people who's allegiances are to foreign countries become your presidents...
That said, I do think the rule as it stands is totally jingoistic and should be removed (well, amended to be technically correct). Maybe something like 35 years of citizenship should be the requirement (though I realize that rule wouldn't quite work either).
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Date: 2009-01-22 06:48 pm (UTC)That said, I do think the rule as it stands is totally jingoistic and should be removed (well, amended to be technically correct). Maybe something like 35 years of citizenship should be the requirement (though I realize that rule wouldn't quite work either).
*Edited as it didn't quite say what I meant...