This guy has been in office for all of 7 or 8 months and has proven himself to be a loud, egotistical, attention-grasping buffoon from Day One ~ Canada is lucky to have dodged this bullet ~ ~ Sooz

Ted Cruz renounces Canadian citizenship
By Steve Benen - Tue Aug 20, 2013 8:38 AM EDT

It seemed a little silly over the weekend when Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) felt compelled to release his birth certificate. The right-wing Texan was born in Calgary, Alberta, to an American mother, which immediately made Cruz an American citizen. With the senator apparently eyeing national office, and with much of the right fascinated by birth certificates in recent years, the move was apparently intended to resolve any questions about eligibility.

But in this case, it didn't work out the way Cruz hoped. The Dallas Morning News noted that, as a technical matter, Cruz had dual citizenship -- he was an American by virtue of his American mother, but he was also Canadian the moment he was born on Canadian soil. Cruz could, in theory, obtain a Canadian passport, register to vote in Canada, and even run for Parliament.

And so, late yesterday, Cruz filled out this form (pdf), renounced any claim to Canadian citizenship, and released a written public statement.


What a strange story. Ted Cruz, the Harvard Law School grad and Supreme Court attorney, didn't realize he had dual citizenship until two days ago? Because his Mom told him not to worry about it?

I have no doubts about Cruz's eligibility, though I have to admit, seeing conservatives wring their hands about a "foreign-born" candidate is awfully amusing given the circumstances.

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/08/20/20104945-ted-cruz-renounces-canadian-citizenship?lite

Good riddance.
Y'all are welcome to him and all his ilk.
What can we offer Murrica that'll take Harper and his gang off our hands?

lol oskar. Exactly!

I would not vote for this man regardless of where he's from.

He's all yours now.

Add me to the list of "good riddancers". Strikes me he's probably a sho-in for President though. I mean, anybody dumb enough to renounce Canadian citizenship for American definitely meets the barely there intelligence test for President.

begging your pardon, but which president have we ever had that was NOT intelligent, jim? Bush had a 135 IQ. he was no dummy. and that is good, because being a dummy would pardon some of his wretchedness, imo. as it stands, he has no excuse. Obama is sharp, too. Clinton? sharp. Bush, Sr, Reagan.....how far back do you want to go?

PS- hopefully this will set the stage for Mr. Cruz to renounce his US citizenship, as well.

Ted Cruz renounces Canadian citizenship

Why?

Well, because the Murricans don't want no evil, socialist Canadian tellin 'em what to do. And then there is this:

With the senator apparently eyeing national office, and with much of the right fascinated by birth certificates in recent years, the move was apparently intended to resolve any questions about eligibility.

Sure he ain't Tom Cruise's bastard half-brother?

I thought Bush's IQ was 124 Mac.

In any case, he was a classic example of a case where IQ doesn't equal intelligence. Essentially he was intellectually lazy. He didn't really think about things, just relied on prejudice. So, he might have had the capacity, but it was unused and rusty.

yeah, ok.....can't argue with that.

uncurious george.

Actually I was just teasing, macro, but, as someone else pointed out, Bush jr. appeared to have one of them $2000 brains that Roseanne talks about under Miscellaneous and I'm not sure where Reagan's IQ started off at but it was dropping like a stone by the time he pulled out.

if you expect me to defend W any more than i have already done, you are grossly mistaken.

We didn't dodge any bullets with this guy renouncing his Canadian citizenship. There are thousands more like him in the ruling party/government.

I meant why in the sense of what logical, sane reason is there for him to renounce Canadian citizenship.

But thanks anyway, Roseanne.

I meant why in the sense of what logical, sane reason is there for him to renounce Canadian citizenship.

There is no logical, sane reason.
I guess that's why he's a Republican.

Which national office? He can't run for President as he wasn't born on U.S. soil.

You don't need to be "born on U.S. soil" to be a US citizen, SciFi ~ Cruz's mom is/was a US citizen ~ if she met the legal requirements [having herself lived in the US for 5 years, etc], then any child born to her is automatically a US citizen, no matter where that child is born ~

Sooz

His citizenship is similar to John McCain's.

yes, he can.

I still don't understand this guys appeal. He beat the old guard Texas Repub for senator. The dems could have won but were too busy giving all their money to Obama. If I remember right, the dem running against him had maybe one million for his campaign. Anyway, this guy is scary because he apparently appeals to the repubs who are pissed at the old time repubs and that number is growing.