Mitt’s father

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EDITOR:

Mr. Longhofer wrote “Mitt Romney’s father was born in Mexico which would make Mitt ineligible to be president.” Mitt’s father’s parents both were American citizens. Thus the father is an American citizen no matter if he was born on the moon. Mitt’s parents also both were American citizens. Obama has one American parent and if he were born in his father’s country or even Mexico, that is a different situation and thus the controversy about his eligibility.

JON BROMENSCHENKEL
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James E. says:

June 12, 2012 at 6:32 pm

Mitt’s father was born in Mexico, but appears to have dual citizenship. I therefore yield to Mr.
Bromenschenkel. However, Mitt does sometimes sound as though he was born on the moon. As example, he loves Michigan where the trees are all the same height?????? Can anyone translate that statement? Is it moon talk?

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J. Otherside says:

June 12, 2012 at 8:00 pm

Not “the same height”, but “the right height”. Meaning MI is a great place, just right, etc. Like saying California’s deer tunnels are perfectly spaced along the roads, the public funds are spent wisely, etc. Ahem.

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Ken Steers says:

June 13, 2012 at 3:09 pm

We must stop these aluminum foil hat wearing, racist, “birthers” who claim Romney should not president just because his father was born in Mexico. It is UN-American as well as unconstitutional.
Viva the USA!!!

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prime time says:

June 13, 2012 at 7:05 pm

123 GOP Delegates Revolt Against Romney & RNC

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Ricky says:

June 22, 2012 at 8:14 am

By Alfredo Corchado: Mexico Bureau/ “Brandon Romney, a Mexican cousin of Mitt Romney, favors legalization of drugs to reduce crime in Mexico and opposes sealing the U.S.-Mexico border.”
Romney has more than 20 relatives going back three generations and a legion of supporters living in Mexico where his father, George, was born — a sanctuary colony in the northern state of Chihuahua originally established by polygamists from Utah led by Mitt Romney’s great-grandfather Miles Park Romney, but says hes never been there. In contrast to his cousins feelings, Romney has said that, if elected, he’d deport illegal immigrants within 90 days, build a border fence and have enough guards to secure it, positions that have won him the endorsement of leading conservative Republicans. He also opposes legalization of drugs including marijuana.

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Cisco Cortez says:

June 22, 2012 at 1:22 pm

Mr. BROMENSCHENKEL, please research birthright citizenship requirements before stating “Obama has one American parent and if he were born in his father’s country or even Mexico, that is a different situation and thus the controversy about his eligibility.”

If one parent is a U.S. citizen and the other parent is not, the child is a citizen if

1. the U.S. citizen parent has been “physically present” in the U.S. before the child’s birth for a total period of at least five years, and
2. at least two of those five years were after the U.S. citizen parent’s fourteenth birthday.

There is no difference and thus no real controversy.

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Jesus H Christ says:

June 23, 2012 at 9:24 am

When is Willard Romney going to show us the long form that absolutely proves he is not a unicorn. What is he hiding?

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