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Donald J. Trump has a birther fetish.<\/p>\n

When he was leading the polls by a country mile, he saw no issue with the background of fellow Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz. The Canadian-born U.S. senator from Texas has qualified fully to run for president, Trump said. “He’s in fine shape,” he said of his GOP rival.<\/p>\n

But wait! Circumstances have changed. Cruz is neck-and-neck with Trump. He’s overtaken him in Iowa, according to some surveys.<\/p>\n

Now-w-w-w<\/em> there’s a problem, Trump said.<\/p>\n

“People” have called Cruz’s qualifications into question, Trump said. It could present a problem for the Republicans if Cruz is their nominee, Trump added.<\/p>\n

So, which is it, Donald. Is Cruz eligible to run and serve as president or isn’t he?<\/p>\n

Trump has raised this birther crap before. The other time involved President Barack Obama, who was born in Hawaii — one of the 50 United States of America. Trump, though, didn’t believe it; for that matter,\u00a0I’m not sure\u00a0he believes it yet.<\/p>\n

The Constitution stipulates that only “natural-born” citizens can run for the office and serve if elected. Yes, Cruz was born in Canada. But he earned U.S. citizenship the moment he came into this world because — get ready for it — his mother is an American<\/em>. Daddy Cruz is Cuban, but that doesn’t matter. Cruz is eligible to run for the highest office.<\/p>\n

Don’t take my word for it. Others who are a whole lot smarter than I am have said the same thing. Constitutional lawyers have affirmed Cruz’s eligibility.<\/p>\n

So, what’s Trump’s beef?<\/p>\n

Oh yeah. It’s those polls.<\/p>\n

I love, too, how Trump keeps shoving this issue off to “people” who’ve said such things. Well, Trump has said it, too.<\/p>\n

It kind of reminds me of the time Sen. Walter Mondale — the 1976 Democratic vice-presidential nominee — came to Portland, Ore., to campaign for the White House. He held a press event in which a reporter asked him if Watergate was going to be an issue in the presidential campaign.<\/p>\n

Mondale, grinning from ear to ear, said, “I am not going to make President Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon an issue in this campaign.”<\/p>\n

I guess Mondale was going to let “people” talk about it.<\/p>\n

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