Pointless thought
This is a definite connection, but I can't see how it leads anywhere. Writing it down in case I figure it out later, or in case someone else can pick it up and run with it.

Connection: The establishment loves pres or vp candidates who are officially ineligible.


Consider the candidates in recent years who were either prima facie unqualified or dubious:

George Romney. Prima facie ineligible. Born in Mexico to parents who were also born in Mexico.

Dick Cheney for VP. Prima facie ineligible. Firmly resident in Texas when elected. Bush The Son was also from Texas. Constitution says P and VP must represent different states, and in this case it's talking about "inhabitant" at election, not birth.

John McCain. Dubious. Parents were serving in the Canal Zone, which was not American territory.

Obama. Dubious. Father not American, mother was wandering the world, slow to produce birth certificate when forced to. Had time to falsify.

And now Ted Cruz. Prima facie ineligible. Born in Canada, parents were Canadian residents, not military or vacationing. Canadian citizen.

All of these were/are Establishment types. Not always the first choice, but all thoroughly acceptable to the Powers and Principalities. Is this just a symptom of their total hatred of borders, logic, facts and laws? Or are they specifically trying to erode borders by picking these candidates and allowing them to proceed without any questioning?

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Later and better thought: Clearly eligibility is not a 'real law' like the qualifications for other jobs. All other important jobs require clear proof of current residence and birth certificate. No cert, no job. Over the years the parties have turned these basic qualifications into a gray zone, ENABLING BLACKMAIL. The party says to the candidate: Obey and we won't pull out the dossier. And you could SEE the result with Romney. He was not a weepy alky like the Bushes; he was tough. George Mason had chosen him as protege and successor at Nash because Romney could fire bad managers and discipline the predatory unions. In '64 he made one big mistake: He publicly doubted the wisdom of Permanent War. Immediately something happened behind the scenes that reduced him to tears and forced him to withdraw.

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