Jim Geraghty has a nice riposte to the New York Times' laughable piece today on John McCain's "potential problem" meeting the Constitutional requirements to be president.
Campaign Spot reader David writes in, looking closely at the Fourteenth Amendment:
"Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability."
"Aid and comfort to enemies." Well, I guess it come down to whether or not former Weatherman Bill Ayers was an "enemy of the United States" and did Obama give him "aid and comfort". To be honest, I don't take this seriously, but I'd say it's as legitimate as the NYT's fantasy regarding McCain. If nothing else, I like the contrast:
McCain - possibly ineligible because his family's service in the military took them outside th US at the time of his birth.
Obama - possibly ineligible, depending on whether or not the former terrorists he associates with are technically "enemies of the United States".
Take that Sen. Unbeatable!