CreateDebate


Debate Info

33
22
Oops, made a mistake No, he is Kenyan
Debate Score:55
Arguments:46
Total Votes:64
More Stats

Argument Ratio

side graph
 
 Oops, made a mistake (22)
 
 No, he is Kenyan (21)

Debate Creator

Cartman(18192) pic



Should Republicans apologize for the Birther controversy?

Now that Ted Cruz has decided to run for President it raises a few questions since he was born in Canada. The first question is why the hell did we waste any time challenging if Barack Obama was eligible? No one had any challenge to his mother being American, so the same logic for claiming Cruz is American would apply regardless of what country Obama was born in. So, the next question is should the Republicans apologize about wasting so much time and money disputing Obama's eligibility?

Oops, made a mistake

Side Score: 33
VS.

No, he is Kenyan

Side Score: 22
4 points

It is disappointing to see them waste so much money, then say nothing 8 years later.

Side: Oops, made a mistake
JustIgnoreMe(4290) Clarified
1 point

Even more than that - many conservatives supported a Constitutional Amendment to allow naturalized citizens to run for President when they thought it might be Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Side: Oops, made a mistake
1 point

At least they recognized that Arnold couldn't be president.

Side: Oops, made a mistake
1 point

Which Republicans? All of them? What about the ones who never contested his citizenship? What about the non-Republicans who said he was Kenyan too?

Side: Oops, made a mistake
0 points

How about any representative of the Republican party.

All of them?

Yes, a group you belong to screwed up. An apology at least points out that you recognize something wrong with the people on your side.

What about the ones who never contested his citizenship?

You can add that you never believed it.

What about the non-Republicans who said he was Kenyan too?

Depends on whether they believe Cruz is legitimate.

Side: Oops, made a mistake

Absolutely! They made their own bed and they have to lie in it.

Side: Oops, made a mistake

Yes, they definitely should, though there is absolutely no chance that they ever will.

Side: Oops, made a mistake
0 points

Damn right they should apologize. This is the epitome of hypocrisy.

Side: Oops, made a mistake
1 point

No. There is nothing wrong with questioning authority. .

Side: No, he is Kenyan
5 points

I agree if you don't come back as the authority and claim that the question you asked before is invalid. When you look back at the controversy it turns out they weren't questioning authority, they were just being troublemakers. The problem I see is that the party who is against spending money wasted a bunch of money on this.

Side: Oops, made a mistake
1 point

Awesome. You are very smart. .

Side: Oops, made a mistake
1 point

Can you explain to me how the Birther controversy (more like conspiracy) was "questioning authority"?

Side: Oops, made a mistake
Sitar(3680) Disputed
1 point

Odrama is prsented as an authority. He IS an authority, right or wrong. There is nothing wrong with wanting to know if Obama is eligible to be president, and YES I WOULD say the same thing about a Republicon.

Side: No, he is Kenyan