Comments on: Dog Trainer Editors Can’t “Seem” to Read

By: Patterico's Pontifications

Patterico's Pontifications — Sat, 04 Sep 2004 19:59:27 +0000

Xrlq Gets a Correction in the L.A. Times
Todat the Los Angeles Dog Trainer run this correction: Schwarzenegger

By: Ralph Shaffer

Ralph Shaffer — Sat, 04 Sep 2004 03:25:54 +0000

Hey, you overlooked Dan Schnur’s misinterpretation of the Constitution re Arnold and the presidency in an op-ed in – Yep, the LA Times – on Aug. 26. Schnur noted that Gov. S was ineligible for the White House because of the TWENTY-THIRD Amendment. Last time I looked the 23d dealt with an electoral vote for D.C. When that was called to his attention, this Republican advisor to presidents and governors said it was a typo on his part, that he meant that it was the TWENTY-EIGHTH Amendment that blocked Arnie’s run for the Presidency. Even when it was pointed out to him that there isn’t a 28th Amendment, he still insisted that was the reason Arnie can’t run. And this guy will be teaching Political Science at Berkeley this fall.

By: Patterico's Pontifications

Patterico's Pontifications — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 21:13:45 +0000

L.A. Times Corrects Error in Editorial, Sort Of
The L.A. Times ran a letter today under the headline: Check the Constitution: Your Sept. 1 editorial, “Schwarzenegger’s Close-Up,” begins with the “intriguing possibility” raised by Tony Quinn, a GOP political consultant, that the “U.S. Constitut…

By: Hube's Cube

Hube's Cube — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 12:06:27 +0000

Ahnuld as Veep?
Xrlq takes apart the L.A. Times and GOP political consultant Tony Quinn for their complete lack of knowledge of the Constitution of the United States (emphasis mine): Tony Quinn, a GOP political consultant in Sacramento, raised an intriguing possibilit…

By: boifromtroy

boifromtroy — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 17:46:41 +0000

“No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; ”

That second comma is interesting, yet troubling, because it makes me think that someone must have either been a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen, at the time of the adoption of the constitution; therefore no one born after 1789 would be eligible.

By: PRESTOPUNDIT -- "Kerry in Cambodia" Wall-to-Wall Coverage

PRESTOPUNDIT -- "Kerry in Cambodia" Wall-to-Wall Coverage — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 06:10:41 +0000

HOW STUPID ARE THE DEMOCRATS
at the L.A. Times? This stupid….

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 04:12:22 +0000

You jest, but a few months back, CNN made an argument that was only marginally less stupid than your hypo. And they weren't kidding.

By: Patterico's Pontifications

Patterico's Pontifications — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 03:52:29 +0000

Los Angeles Dog Trainer “Doesn’t Seem to” Have the Ability to Read Simple English
Xrlq rips the editors at the L.A. Dog Trainer for offering an (incorrect) assertion on a simple constitutional issue — without bothering to research it by, for example, reading the Constitution. The Dog Trainer editors published an editorial this morn…

By: Nels Nelson

Nels Nelson — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 03:04:24 +0000

Xrlq, my point was less about the second-fiddle status than it was that the vice presidency is generally understood, Dick Cheney notwithstanding, as the launchpad to a later presidential run.

But I see now, as you wrote, that this was a thought experiment, something fun for high school civics class dorks to snort about, rather than anything practical. (“Here’s one: if Clinton changed his name, had gender-reassignment surgery, underwent a complete blood tranfusion, and reduced his existence to only two dimensions he could run for another term. Hee hee!”)

Good thing there aren’t any here-on-Planet-Earth issues facing California that the L.A. Times could have devoted that space to instead.

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 02:12:30 +0000

I don’t think anyone really thought Schwarzenegger would accept the job as Veep. It was more of a thought experiment. The editorial actually stated that it is difficult to imagine Schwarzenegger playing second fiddle to anyone.