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Pretty sure you wouldn't actually like ike. Here's the inscription on his tomb:

Every gun made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. ... This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.

That's why Hoover used his famous slogan, "A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage." These were symbols of prosperity, upward mobility, and a culture and economy open to all.

It didn't work out well for Hoover's political prospects (he was elected but wound up seen as weak and ineffective in the face of the Great Depression). However the symbol endured long after Hoover was a spent force in politics.

http://www.presidentsusa.net/1928slogan.html

The guy that said Article 1 Section 1 was correct:

All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

To illustrate the problem, let me suggest something Trump could do:

Trump wants Congress to pass a business tax cut. But why bother with Congress? The President could simply direct the IRS to issue rules telling companies to pay their taxes as if the rate were 15% instead of 35+%. Along with your business taxes, include a letter asking for a binding settlement. The IRS settles with delinquent taxpayers all the time, often for much less than the amount owed. Trump could direct the IRS to automatically settle for 15%. Why shouldn't he do this?

Because the US Constitution is to be obeyed, not worked around.

The President takes an oath to "faithfully" execute the office. Creating workaround schemes to circumvent Congress is executing the office in bad faith.

The "red Chinese" were Second World scum, hello? Or did we not get the memo?

Who can take anyone who, in 2013, uses a word like "red Chinese". As if the nationalists are threatening to come across the Strait of Taiwan in an amphibious invasion of Fujian province or something. Jeez, join us in the modern age old-timer, or to make you more comfortable..."Nixon's the One '68!"

A vote is never "against" anyone, and all statements to that effect are lies

I disagree. I don't think the 3rd party (or 4th) ever made a difference. Both the R's and D's have too much in common to "allow" a 3rd to actually win anything important. They (the R and D) control the right issues so any 3rd party candidate either cannot fall on the majority side of voters (and actually WIN an electoral vote) or NOT fall into either R or D. In either case, the 3rd party candidate won't generate enough votes to win anything (and didn't get more than 1% in 2008, or 1% in 2004), or they can't fall into R or D, because those are chosen via primaries where the Indy or 3rd party is effectively eliminated.

stated to keep the 2-party system that's destroying the country.

While I agree with you 100% the 2 party system is a travesty, and is absolutely destroying the faith, honor, and trust of those actually paying attention ... the 2 party system is a perpetual motion machine.

Furthering the mess is that the Indy or 3rd parties don't have a primary in which they choose the strongest platform/candidate so they cancel each other out by splitting up the few thousand votes they each get as a candidate or write-in.

Its a win-win for the 2 party system. It's a lose-lose for a 3rd party. Here is a list of all the 3rd party candidates and here is nice table of the election results from 1789-2008 including vote counts for 3rd party candidates (link) for those interested in seeing them.

Now don't go thinking that all of that could be said about a non-white for the first 220 years. there have been non-white candidates before. The difference is the we all knew he was real moonbat and the media wasn't ready to sell it, like they did in 2008 with a relatively unknown candidate whom they could spinspinspin.

I don't know about the first one, but the second has no real bearing on anything. McCain, for instance, was not born on American soil, but rather to two American parents who were in another country at the time of his birth. As such he is an American citizen and qualified to run for president.

Are you trying to rewrite the US constitution, or simply don't have a copy?

http://www.presidentsusa.net/qualifications.html

"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."

http://home.comcast.net/~sharonday7/Presidents/AP0601.htm
2. What does it mean in the Constitution when it says "natural born Citizen?"

From Black's Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition: "Natural born citizen. Persons who are born within the jurisdiction of a national government, i.e. in its territorial limits, or those born of citizens temporarily residing abroad."

So the question is still here, where was he born. Was his parents US citizens at the time and if so, were they temporarily residing abroad?
When did his parents become US citizens? There are lots of unanswered questions. It is OK to ask questions even if the answers are not your liking.

Especially since GWB is the 42nd U.S. President (not counting Grover Cleveland's second term).. coincidence?

Anyone who's been employed for 8 years or longer has spent more time under another (Democratic) administration than the current one.

> ??? I am slightly confused

He is commenting on the fact you said you were from texas and didn't care about the environment, kinda like someone else...

except was George isn't a natural born Texan:

Birth: July 6, 1946 at New Haven, Connecticut

If that's our battle cry, my, times have changed...

If that's are battling cry, my, times have changed...

Every electable official since the days of... well, since there were elections, has been a product shaped to win a constituency.

True. For a good example of this, check out this list of campaign slogans dating back to 1840.
My favorite is James Blaine's 1844 "Ma, Ma, Where's my Pa, Gone to the White House, Ha, Ha, Ha." Of course, since you're probably wondering "Who the hell is James Blaine?" we can see how well that slogan worked.