GOP Birthers Attack Marcus Rubio

The totally untethered from reality GOP base never seems to cease to surprise in terms of their never ending conspiracy theory like agenda that cannot tolerate anyone who isn't a white evangelical Christian. The latest target of the unceasing paranoia of the far right is Florida Senator Marcus Rubio who is now being attacked by the birther crowd. Candidly, I cannot help but wonder what kind of tainted water these folks are drinking could it be water contaminated by oil extraction fracking operations? World Net Daily, a/k/a Wing Nut Daily, has a piece that attacks Rubio for not being a "real American." Here are some highlights:

Although the name of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is mentioned more than any other as a potential GOP vice presidential candidate, a document found in the National Archives raises questions about whether the popular U.S. senator is actually qualified constitutionally to serve as president or vice president.

The Petition for Naturalization on behalf of Mario Rubio, the senator’s Cuban father, has been retrieved from the National Archives and posted online by the PixelPatriot website, confirming that Marco Rubio was about four years old when his parents became U.S. citizens. Specifically, Mario Rubio was naturalized as an American citizen in 1975, based on the Sept. 9, 1975, date on the petition; Marco Rubio was born in 1971.

The question is whether Rubio is a “natural born citizen” – constitutionally required of all presidents – a unique citizenship status defined by the Founding Fathers, according to many legal experts, as being the offspring of two citizens of the country. Of course, the same question has dogged Barack Obama since before the 2008 election and continues to this day.

Joseph Farah, founder and CEO of WND.com, also has argued that the definition of “natural born citizen” excludes Rubio. “Rubio is, quite simply, not a ‘natural born citizen’ by the accepted legal, English-language standard as it has been known throughout American history. He was born in Florida to two non-U.S. citizen parents,” he wrote.

“I know this is not a popular notion among Republicans, just as it wasn’t among Democrats when challenges were made to Obama. However, the Constitution should always trump political expediency.

One can only assume that excess quantities of Kool-Aid has been imbibed by these folks,but that sums up far too many members of today's Republican Party.