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Born Again
But even in Dallas, Mr. Cruz could not escape questions stemming from a report in The Dallas Morning News on Monday that because he was born in Calgary, Alberta, he held both Canadian and American citizenship. He was forced before the rally to reiterate to reporters eager to discuss the matter that he had “been an American since birth.”

On Monday, Mr. Cruz — the child of an American mother and a Cuban-born father who moved to Texas from Canada when he was 4 — renounced his Canadian citizenship. “Nothing against Canada,” he said. But as a United States senator, he added, “I believe I should be only an American.” It may not be quite the same as printing up signs or fashioning a presidential campaign Web site, but the announcement was widely seen by analysts as another step leading to his entry in the 2016 Republican primary race.

It is a novel episode in the annals of presidential politics. Looming over his prospects are questions about his eligibility to run, given his place of birth. (NYT, 8/21/2013)

The New York Times suddenly and curiously develops an interest in where a prospective presidential candidate was born. Cynical yet?


Implausible Denial
New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson denied Tuesday that her paper has a liberal bias, despite the fact that her current and former public editors both criticized the paper’s left-leaning viewpoint. (Dailycaller.com, 8/20/2013)

RedStateVT has a conservative bent. Strongly conservative. Maybe even fanatically conservative.

There, that wasn't so hard. Why does the Times refuse to come clean?


Leaky
The Army soldier who leaked more than 700,000 Iraq and Afghanistan battlefield reports and diplomatic cables while working as an intelligence analyst was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years in prison.

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, 25, who gave reams of classified information to WikiLeaks, faced up to 90 years in prison. He was credited with 1,294 days already served and was and be dishonorably discharged (sic). He could be eligible for parole before he reaches the age of 40. (Foxnews.com, 8/21/2013)

Admittedly we lost interest in the Manning case once the death penalty was taken off the table. But here's a prediction. President Hillary Clinton will find a way to get Manning out on parole during her first term. At the end of her second term, she will award him the Presidential Medal of Honor.

Don't doubt RedStateVT.

(And we sincerely hope that Manning uses his time productively. Like perhaps by working out his gender identity issues.)