I am indeed pedantic but not simply an Englishman, I simplified that, I am actually half Irish: a dual citizen just like your Mr Cruz it seems.

Anyway, thanks for answering my question. I was under the impression that presidential candidates had to be born on US soil, thanks for the correction.

I do have a couple of new questions.

1. Is it typical for ignorant leftisits to be hate-filled or do you mean that hate-filled, ignorant people are by definition “leftist”? I ask because I was under the impression that racist bigots are often labelled rednecks and are probably right wing in their political thinking which would indicate that hate-filled people arise in both political camps (perhaps I have been fooled by the propaganda written by those leftists as “catnip” for people like me).

2. Is “people like you” intended as an insult?

3. Who or what, exactly, are people like me? European? Literate? Interested in international affairs? Polite?

4. Going back to the leftists: are they all ignorant?

Once again, thank you for the enlightenment.