The argument over Barack Obama’s birthplace seems to me of little value. There is no credible evidence he was born elsewhere. The question ought to be “How well is he doing as president?” I was born in Canada. My parents moved to the United States less than six months later. If only they had contained themselves for those six months I could have been eligible to be president of this country. For that reason alone, I and many other loyal Americans are denied the opportunity to reach America’s highest office. I am not certain that Arnold Schwarzenegger would be elected to the presidency but why would we deny someone who is clearly devoted to America the opportunity to run for leading the country? Some of the brightest and smartest Americans were born elsewhere.
Our former Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright was born in Czechoslovakia. Joseph Pulitzer was was born in Hungary in 1847. He made his way to America to join the Union Army during the Civil War. Supreme Court justice Felix Frankfurter was born in Vienna, Austria in 1882 and moved with his family to the United States in 1894. Irving Berlin was born in Russia in 1888. He is the composer of “White Christmas,” “Easter Parade” and “God Bless America.” Dr. Rita M. Rodriguez, a former director of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, was born in Oriente, Cuba in 1942. Sidney Harman (deceased this year), founder of Harman Kardon Industries (famous for Hi-fi sound systems) was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Mortimer Benjamin “Mort” Zuckerman (born June 4, 1937) is a Canadian-born American magazine editor, publisher (U.S. News and World Report, etc.), and real estate billionaire. He is a naturalized citizen of the United States. Google co- founder Sergey Brin (born in Russia and moved to the U.S. at age 6).
A well known host of a quiz show, born in Canada, that asks the contestants to provide the questions. I am sure you know many more great foreign born Americans.
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