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I don't know what Nevada's or Arizona's tax on a pack of cigarettes is, but it's no where near $3 a pack. So the Democrats will have to increase border patrols to stop the cigarette smuggling. Given the number of illegal aliens entering California, their border patrols are obviously worthless.

p>If the illegal Mexican immigrants are smart, they'll bring a few cartons of cigarettes over the border with them and make a quick buck or two! br> -- Greg Barnard br> Franklin, TN /p> p> POSSIBLE FOREIGN-BORN U.S. PRESIDENTS br> Re: Francis X. Rocca's Citizen Lafayette : /p>

Mr. Rocca wrote: "No one born outside a U.S. state has ever been elected president, but there have been at least three serious candidates with such origins: George Romney (born in Mexico), Barry Goldwater (the Arizona Territory) and John McCain (Panama Canal Zone)."

Two points: there is no requirement that a person be born in a state to be eligible for the Presidency, only that the person be a natural born citizen.

Persons born in the territories, or the District of Columbia, are born citizens. So Goldwater was unquestionably eligible.

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