Talk:Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.

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listen, if we're going to put the liberal comments in quotes, we have to with the conservative ones too.

This article should be merged into the other one, which is better-written and more through and complete (IMO!). Rlquall 03:41, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

merged. hopefully a reasonable job...

Contents 1 Presidential Run? 2 Lamont endorsement 3 No picture? 4 Other Activities: Compuware Board of directors 5 POV

[edit] Presidential Run?

This article discusses Weicker being courted for a possible presidential run. He was born in France, people! Anyone involved enough in politics to run a presidential campaign (even the Reform party) should know that he (like Schwarzenegger and Granholm) could not run. I want to see sources for this. It looks unlikely. ColinKennedy 16:43, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

While he was born in Paris, his parents were American, making him eligible to run for president. His father was an executive with an American company with offices in France. John McCain wasn't born in the United States either (I believe he was born in Panama), but he is still able to be President.

John McCain was born in Panama when it was part of the United States that is why he can run. Lowell on the other hand was not born on US controled soil so no he cannot run for President. Gang14 (talk) 19:43, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Check the sources: The Constitution: No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States. 8 USC 1401: Persons born in the United States, and persons born on foreign soil to two U.S. parents, are born American citizens and are classified as citizens at birth. Wikipedia Natural born citizen if you want to know more. Thus, yes, Weicker can run for President. Midnight12 (talk) 03:45, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lamont endorsement

I note that even if Lamont is running 46% behind Lieberman, that isn't appropriate information to put into an article about Wiecker, unless (as was not done, and I doubt can be done) there is going to be a section on Weicker's proclivity to endorse candidates likely to lose, or to endorse opponents to colleagues, or something else where this (otherwise irrelevant) factoid would actually be relevant. John Broughton 13:07, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] No picture?

One of the very few political pages I've seen with no headshot... -- RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib Reverts} 03:47, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Other Activities: Compuware Board of directors

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He is also on the board of directors for Compuware, unsourced derogatory material about a living person removed

I was originally goint to add a Needs Citation tag, but because this is a living person potentially controversial information is supposed to be stricken immediately. (As I understand it). AThomas203 23:29, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

You're right, but per WP:BLP it's not supposed to be on talk pages either. Cheers! —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 03:00, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] POV

I dont think there is anything wrong with this articles point of view does anyone else have a problem. Gang14 (talk) 19:44, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

The problem is that you were deleting all facts about LW that were even just a bit negative Sudsak (talk) 02:50, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

The source you cited says a great many things about him, yet you selected one particularly negative one. Please see WP:UNDUE Ref: Peter Overby (Winter, 1993). "No good deed goes unpunished - political courage - ex-Gov. Jim Florio; Gov Lowell Weicker Jr.; Gov Lawton Chiles - Cover Story". Common Cause Magazine.  LeadSongDog (talk) 03:37, 29 May 2008 (UTC)