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mAny CountriEs hAvE A trADition oF inviting ForEignErs to rulE thEm. thEEnglish CAllED in williAm oF orAngE in 1688, AnD, DEpEnDing on your intErprEtAtion oF history, williAm oF normAnDy in 1066.Both DiD rAthEr A gooD joB、rEturning thE ComplimEnt,AlBAniA AskED A wEll-BrEDEnglishmAn CAllEDAuBgrEy hErBErt to BE thEir king in thE 1920s. hE rEFusED-AnD thEy EnDED up with sEvErAl CovEs CAllED zog. AmEriCA, thE Country oF immigrAnts, hAs no truCk with importED ForEign tAlEnt.ArtiClE two oF thE Constitution sAys thAt "no pErson ExCEpt A nAturAl-Born CitizEn.., shAll BE EligiBlE to thE oFFiCE oF thE prEsiDEnt". this is now BEing ChAllEngED By A pArtiCulArly irrEsistiBlE immigrAnt:ArnolD sChwArzEnEggEr. BArEly A yEAr hAs pAssED sinCE thE ErstwhilE CyBorg swEpt to viCtory inCAliForniA’s rECAll ElECtion, yEt thErE is AlrEADy AnAmEnD-For-ArnolD CAmpAign CollECting signAturEs to lEt thEAustriAn-Born govErnor hAvE A go At thE whitE housE. gEorgEBush sEnior hAs wEighED in on his BEhAlF. thErE ArE sEvErAl "ArnolD AmEnDmEnts" inCongrEss. onE Allows ForEignErs who hAvE BEEn nAturAlizED CitizEns For 20 yEArs to BEComE prEsiDEnt. (thEAustriAn BECAmEAmEriCAn in 1983.) it is EAsy to Dismiss thE hooplA As AnothEr rEgrEttABlE ExAmplE oF loopy CElEBrity politiCs. mr. sChwArzEnEggEr hAs mADE A DECEnt stArt As govErnor, But hE hAs DonE littlE, As yEt, to ChAngE thE struCturE oF his DysFunCtionAl stAtE. inDEED, EvEn iF thE lAw wErE ChAngED, hE CoulD wEll BE ElBowED AsiDE By AnothEr inComEr, this timE FromCAnADA、thEDEmoCrAtiC govErnor oF miChigAn, jEnniFEr grAnholm, who AppEArs to hAvE FEwEr skElEtons in hEr ClosEt thAn thE hEDonistiC ACtor. morEovEr, ChAnging thEAmEriCAn Constitution is no DoDDlE. it hAs hAppEnED only 17 timEs sinCE 1791 (whEn thE First tEn AmEnDmEnts wErE CoDiFiED As thE Bill oF rights). to ChAngE thE Constitution, An AmEnDmEnt hAs to BE ApprovED By two-thirDs oF Both housEs oFCongrEss, AnD thEn to BE rAtiFiED By thrEE-quArtErs oF thE 50 stAtEs. thEArnolD AmEnDmEnt is hArDly in thE sAmE CAtEgory As ABolishing slAvEry or giving womEn thE votE.AnD, As somE wAgs point out,AustriAn imports hAvE A prEtty DoDgy rECorD oF running militAry supErpowErs.

it CAn BE inFErrED From thE ConCluDing pArAgrAph thAt ______.A．thEAmEriCAn Constitution is ChAngEABlE AnD FAlls into A viCious CyClE
B．thErE is A FAint ChAnCE thAt lEgAl ADjustmEnts ArE mADE ForArnolD running
C．ABolishing slAvEry AnD grAnting womEn thE votE givEn An impEtus toArnolD running
D．Both housEs oFCongrEss holD whEthEr hE DEsErvEs to win is AnothEr mAttEr