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Subj : Re: Kirk for President
To   : alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From : The Merry Piper
Date : Fri Sep 16 2005 23:16:24

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos

On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:11:39 -0400, ToolPackinMama
<laura@lauragoodwin.org> wrote:

>The Merry Piper wrote:
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>> William Shatner is a Canadian.  Kirk is (will be) an American, born in
>> Iowa. 
>
>Well, Iowa will still be there by then, but maybe it won't be "American" 
>anymore.  Kirk never called himself "American".  He called himself an 
>Earth-man.  He was proud to be from the United Earth (a founding member 
>of the United Federation of Planets).

Perhaps he felt by telling people he was from Iowa he was implicitly
stating he was American?  When I've met persons from other countries
on-line I tell them I'm a Texan but that doesn't mean I don't consider
myself a US citizen.  

Further, Kirk was familiar enough with historical US documents to
understand them even while being badly mangled.  

And he was a big fan of the US "Old West." 

And his hero was Abe Lincoln.  

None of these are iron-clad proof but they are good indicators.  

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The Merry Piper
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