Replies

“BOTH PARENTS MUST BE U.S. CITIZENS AND THE CHILD MUST BE BORN ON U.S. SOIL” Factually incorrect. A natural born citizen is anyone born within the United States. How do I know? Because I'm a natural born citizen and when I was born neither of my parents were citizens. I've done all the legal footwork on this. It's a fact. This entire “Obama is not a natural born citizen” episode is very silly. Sure he could have stopped it early on but I think he's enjoying the sight of a bunch of people make fools of themselves.

I beg to differ with you on this. You would be a US citizen, but you could not be a natural born citizen. George Washington was born on US soil, but he did not have natural born status. This is why they grandfathered themselves into the constitution - they were not natural born. You could not be natural born!

I beg to differ with you on this. You would be a US citizen, but you could not be a natural born citizen. George Washington was born on US soil, but he did not have natural born status. This is why they grandfathered themselves into the constitution - they were not natural born. You could not be natural born!

The reason they grandfathered themselves in was because there was no United States of America until the Constitution was adopted. When Washington was born, it is was in a British colony and they were considered subjects of the Crown, i.e., they were English citizens. Remember the Boston Tea Party? No taxation without representation.