[null and void]

The key word is was. He was a Kenyan under Kenyan law, as a minor, without any acquiescence on his part. That he did not claim his Kenyan citizenship upon achieving majority indicates that he never personally accepted such citizenship.

I think he gets a pass here, the Kenyan citizenship had no force of law in the US, and as was pointed out up thread, to allow another country to declare someone is one of theirs leads to absurd scenarios, e.g. North Korea adopting John McCain as one of their own to keep him out of the White House.

[RubyR]

I thought this was an interesting comment on the NoQuarter story - could this go anywhere?

Comment by katmandu | 2008-08-10 09:30:46 If his legal name is Soetoro, he’s probably invalidated all his results in the primaries. I would imagine that most states require you to use your legal name, and not an alias.

[SE Mom]

LEGALLY, BO/BS may (or may not) get a pass on some or all of these issues. However- my point has been all along- the legality is almost beside the point. The way I see it- the effect all the hiding and covering up and lying will be to devastate his campaign politically.

Once the MSM evens starts asking questions- this is going to hurt his candidacy seriously. I know there may be millions of Obamanuts and ignorant citizens who are convinced he is The One...but there are enough that will find these questions disturbing enough to vote for McCain. It only requires a small percent of undecideds to change the outcome.

Of course- what happens in Denver may change everything.

[Calpernia]

>>>That he did not claim his Kenyan citizenship upon achieving majority...

Do we actually know that? Or is it assumed from the word ‘was’.