[El Gato]

This article has one of two purposes: a) To show that obama is, in fact, foreign born to a British subject, and is not eligible to be president, or; b) To show that a white guy got away with it, so it would be unfair to boot out the black guy.

Neither. It's says that while not "foreign born" Obama is also not "natural born" as the Constitution requires for eligibility to the office of President.

It points out that Arthur, the white guy, got away with it only because he successfully hid the critical fact. But Obama has admitted the critical fact. That being, in both cases, their father's lack of US citizenship at the time of their birth. At least Arthur's father did become naturalized, and while it was after Arthur was born, it was also well before he became Vice President, and then President, when Arthur was about 14.

Obama's father died still a citizen of Kenya.

[FrankR]

"It points out that Arthur, the white guy, got away with it only because he successfully hid the critical fact. "

As I stated in a subsequent post, my research shows that Arthur was born in Vermont USA...therefore is a legal, natural born citizen of the United States.

It doesn't matter what nationality his father was, as long as his son was born in Vermont, then the son - President Arthur - is a natural born citizen and duly qualified to be president.

The blurb you posted from my post was before I found out he was born in Vermont.