[DannyTN]

"Article II, Section I of the Constitution requires the President to be "a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States".

You cut it off.

"No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States. "

You have to consider the phrase "at the time of the adoption of this constitution". The founding fathers, were all citizens, but they weren't "Natural Born Citizens", so they grandfathered anybody who was a citizen at the time the constitution was adopted. After they died out, only the "Natural Born Citizen" would apply.

[gdani]

You have to consider the phrase "at the time of the adoption of this constitution". The founding fathers, were all citizens, but they weren't "Natural Born Citizens", so they grandfathered anybody who was a citizen at the time the constitution was adopted. After they died out, only the "Natural Born Citizen" would apply.

Thanks for the clarification.

So, it's not as easy as I thought i.e. merely relying on Article II, Section I.

In that case, I don't see anything (and I believe the idiot was born in Hawaii, mind you) that makes him not a "natural born citizen".