[Marie]

John McCain was born on base. It was declared ‘US soil’, thus he is eligible. My son was born in a German hospital. He is not. He was born on foreign soil.

Yes. Children of service members who are born abroad of two US Citizen parents are NOT eligible to be POTUS. (At least that’s what I was told by the US Embassy when my son was born.)

[Road Glide]

“John McCain was born on base...”

No.

John McCain was born OFF-base in a Panamanian hospital. MAJOR DIFFERENCE there.

I believe his parents had to obtain some kind of documentation from the U.S. Embassy at the time to establish his claim to “natural born” citizenship.

That is why there was a bit of a row about it later on, and that’s also why the Senate passed some kind of special resolution re-affirming his claim to be a natural-born citizen.

[so_real]

Yes. Children of service members who are born abroad of two US Citizen parents are NOT eligible to be POTUS. (At least that’s what I was told by the US Embassy when my son was born.)

I too had this explained to me by a retired military. Children born abroad to U.S. citizens are absolutely "citizens", but not "natural born citizens". They are naturalized-by-statute.

[itsahoot]

John McCain was born on base. It was declared ‘US soil’, thus he is eligible.

John McCain was not born on base. This has been posted endlessly and yet we have misinformed posters declare this fallacy again and again. To what purpose?

It really comes down to the notion that just because they did it, we should too. When that happens the Oath to defend and Protect the Constitution become meaningless. I for one will not travel that oh so popular road, now that we have our own clean and articulate ineligible Presidential Candidate.

God Bless the Republic.

[kabumpo]

Actually, McCain wasn’t born on a base. He was born in a Panamanian hospital.

[aruanan]

John McCain was born on base. It was declared ‘US soil’, thus he is eligible. My son was born in a German hospital. He is not. He was born on foreign soil.

Yes. Children of service members who are born abroad of two US Citizen parents are NOT eligible to be POTUS. (At least that’s what I was told by the US Embassy when my son was born.)

And yet Congress in 1790 enacted legislation stating those born abroad to U.S. citizens to be "natural born citizens" and, thus, according to the language of the Constitution, eligible to be POTUS.

[DiogenesLamp]

Yes. Children of service members who are born abroad of two US Citizen parents are NOT eligible to be POTUS. (At least that’s what I was told by the US Embassy when my son was born.)

Vattel actually says they are.