If Obama's father was a Kenyan then how could Hussein be eligible to be POTUS?

8/26/2009 | Kellynla

[kellynla]

If Obama's father was a Kenyan then how could Hussein be eligible to be POTUS?

[devistate one four]

Very nicely put!

Thank you!

[marvlus]

He miraculously manifested.

Oh yeah, I forgot./sarc

[netmilsmom]

I’m not sure if you noticed this, but your name is neither Jim Robinson nor Jesus. Therefore, it’s not quite your place to say what is “retarded” on FR.

You are welcome to start your own site, however.

[Drew68]

Especially the recent thread with about 6,000 replies.

The wailing and gnashing of teeth that Obama is President despite having a Kenyan father requires a new thread each and every day. Or many new threads.

[allmendream]

Ding ding ding! We have a winner!

A U.S. citizen at birth is a natural born citizen, as opposed to a naturalized citizen.

In U.S. vs Wong Kim Ark it was found that the child of two Chinese nationals born in territory under the jurisdiction of the USA was natural born.

So far from needing two U.S. citizen parents to be natural born, one needn't have either parent be a U.S. citizen; so long as by the natural act of being born one has U.S. citizenship conveyed upon them.

But the correct answer isn't always what people want to hear.

[netmilsmom]

The question is, did any of those parents become citizens before their child was born?

[netmilsmom]

Did you read it?
It’s not the blog, it’s the document in it.

[Drew68]

I’m not sure if you noticed this, but your name is neither Jim Robinson nor Jesus. Therefore, it’s not quite your place to say what is “retarded” on FR.

Birthers truly believe that they can post their crackpot conspirational nonsense on a highly regarded political forum and remain free from criticism and ridicule.

[Non-Sequitur]

If Obama's father was a Kenyan then how could Hussein be eligible to be POTUS?

By being born in Hawaii.

[ctdonath2]

The 14th doesn't say anything about "slave children". It says "All persons born ... in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States". No qualifications, no limitations, no obfuscations. I'd say the Constitution Of The United States Of America, as amended by a supermajority of states and Congress to make the naturally obvious absolutely clear, is pretty much the last word on the subject. And there's nothing more "natural" about being a country's citizen than being born in that country; anything else is an artificial construct (a la "naturalized").

[Drew68]

It’s not the blog, it’s the document in it.

The only document that matters is the Constitution and nowhere in the Constitution is "NBC" defined as required both parents to be U.S. citizens.

At any rate, don't take it up with me. I didn't swear Obama in. Chief Justice John Roberts did.

[Non-Sequitur]

No dude, his mother’s american citizenship and his fathers kenyan citizenship cancel each other out, he should be living in a UN refugee camp for countryless people or something.

And that is based on....what?

[netmilsmom]

>>So, yes, it is a retarded thread.<<

In your opinion. And you are, Who?

[tumblindice]

“By being born in Hawaii.”

question-begging/assumes facts not in evidence.

[cydcharisse]

Oh, so now we have a new question! What will be the new, new, new question if one or more of these President’s foreign-born parents never became a citizen?

[netmilsmom]

>>At any rate, don’t take it up with me. I didn’t swear Obama in. Chief Justice John Roberts did. <<

He’s not here, is he?

[Non-Sequitur]

Inderstand that but to be POTUS, I understood that BOTH parents had to be U.S. citizens.

Understood from where? The Constitution? Federal law?

[netmilsmom]

Do you have a problem with questions?

[Non-Sequitur]

question-begging/assumes facts not in evidence.

What is not in evidence is anything that indicates he wasn't.