McCain, born in Panama in 1936, was born not on American territory, but on land that was leased by the US until surrendered in 1999.
Wong!!!!
We tax payers paid for every inch of the Canal Zone. Where has your brain been? In the freezer?
I am sensitive to this since I was born in the Canal Zone, grew up here, and am now living in Panama City. I truly dislike ignorance about the Canal Zone from folks who dont know beans about it but like to invent anyway.
The Canal Zone was never leased. The Canal Zone was never surrendered. Jimmy Carter gave part of our country away.
Dont ever talk about crap of which you know nothing.
Further, since you have missed 5 million memos on the subject, McCain was born in the Republic of Panama, and not in the Canal Zone. But then, you are not capable of understanding this. So why am I wasting my time I ask myself?
Its my anger towards uninformed fools like you.
Chin makes compelling and well-researched points in Why Senator John Mccain Cannot Be President -- Eleven Months and a Hundred Yards Short of Citizenship -- by Gabriel J. Chin (FINAL):
Because the Canal Zone was a no mans land, (14) in 1937 Congress passed a statute granting citizenship to any person born in the Canal Zone on or after February 26, 1904 who had at least one U.S. citizen parent. (15) This Act made Senator McCain a United States citizen before his first birthday. But again, to be a natural born citizen, one must be a citizen at birth. Since Senator McCain became a citizen in his eleventh month of life, he does not satisfy this criterion, is not a natural born citizen, and thus is not eligible to the Office of President.
(14) 81 CONG. REC. 7769 (1937) (Remarks of Rep. Sparkman).
(15) Act of Aug. 4, 1937, § 1, 50 Stat. 558, ch. 563, codified at 8 U.S.C. § 1403(a).
Hey! You are addressing (rudely) the wrong person. I never posted ANYTHING about John McCain, or where he was born.