[GregNH]

You do realize that this definition excludes every single Jew in the United States, don't you?

I would like to hear that rational.

As well as everyone who had an Irish grandparent?

I don't see where anyone mentioned grandparents

As a seasoned birther from '08 I have to say that this definition hits it spot on. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2999448/posts?page=7#7

[highball]

You do realize that this definition excludes every single Jew in the United States, don't you?

I would like to hear that rational.

It's quite simple. All Jews (and some non-Jews with Jewish ancestry) can claim Israeli citizenship should they choose. meadsjn thinks that a Natural Born Citizen must "have no potential claim to citizenship in any other country". That would, by definition, exclude all Jews.

As well as everyone who had an Irish grandparent?

I don't see where anyone mentioned grandparents

Sure did - they were swept up in his net, for the same reason. Anyone with an Irish grandparent has a claim on Irish citizenship.

So his too-broad definition includes many people whom we all agree actually are NBCs. It's nonsense.

I'm sure meadsjn didn't mean to exclude Jews, descendants of the Emeral Isle (and undoubtedly many, many others). But this is the problem I have with birtherism; good intentions, unintended consequences. Better to follow what the Constitution actually says than try to pretend otherwise.