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To: RTINSC
Obama was born in Hawaii in ‘61. Hawaii was a State already, not that it matters. It's within the territorial limits of the US, his mother was a US citizen, and even if she wasn't, her father was legally admitted to the country, making him a US citizen by birth, under even the most restrictive interpretations of the 14th Amendment, and under all readings of federal law.

Could he have “lost” his citizenship, and need(ed) to be renationalized, and whether that makes him natural born or not under the Constitution? Dunno. That's a tough one. If he's elected, and there's a court challenge to that his election, I'd hate to think the Courts would void the decision of the electorate over a convoluted citizenship issue (I also doubt it will matter what the laws of these other countries say, unless the had Obama send a letter to Dept. of State renouncing his citizenship). Best case scenario, the challenge get’s dismissed. Worst case scenario, you have a decision that does whatever it takes to have Obama declared a natural born citizen (such as if you are natural born, renounce your citizenship, and then get your citizenship back, you are a still natural born; or you had to have been a natural born citizen, but you don't have to be a natural born citizen at the time of election to President). The ruling wouldn't matter, because I think the Presidency and line of succession is the only think that differentiates between natural born and naturalized, so nothing else gets disturbed.

25 posted on 08/10/2008 3:25:52 PM PDT by NYFriend
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To: NYFriend
From what others have said, Barry O doesn't qualify for NATURAL BORN citizenship unless his mother had attained the age of 16 and lived in the USA for Five Years before his birth. She was 18 when he was born.

He WAS and may still be a dual US Citizen but not Natural Born and if he used his Indonesian Birth Certificate to obtain a Passport to go to Pakistan, doesn't that mean that he, after the age of 18, pledged his allegiance to Indonesia and forfeited his US dual citizenship?

The POINT is, Barry Soetoro or whatever Barry Obama wants to call himself, has LIED and LIED and LIED about his past, his present and perhaps, his future.

His chances with the DNC after this negative publicity and with this many unanswered questions and with this many lies exposed, decreases by the hour.


Can we all say: Helloooooo Hilary!
45 posted on 08/10/2008 5:49:35 PM PDT by HighlyOpinionated (I'm voting for J.S.McCain because he is a U.S. Citizen!)
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