[Las Vegas Ron]

so it follows then that if being born on US soil translates into being a natural born citizen, then a naturalized citizen can be President.

Yep, What if bin Laden came over here, married an American goat, er I mean woman, after she gave birth he takes the kid back to his cave and raises him as a mooselimb, to hate America, teach him how to undermine our system and then send him back to the US.

The kid runs for and then wins the Presidency and begins to systematically destroy the Country.

Absurd? No, Obama is essentially the same thing, this is why the NBC clause is in the Constitution, just for this type scenario.

[azishot]

I’d asked whether or not an *anchor baby* could one day run for POTUS several months ago. Can’t remember who it was that answered but the answer was, yes.

Kinda blew me away. It’s just not right...(sigh).

[Lurking Libertarian]

Yep, What if bin Laden came over here, married an American goat, er I mean woman, after she gave birth he takes the kid back to his cave and raises him as a mooselimb, to hate America, teach him how to undermine our system and then send him back to the US.

What if two American-born Communists have a child in Chicago, take him to Cuba where he is raised until he is 21, then bring him back to the U.S. There is no doubt that he would be constitutionally eligible to be President 14 years later (2 citizen parents, born on U.S. soil, 35 years old + 14 years residency). Equally absurd, but the Constitution permits it.

There are many absurd things the Constitution doesn't forbid, because it relies on the good sense of the American people. If they have no good sense, we're stuck.