Posted on 05/27/2011 11:56:13 AM PDT by rxsid
Straight from Mr. Values and Morals Himself.
The placard outside the Guards shacks clearly states that only Native Born Americans were qualified to be CIC guards for GW. (As it turns out, there was a plot to take his life by an Irish born man who was a guard prior to this qualification. He was hung in NY.)
Funny that Washington would change Hamilton's words in the Constitution from Native born to Natural born Citizen when our leaders today say they are synonymous terms.
It would seem today's politicians think Washington was just a stupid ass, making up Natural Born Citizen when Native Born was the only interpretation for this clause.
To think that Washington didn't get the term from Vattel is wanton ignorance.
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