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To: Ordinary_American
"Having been born in Panama and not eligible to run for the Presidency, McCain obviously doesn’t recognize the Constitution either. "

McCain was born of two US citizens while serving on a military base in Panama. there is no way on earth I would EVER classify someone born that way as NOT being a "natural born citizen". It would be a supreme dishonor to the children of every military veteran.

Obama on the other hand has a british father and an underage mother and born in Kenya. that is why he keeps hiding his REAL birth records

148 posted on 05/30/2011 6:39:26 PM PDT by Mr. K (CAPSLOCK! -Unleash the fury! [Palin/Bachman 2012- unbeatable ticket])
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To: Mr. K

“It would be a supreme dishonor to the children of every military veteran.” With bullshit hyperbole like that your agenda slip is showing. ‘Every’? ... do you folks ever stop to think before posting your pea brain notions?


151 posted on 05/30/2011 6:48:19 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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To: Mr. K
From the US State Department.

7 FAM 1131.6-2 Eligibility for Presidency (TL:CON-68; 04-01-1998)

a. It has never been determined definitively by a court whether a person who acquired U.S. citizenship by birth abroad to U.S. citizens is a natural-born citizen within the meaning of Article II of the Constitution and, therefore, eligible for the Presidency.

b. Section 1, Article II, of the Constitution states, in relevant part that ―No Person except a natural born Citizen...shall be eligible for the Office of President.‖

c. The Constitution does not define "natural born". The "Act to establish an Uniform Rule of Naturalization", enacted March 26, 1790, (1 Stat. 103,104) provided that, ―...the children of citizens of the United States, that may be born ... out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born citizens: Provided that the right of citizenship shall not descend to persons whose fathers have never been resident in the United States.

d. This statute is no longer operative, however, and its formula is not included in modern nationality statutes. In any event, the fact that someone is a natural born citizen pursuant to a statute does not necessarily imply that he or she is such a citizen for Constitutional purposes.

152 posted on 05/30/2011 7:01:55 PM PDT by rolling_stone
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