[null and void]

THIS pretty much blows to bits any argument that Native born and natural born are synonymous.

[Flotsam_Jetsome]

Arigatou for the Ping!

[thecodont]

Thanks for the ping!

[pray4liberty]

Do NOT allow the media to confuse you about the definition of "natural-born" and "native-born" citizen. "Natural-born" requires TWO, NOT ONE, BUT TWO AMERICAN citizen parents at the time of the child's birth. "Native-born" means born in the United States to parents where one or both parents are NOT American citizens ("anchor babies" qualify for this definition). Obama therefore, is "native-born."

Let's make this very, very clear: it is OBAMA'S FATHER'S CITIZENSHIP which he (Obama) has well-documented as KENYAN which is what disqualifies HIM from the "natural-born" citizen status. Unless he is willing to say his birth certificate is a fake or his Kenyan father is in fact, NOT his father, and he somehow dreams up an American father and new birth certificate, Obama has no where else to go on this.

Likewise, Mitt Romney, whose father was born in Mexico, and Rick Santorum, whose father may or may not have been an American citizen at the time of his birth, need to prove their eligibility on these grounds as well.