[JoSixChip]

There may be an argument that 'natural born' is not the same as 'citizen at birth',

Gee, ya think? By your logic, osama bin loden's son who was born and raised in Pakistan to a mother of dual US/Pakistani citizenship is eligible to be POTUS. I don't think that is quite what the founders had in mind.

[omegatoo]

Gee, ya think? By your logic,

I made no such argument. There are many on this forum and elsewhere stating categorically that Cruz is not a citizen. This is proof that they are wrong.

Whether every 'citizen at birth' is also a 'natural born citizen' and therefore eligible for the presidency is an entirely different question which I specifically stated was not addressed by this information.

Love,
O2

[unlearner]

“By your logic, osama bin loden’s son who was born and raised in Pakistan to a mother of dual US/Pakistani citizenship is eligible to be POTUS.”

While we’re on the subject of logic, you are using the logical fallacy of “appeal to consequences”.

Are you saying that the same son would be eligible if he was born here and Osama had naturalized?

Is the “natural born citizen” clause a guarantee that Congress cannot enact stupid laws or that voters cannot elect a bad president?

If Obama is truly a natural born citizen, would that make his acts as president less repugnant?

[Crucial]

I’ll go with Cruz. I’d rather go down in flames with someone bwho might be ineligible than a pretender. And if the country goes under, it will go under because of a Democrat.