But since you brought up "semantics", and only since you did, I'm going to rant, however not necessarily at you.....this country was not founded on semantics, and I am fed up with the dumbing down of everything about my country, everything that has made us what we are, and everything this country was founded on. Someone better come up with the guts to finally take a stand and put this country back on an even keel, and soon. I've lived in one hell-hole (Saudi Arabia) and traveled all around this world. There has never been another country or government I've wanted to live in and I by-d*mn want my country back.
We have already settled for, at the least, second best in the last election due to the dumbing down, stupidity and ignorance of too many citizens and this country is being torn apart. But if that is what we are going to have as the new level to live down to, and since the Constitution is already being shredded and we are not longer a nation of laws but a nation of selected laws to enforce, maybe it really doesn't matter any more. H*ll, lets just settle for anyone that even has a green card, or maybe not even bother with that distinction either. Shoot, we already have a dictator in the works, lets just be happy with that.
deep breath Ok, Rant over, for now
If his parents weren't naturalized before he was born, he shouldn't run.
He'd be good in a cabinet position however.
And they'll be called kooks and nutballs just like birthers. The middle ground would never fall fall it. In fact it would turn off moderates & populists the same way birthers do, especially since it is a far weaker argument than the birther one.