Installment #2 of 50.
Then, in addition, there is this:
8 U.S.C. § 1403. Persons born in the Canal Zone or Republic of Panama on or after February 26, 1904
(a) Any person born in the Canal Zone on or after February 26, 1904, and whether before or after the effective date of this chapter, whose father or mother or both at the time of the birth of such person was or is a citizen of the United States, is declared to be a citizen of the United States.
(b) Any person born in the Republic of Panama on or after February 26, 1904, and whether before or after the effective date of this chapter, whose father or mother or both at the time of the birth of such person was or is a citizen of the United States employed by the Government of the United States or by the Panama Railroad Company, or its successor in title, is declared to be a citizen of the United States.
End of story.
OBTW, where was Obama born?
Hey! Senator Barack Hussein Obama is a constitutional scholar, let’s ask him!
The effin’ Times endorsed him not knowing if he was eligible.
Idiots...true idiots.
But what IS funny about this is that one could very accurately describe John McCain as an hispanic American. See http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg/1997standards.html.
So we have, each respectively with significantly probability, the first potential female (well, sorta female) president, the first potential black (well, half-black) president, and the first potential hispanic president (well, sorta hispanic). LOL
BTW, where was Obama born? Wasn't it Indonesia or was it in the U.S.?
reminds me of Algore’s line about there being no controlling precedent; the difference here is the plain language of the Constitution and Federal Code clearly and unquestionably make McCain a qualified citizen for candidacy. that’s why the slimes acknowledges the very strong argument in his favor; if anybody ever actually files a legal challenge it will be deemed frivolous and sanctionable.
was ombama born on US soil? And having a father NOT a US citizen how does that affect him????????????????????
Hillary and Bill are running an unconstitutional third term. Let’s call it a draw.
There is nothing illegal about McCain’s citizenship. Nothing that a new identity couldn’t fix. Let’s give him someone else’s SSN and pretend that he’s just like anyone else who steals an identity. A hardworking American.
I say if you were not “naturalized” through immigration laws, you are a “natural-born” citizen.
OK, so I may end up voting for the dirtbag anyway.
It was a part of the US at the time he was born. He’s legit.
The NYT’s last effort, the affair-with-the-lobbyist story, has been credited with putting him over Obama in the national generic polls Rasmussen is running. Right now McCain is probably praying the Times can do a story like this every day between now and November.
What a stupid thing to even bother bringing up. It’s almost as bad as the “Obama’s a muslim sleeper” crap.
Forget Panama.
Being born in 1936 should disqualify McCain.
More from the morons at the Times.
The Panama Canal Zone was American territory from 1904 to 1979, then a mixed bag under the control of the joint US-Panama Canal Commission to 1999, then was turned over to Panama.
It even had a US Federal District Court there.
As mentioned up in the thread, there is also specific parts of the US code legislating citizenship for Zonians.
Hey New York Times - go find Obama’s secret girlfriends rather than beating this dead horse.
The Communists at Pravda must be worried.
The real message behind the NY Slimes story line and all their story lines on McCain that will follow is, “Shouldn’t the democrat nominee win by default?” I mean, why hold an election right? Afterall, its time to finally get rid of that pesky constitution (while obstensibly standing for it), and just declare a marxist state. Senator McCain is standing in the way and must simply be declared invalid, illegal or a hypocrit or all the above.
Yes, this is a minor story but it is part of the soft coup that is going on in this country. Suddenly all Republicans face investigation and are illegal while Willie Jefferson gets to keep his moola in the fridge, Dirty Harry becomes a real estate mogul and Jackass Murtha continues to pork up his distric like it was a hog farm on military contracts while slandering innocent Marines.