Legal debate still surrounds McCain's birth in the Panama Canal Zone

Austin Statesman ^ | July 5, 2008 | Eunice Moscoso

[SE Mom]

Turley and Toobin, a worrisome pair if ever there was...

[SE Mom]

Have you seen this piece yet?

[mathluv]

I always thought that if both parents were natural born citizens, then the child was, too.

[Non-Sequitur]

This is beyond ridiculous. McCain is a natural born U.S. citizen and so is Obama.

[hinckley buzzard]

Humbug. McCain was born at the naval air station in the Canal Zone (US territory) to American citizens. There is no story here. Period.

As to Obama, his situation was a lot more ambiguous but who knows.

[kenavi]

They are all idiots.

[mylife]

The MSM are idiots

[Grunthor]

“The presumptive Republican presidential nominee was born Aug. 29, 1936 — not within the 50 United States, but in the Panama Canal Zone, where his father, a Navy officer, was stationed.”

One of my daughters was born in Germany where I was stationed in the early 90’s. Does this make her ineligible for the Presidency?

[Bahbah]

Aspirin?

LOL. Yes, thank you :)

[Grunthor]

Heck, I might not even vote for the guy and I agree with you.

[Grunthor]

“I’m sure there are plenty of people in both parties who would love to have a do-over.”

Yes. With closed primaries. Front load the “red states” and let us have a real race.

[crazyhorse691]

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee was born Aug. 29, 1936 — not within the 50 United States, but in the Panama Canal Zone,

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OK Eunice Moscoso, name all 50 of the states in 1936... it’s the same BS that was leveled against Goldwater in 1964 because he was born in the Arizona Territory... besides, everybody knows there are now 57 states according to the Obamanation.

[spacejunkie01]

I wrote to the author and asked that she do an article on Obama and his very questionable birth surroundings. I linked her to the big thread w/ all the details in it.

Everyone else should write her too :)

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

“Turley and Toobin, a worrisome pair if ever there was...”

I need a strong drink.

[goldstategop]

If both parents are U.S citizens, the child is for the purposes of the 1790 Naturalization Act, as though born within the United States territorial limits - a natural born citizen. Case closed. With Obama its ambiguous because only the mother was a U.S citizen and she didn't reside the required five years after the age of 16 in the U.S before giving birth to her son. So if there's a genuine constitutional question, it revolves around Obama rather than McCain.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[calcowgirl]

I say disqualify both of them. I’m sure there are plenty of people in both parties who would love to have a do-over.

BIG Bump to that!

[Jet Jaguar]

Chief of firm involved in breach is Obama adviser ( Passport Breaches By Obama Advisers Company)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1990115/posts?page=1

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

“Humbug. McCain was born at the naval air station in the Canal Zone (US territory)...”

No he was not.

And by the way, there was no such thing, ever, as a “naval air station” in the Canal Zone.

Further, quit reading Wikipedea (sp?). It is full of misinformation.

[SE Mom]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040753/posts

This might intrigue you (or not)...after the drink :)

[Political Junkie Too]

Expected counterattack to defuse examination of Obama’s provenance.

Except that the attack has yet to surface in the MSM press. Funny how the counter-attack does, but not the attack.

-PJ