Deeper research and investigation into this matter finds that the
STAGING FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE ELIGIBILITY
question appears to have been addressed by a contingent of lawmakers earlier this year in the form of Congressional Resolution 511, a resolution co-sponsored by OBAMA himself.
UNDER THE GUISE of putting to rest any objection to Senator John
McCain’s eligibility to become our nation’s President because he was
born outside of the U.S., the media fell all over themselves by as
they praised Obama’s sense of fair play as illustrated by such
headlines and articles as: Obama Backs Law That Aids McCain,
(Washington Post, March 1, 2008) and Clinton, Obama Agree: McCain’s a
“Natural Born Citizen” (Wall Street Journal, April 11, 2008)
-—>Closer scrutiny of this resolution, however, finds that the resolution
actually was expanded far beyond what was necessary to merely apply to
Senator McCain: it was expanded to include naturalized citizens, which
ironically was the “cause of death” for this resolution. <———
RESOLUTION
Recognizing that John Sidney McCain, III, is a natural born citizen.
Whereas the Constitution of the United States requires that, to be eligible for the Office of the President, a person must be a ‘‘natural born Citizen’’ of the United States; Whereas the term ‘‘natural born Citizen’’, as that term appears in Article II, Section 1, is not defined in the Constitution of the United States;
Whereas there is no evidence of the intention of the Framers or any Congress to limit the constitutional rights of children born to Americans serving in the military nor to prevent those children from serving as their country’s President;
Whereas such limitations would be inconsistent with the purpose and intent of the ‘‘natural born Citizen’’ clause of the Constitution of the United States, as evidenced by the First Congress’s own statute defining the term ‘‘natural born Citizen’’;
Whereas the well-being of all citizens of the United States is preserved and enhanced by the men and women who are assigned to serve our country outside of our national borders;
Whereas previous presidential candidates were born outside of the United States of America and were understood to be eligible to be President; and Whereas John Sidney McCain, III, was born to American citizens on an American military base in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936:
Now, therefore, be it 1 Resolved, That John Sidney McCain, III, is a ‘‘nat2 ural born Citizen’’ under Article II, Section 1, of the Con3 stitution of the United States.
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Ping to post 144. Somehow I missed this little ditty reading about this stuff.
Gemsbok...do you have a link to the bill and articles about the bill? Who else co-sponsored it? Who wrote it? This makes Obama and his supporters look even MORE guilty than they already do.
The Congress has no say in this matter at all.