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To: SatinDoll

No offense meant but I believe this statement is false.

There are only two kind of citizens, naturalized and natural born. There is no third kind of citizen. McCain never went through the naturalization process, so he is either a natural citizen or an illegal alien.

Assuming Obama was born in Hawaii he instantly became a citizen, and did not go through a naturalization process. Since he is definitely not a naturalized citizen, he is automatically a natural born citizen.

Again there is no third kind of citizen.


120 posted on 11/28/2008 8:20:58 PM PST by zarodinu
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To: zarodinu

No offense taken. But please consider the following from the man who penned the 14th Amendment in 1871. Rep. John A. Bingham gave a definition of Natural Born Citizen, which stated in part:

“every human being born within the jurisdiction of the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is, in the language of your Constitution itself, a natural born citizen.”

http://federalistblog.us/2008/11/natural-born_citizen_defined.html

So, to restate Rep. Bingham’s definition of “natural born” in 21st century terms:

1. Born on U.S. soil;

2. Parents are citizens at the time of birth.

I’m not smart enough to make this stuff up!


124 posted on 11/28/2008 8:33:29 PM PST by SatinDoll (NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT!!)
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