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To: antceecee

These threads made me realize that my son does NOT have a long form American birth certificate Ask me why.

Because he was born in another country!! The Embassy only gives short forms. I used to think that my son was natural born because he got the USA BC right away and the passport. Now I am realizing that he is not, and could never become President. Whew. Oh, wait, I have two more sons that could run. Whoops.


199 posted on 12/02/2008 9:34:11 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: Yaelle
I used to think that my son was natural born because he got the USA BC right away and the passport. Now I am realizing that he is not, and could never become President.

I think your son would qualify, provided that both you and your spouse were U.S. citizens at the time. McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone, which was U.S. territory at the time. However, his "natural born citizenship" came from the fact that both his parents were U.S. citizens.

In Obama's case, only his Mommie was a U.S. citizen, so she could not automatically confer natural born citizenship on her son.

280 posted on 12/02/2008 10:35:01 PM PST by Jess Kitting
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