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To: cripplecreek
These "FReepers" also conveniently forget that the Left went after McCain's natural-born citizenship requirements. The Donofrio case also questioned McCain's eligibility.

I guess these "FReepers", who talk tough about how many guns they own and how they're up for any challenge, couldn't stomach the possibility of riots from the Obama zombies. Bunch of phony keyboard warriors...

87 posted on 12/08/2008 7:35:16 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

“The Donofrio case also questioned McCain’s eligibility.”

My take on mccain’s situation is that he is the exception that disproves the rule, in that he was definitely born in a foreign country (not in the canal zone, wikipedia lies, but a mile outside of it in Colon, Panama), and thus is not natural born as per original intent, BUT that the founders certainly did not imagine permanent military bases across the world, annexing part of spanish central america for 75 years, etc., and if they had, I can only speculate that a child born to a US family military temporarily (a few years etc) overseas would have not been intended to be excluded.

The issue is so heavily politicized now, of course, that I doubt we will get any rational ruling from scotus on the topic in general for a long time.


134 posted on 12/08/2008 7:46:38 AM PST by WoofDog123
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