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To: FreeAtlanta
Here's what the U.S. Constitution website has to say is one of the ways (there actually are quite a few) a person becomes a U.S. citizen: "Any one born outside the United States, if one parent is an alien and as long as the other parent is a citizen of the U.S. who lived in the U.S. for at least five years (with military and diplomatic and diplomatic service included in this time)."

People need to be taught history better, but then that wouldn't allow liberals to re-write history to better suit them, ala 1984. The Constitution says you must be born here or be a citizen at the time of the adoption of the Constitution to be qualified to be President. This was inserted because everyone of age to be President had not been "born" in the U.S. as there had not been a "United States" until the Constitution was written, otherwise no one would have been eligible to be President.
The "diplomatic service" stuff was inserted later so as to clarify that those born to diplomatic staff in foreign countries would be eligible, as those were U.S. residents serving overseas.

18 posted on 12/23/2008 10:55:04 PM PST by jeffc (They're coming to take me away! Ha-ha, he-he, ho-ho!)
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To: jeffc

They can try to rewrite history all they want, but God is the ultimate Historian. He knows what has happened, and he knows what is in the hearts of these evil men and women. Their actions are recorded.


25 posted on 12/24/2008 6:29:44 AM PST by FreeAtlanta (Join the Constitution Party)
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