[DouglasKC]

Anchor babies who are born in the US are considered full US citizens

Eligible to be President? Suppose two citizens of Saudi Arabia who hate the United States come here illegally and have a baby. After a while they move back to their own country. They indoctrinate the child to hate the United States while grooming him to be President.

Do you think this may have been one of the scenarios that the founding fathers were trying to avoid by making the requirement "natural born"?

[what's up]

And suppose an immigrant couple from Russia who despised the system there and risked death to have their baby born in the US to be a citizen had a child who was raised with more of a knowledge of freedom because of his background and was running against someone from a family who had been here for generations and who were all Code Pinkos. I'd choose the guy from Russia.

You can make any kind of scenario to fit an argument. Truth is, if you were born on US soil and have been a citizen from birth you are on equal footing with other citizens in all ways, including running for President.

[Peter Libra]

Your post #64.

Suppose two citizens of Saudi Arabia who hate the United States come here illegally and have a baby. After a while they move back to their own country. They indoctrinate the child to hate the United States while grooming him to be President.

In addition to that, in the case of my own native country, such persons and including those who are in the United States legally, could register their child as of nationality of their native country. In no way is is fair to expect the rights of being "natural born" for those offspring.

The purpose of the Framers of the Constitution, as you state clearly, is that the filth and intrigue of European enmities and politics would not be brought to the new Republic. I would venture that - "citizens" maybe, but "natural born" absolutely no.

Barack Hossain Obama Sr. should have been a citizen of the United States.