[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.

[pissant]

You are not a NBC just by virtue of being born here. One parent must be a citizen.

[El Gato]

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.

It's not your choice if the former is not eligible. The Constitution is what it is. Don't like it? Propose an amendment. The key to what it is, is the definition, in 1787, of "natural born citizen".

[El Gato]

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.

Truth is, the matter has never been adjudicated. Truth also is that some references, known to be used by the authors of the Constitution, indicate that "natural born" requires both parents to be citizens. Other people take your side of that argument. Even many liberals maintained that the test was "both parents citizens", even if they disapproved of that test. They proposed that the Constitution be amended, which is the right way to change it's meaning.