The birth announcements do not specify the child’s place of birth. Taking them at face value, they only state that a child was born to parents and listed their home address. He could have been born anywhere and the birth announcements would have said the same thing.
I’m sure that nobody at that time knew that he would someday run for President, but being a U.S. citizen has all kinds of advantages. Stanley Ann would have been eligible for welfare, for example.
I have read that it was very easy to get a Hawaiian birth certificate back then. A close relative (grandmother, perhaps) could sign an affidavit and mail it in to the Hawaiian Dept. of Health and claim an at home birth. No independent verification required.
Something doesn’t match with his long form BC on file with Hawaii’s Dept. of Health and what was displayed at his “Fight the Smears” website. What it is that doesn’t match, I don’t know.
Fight the Smears also claimed that he was “native born” — not “natural born”. He’s a “constitutial scholar” (according to the “dinosaur” media ;) ), so he knows that the Constitution requires the President to be “natural born” - not “native born”. Why would his own campaign website say that?
“Fight the Smears also claimed that he was “native born” — not “natural born”. He’s a “constitutial scholar” (according to the “dinosaur” media ;) ), so he knows that the Constitution requires the President to be “natural born” - not “native born”. Why would his own campaign website say that?”
He is also very well aware of the fact that they mean, legally, the same thing.