[Kenny Bunk]

Cat, there is a "scale" of qualifications for the various Federal elected offices in the Constitution. They spell out age, citizenship, and time of residency. A native-born or naturalized citizen may qualify for any office in the land, except President, providing the age and residency requirements are met. The President alone must be a "Natural Born Citizen." The fact that there is a difference spelled out has escaped you.

If "Native" meant "Natural," IMHO, the founders would have said so.

.... those who were immigrants but whose children were born in the realm ....

By that logic: Note that Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. was not an immigrant. He was a visitor. His children would be citizens of his country, as BHO, Jr. freely admits in Ayers' biography of him, when he tells us he was a "dual citizen."

The concept of dual citizenship aside, upon reaching his majority, BHO, Jr. could have chosen British, or Kenyan Citizenship. If he were indeed born in Hawaii to an American mother, he could choose to be naturalized as an American citizen.

A Natural Born Citizen could have no such option.

[Republican Wildcat]

I wasn’t debating the point as to whether Obama’s status was that of being born to a visitor or an immigrant. You completely ignored what I actually said and responded to something I didn’t say at all. Why do you do that?