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Wasn't my question. I asked what did the fathers think. It's very simple. The law recognized natural born and naturalized. If you are born to US citizens...even while out of the country (on vacation, on a military base, etc) you are natural born. If you are born on this soil...you are natural born. If you are born somewhere else to non-citizens then you are only able to be naturalized.

That is the framers intent...and what established law has said.

So...you would deny the right for ALL kids born out of this country because their parents were 1) On some business, vacation, etc or 2) Their parent(s) was/were on active duty in Germany, Japan, etc...??? So...according to you, Henry, Madison and Jefferson would agree on preventing some E-4's kid from being president one day because that E-4 was stationed in England when the child was born?

Really?

While I agree with your issues about those born to two American citizen parents overseas, I highly disagree with this:

“If you are born on this soil...you are natural born.”

So in your opinion then, anyone who sneaks across the border can produce a child who will be eligible to be President?

Two Al Quida agents could sneak across and have a baby that is eligible? Iranian secret agents?

Dont answer because you already did. As your post states:

“If you are born on this soil...you are natural born.”

So you obviously believe that the Framers wrote the Presidential eligibility clause section of the Constitution based upon an open borders policy?

That is not a conservative positition at all. It has no respect for our soveriegnity or our National Security at all. It is to assert that the Framers had an open borders mentality towards the position of Commander-in-Chief.