McCain's Campaign then said he's qualified, and to lay off. But McCain, honestly, I think is brain damaged. He has an excuse. I think the Vietnamese put him in a hot box for too long and sizzled what little he had to begin with. (He's campaigning for Romney now, and tells people Obama will fix the economy. It's pathetic to watch. Like watching a drunk try to negotiate a sidewalk.)
McCain put Obama in the white house. He's now doing his best to keep him there. Romney was a damn fool to get on stage with this A-hole.
PA-RIVER wrote: “It was back in June of 2008 when I first learned he was born a dual citizen. Not Qualified. That simple.”
Can you cite where you posted at about that time, June of 2008, that dual citizenship disqualified Obama? I’ve been saying that, to the best of my knowledge, not a single the birther said anything about this legal theory until October or November of 2008. If that’s wrong, please cite.
Interesting use of the term; you must mean A for Arizona! Those people always choose the wrong candidate in primaries.
The Constitution does not define the meaning of “natural born Citizen.” The U.S. Supreme Court gives meaning to terms that are not expressly defined in the Constitution by looking to the context in which those terms are used; to statutes enacted by the First Congress, Marsh v. Chambers, 463 U.S. 783, 790-91 (1983); and to the common law at the time of the Founding. United Suites v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649, 655 (1898). These sources all confirm that the phrase “natural born” includes both birth abroad to parents who were citizens, and birth within a nation’s territory and allegiance. Thus, regardless of the sovereign status of the Panama Canal Zone at the time of Senator McCain’s birth, he is a “natural born” citizen because he was born to parents who were U.S. citizens.
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Indeed, the statute that the First Congress enacted on this subject not only established that such children are U.S. citizens, but also expressly referred to them as “natural born citizens.” Act of Mar. 26, 1790, ch. 3, § 1, 1 Stat. 103, 104.
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Historical practice confirms that birth on soil that is under the sovereignty of the United States, but not within a State, satisfies the Natural Born Citizen Clause. For example, Vice President Charles Curtis was born in the territory of Kansas on January 25, 1860 — one year before Kansas became a State. Because the Twelfth Amendment requires that Vice Presidents possess the same qualifications as Presidents, the service of Vice President Curtis verifies that the phrase “natural born Citizen” includes birth outside of any State but within U.S. territory. Similarly, Senator Barry Goldwater was born in Arizona before its statehood, yet attained the Republican Party’s presidential nomination in 1964. And Senator Barack Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961 — not long after its admission to the Union on August 21, 1959. We find it inconceivable that Senator Obama would have been ineligible for the Presidency had he been born two years earlier.