[molson209]

Romney’s father was born in Mexico , does that put him and Obama in the same boat

[no dems]

Romney’s father was born in Mexico , does that put him and Obama in the same boat
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I dunno. Good question.

[Verginius Rufus]

That issue was raised when George Romney ran for President in the 1960s. George Romney's parents were US citizens so he should be a "natural born citizen" even though born outside the confines of the US.

As far as how the term "natural born citizen" would have been understood in 1787, it seems that a key requirement was that the parents (or at least the father) of the child were citizens at the time of the birth. So Obama does not qualify even if he was born in Hawaii--but neither does Rubio even though he was born in the US.

My theory is that the birth certificate that has been released is a fake not because the real one would show that Obama was born in Kenya but because of other information which would be damaging to him.

[jersey117]

None of them are in the same boat. Obama is the only one who hates America and everything she stands for.