[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.

[no dems]

Verginius Rufus said:

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.

Man, it is so frustrating to me that nothing is being done about this. We've always been taught that we are "a nation of laws; not of men". Now, is that longer true? What in the hell is going on? Can nothing be done about this? Do we have no recourse? YES; I'M FRUSTRATED!!!