[Flotsam_Jetsome]

"You are not a reasonable person in this instance, because you refuse to recognize with reason how you are using the terminology exactly contrary to its meaning and historical usage."

You're kinder than I, WhiskeyX.

"In short, you subscribe to the definition of the Mr. Waite that you reference."

It's Chief Justice Waite of the United States Supreme Court, and the decision was 9-0.

"However, most reasonable people would not, instead recognizing that “natural born citizen” means exactly what it says: a citizen born on the United States, regardless of their parents’ status." You (DNA.2012) are implying that neither Chief Justice Waite, nor those who agree with the decision are by default unreasonable.

You've been here for a very short time to be pontificating on a subject that, by all appearances, you have only the most cursory understanding of.

Welcome to FR.

Thanks for the thorough explanation, Spaulding. As always.

[Flotsam_Jetsome]

You (DNA.2012) are implying that Chief Justice Waite, and those who agree with the decision are by default UNreasonable.

Fixed, for the grammar nazis.

[DNA.2012]

You've been here for a very short time

Irrelevant. There is a real world beyond your cyber-EchoChamber.