[Jeff Winston]

"shall be considered as " does not mean "BE"

Okay, then. They clearly specified that such persons SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS eligible to the Presidency.

In practical legal effect, there's no difference.

Whether you say "are" or "shall be considered as," it's clear that they meant for such persons to be eligible to be elected President. So your entire idiotic claim is slapped down, stone cold, by 40% of those who signed the Constitution.

[DiogenesLamp]

As Abraham Lincoln once asked a witness "Suppose you call a tail a leg... How many legs would a sheep have?"

The Witness replied "Five."

To which Lincoln said, "No, four. Just because you call a tail a leg doesn't make it so."