The children of foreign diplomats are not born citizens of the United States.
This is by statute and international laws.
The Child of an American Citizen born in a foreign country is born a citizen of the United States.
We can argue why the founders used the term "Natural Born Citizen" until the cows come home. The fact is that the constitution gave Congress the power and authority to determine who will be a citizen at the time of birth (and hence a Natural Born Citizen) and the Law under which Ted Cruz was born granted him American Citizenship at birth.
The 14th Amendment modified all Citizenship statuses and gave Congress the power and authority to pass specific legislation to enforce the provisions of the 14th Amendment. Therefore if an American is born a Citizen in accordance with laws passed by Congress, then that person is a Natural Born Citizen.
These stupid esoteric arguments about the meaning of the word in 1776 have no application because the entire meaning of Citizen was changed with the enactment of the 14th Amendment. There is no more a slave class of people born in the United States who are not considered citizens.
The Supreme Court will NEVER remove or declare Ted Cruz ineligible to be president. So these arguments are not constructive to the cause of Free Republic, but are destructive to the entire conservative movement.
It is long past time you just accpeted the FACT that Ted Cruz is not only eligible to be president, but DESTINED to be president.