“To say that concerns of whether our president/CinC might be a foreigner or have some doubtful allegiance to our country was stupid, should give you pause for reflection.”
But I didn’t say that, did I. The Constitution forbids foreigners or naturalized citizens from being President. Period. It sets no requirement for having two citizen parents, nor is there any reason why that would help.
Also, the term NBC was NOT discussed at the Constitutional convention - but it was adopted. It just doesn’t mean what many people believe because they are applying Vattel without realizing no translation of Vattel used NBC until 10 years AFTER the Constitution was adopted.
It certainly appears to a rational reader that you did - in the context of the Jay/Washington July 27 exchange the concept of having a foreign parent and also being a NBC was mutually exclusive.
Lets suppose Jay was mistaken about the term NBC; what is clear is the concern about foreign influence. If NBC had not meant 2 citizen parents at that time in America, should the pertinent concern about foreign influence also be dismissed? (Softball question, after Obama who had more than one foreign father, most would think not.)
We may be making headway here, you stipulate:
The Constitution forbids foreigners...from being President.
I suppose now we should now divine just how the parties would have defined "foreign" at that specific time (although I suspect the record is fairly clear on that).
The most certain reaction to an aspiring presidential candidate in the 1800's who happened to have a British Admiral as a father or the Queen of some potentially antagonistic nation as a mother should leave no doubt.
You get the last word, have a nice Sunday.