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To: CrazyCatChick
A person born on US soil is able to vote and run for office without having to be naturalized.

Run for every office except President and Vice President.

The Founding Fathers (or Founding Non-birthing parents, if you prefer) wanted the holders of those two singular offices to be free of any hint of divided loyalties.

Imaging if you will that Panamanian born (born outside the Canal Zone) John McCain became president.

What happens when an enemy stirs up trouble in Panama? ANYTHING McCain did or didn't do would become a political football! Did he defend Panama just because he was born there? Is he ignoring the threat to the south of us and the Monroe Doctrine because he doesn't want to seem like he's catering to Panama? ad nauseum.

He or she would be excoriated on CNN, et al. 24/7/365.241

(Unless they were a democrat, of course!)

281 posted on 07/27/2023 6:44:32 PM PDT by null and void (Intelligence has limits, while gullibility doesn't. ~ SunkenCiv)
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To: null and void

+1


285 posted on 07/27/2023 6:48:14 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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