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14th amendment does not include the words natural born citizens thus it is excluded by interpretation (IMO)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statutory_interpretation per US State Department 7 FAM 1131.6-2 Eligibility for Presidency (TL:CON-68; 04-01-1998) >

a. It has never been determined definitively by a court whether a person who acquired U.S. citizenship by birth abroad to U.S. citizens is a natural-born citizen within the meaning of Article II of the Constitution and, therefore, eligible for the Presidency.

b. Section 1, Article II, of the Constitution states, in relevant part that ―No Person except a natural born Citizen...shall be eligible for the Office of President.‖

c. The Constitution does not define "natural born". The ―Act to establish an Uniform Rule of Naturalization‖, enacted March 26, 1790, (1 Stat. 103,104) provided that, ―...the children of citizens of the United States, that may be born ... out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born citizens: Provided that the right of citizenship shall not descend to persons whose fathers have never been resident in the United States

d. This statute is no longer operative, however, and its formula is not included in modern nationality statutes. In any event, the fact that someone is a natural born citizen pursuant to a statute does not necessarily imply that he or she is such a citizen for Constitutional purposes.

http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/86757.pdf

This has already been adjudicated at the supreme court level. The term "natural born citizen" is not the same thing as a "citizen".

Look, I really don't give a damn what you think about it. It doesn't even really matter what I think about it, because the political system in this country has decided to give the current resident of the WH a pass on it, for whatever reason. The law and constitution don't matter if the men with guns who are willing to use them are not willing to enforce them.