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To: Sloth

Well, I’m going by Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution, “No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President.” His mother was born in Kansas, an American citizen, which means Obama is still considered as such, even if born on foreign soil, unless she renounced her citizenship prior to his birth on foreign soil. We had a Presidential candidate in 1968 who ran who was born on foreign soil (Mexico) to American parents and because of that, he was still qualified to run because he was a citizen by virtue of his parents.


141 posted on 08/05/2008 8:23:07 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

But his father was a citizen, that is the difference here.

Obama’s father was not a citizen. You said the candidate had two American citizens as parents. And I would assume both were over 21? Therefore the ruling Sloth found wouldn’t apply to them.


200 posted on 08/05/2008 9:13:28 AM PDT by autumnraine
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Obama’s father was not a citizen.

Obama’s mother was not 21.

The ruling Sloth posted overrules your example.


201 posted on 08/05/2008 9:14:10 AM PDT by autumnraine
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