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To: Steel Wolf
Rubio is an American citizen under the same legal definition that Barack Obama is.

Not quite. Obama has a better claim than Rubio.

Obama had one citizen parent and one legal resident parent.

Both Rubio's parents were legal residents.

Personally, I'm a jus solis guy, so they're both NBCs in my book.

12 posted on 08/24/2011 12:44:27 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: Sherman Logan
Not quite. Obama has a better claim than Rubio. Obama had one citizen parent and one legal resident parent.

Better claim to what? You're either a U.S. citizen or you're not. Vitter notwithstanding, the 21st century interpretation of natural born citizen, as evidenced by Barack Obama, is pretty straightforward. Were you born in America?

Rubio was a U.S. citizen at the moment of his birth. Parents notwithstanding, he as an individual is no different legally than Barack Obama.

(I realize this is nothing but inflammatory, but I'm making this point for a reason. The Democrats will burst into flames if they try to attack Rubio on this. The wheels will fall off their support in Hispanic communities, and it's a monster of the Democrat's own making. The rules should naturally be more legally clarified than this, but until they are, we may as well play the game to our advantage while we can.)

26 posted on 08/24/2011 1:02:02 PM PDT by Steel Wolf ("Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master." - Gaius Sallustius Crispus)
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To: Sherman Logan
one legal resident parent.

Obama Sr. was never a resident alien. He was here on a student visa only.

48 posted on 08/24/2011 1:54:32 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens. De Vattel)
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