You do have a knack for creating things I didn’t say, don’t you?? What I DID say was when the rules for eligibility to the presidency were being documented, the early group of folks later to elected president couldn’t have met the natural born citizen requirement because there was NO USA at the time of their birth for them to have been born into, neither were their parents citizens either at that time. NO one alive and of age during the Constitutional Convention could have met that requirement, hence the exception for them was absolutely necessary as a very practical matter. Do I also need to draw you a picture? SHEEESH
JC
What I’m trying to get you to explain to me is, when did they decide to change this rule, or codify it, or whatever? When did they define it the way you seem to understand it? Here is a list of Presidents with one or both parents who were foreign born:
Thomas Jefferson‘s mother was born in England
Andrew Jackson‘s parents were both born in Ireland
James Buchanan had an Irish father
Chester A. Arthur had an Irish father
Woodrow Wilson‘s mother was English
Herbert Hoover had a Canadian-born mother
Obama’s father was born in Kenya
Not all of these people were from those early times.
I don’t doubt that this issue will come up (spearheaded by people who don’t like Rubio). However, if I had to place a bet on it, real money, I would guess that if it made it to the SCOTUS they would find that it was NOT a correct reading of the Constitution.
I’m sorry this became a fight. I simply think this is not a real issue and it pains me to see conservatives get inflamed over this, as it looks a lot like the Truther stuff.
Oh, and yes, I love pictures, if you can draw something nice, go ahead. :)