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To: Scooter100; TexasVoter
With no clear support in the text of the constitution itself (other than eccentric resentful definitions of "natural born citizen" which are those of the critics and not at all in the text) and without any relevant court decisions on the subject at hand: what business have you making demands for such documents?

This is especially so since you seem to imagine that to be a natural born citizen, a person MUST be born of TWO US citizens AND be born on "US soil" which also needs definition. Are American military bases "US soil?" Are American diplomatic facilities "US soil?" If there are birth complications requiring hospitalization for such personnel on foreign soil but near where they are stationed, is the child denied "natural born citizen" status by the accident of the medical condition of his American citizen mother at his birth who is married to his American citizen father?

Texas Voter seems to imagine that McCain's birth to a father serving in the United States Navy in a substantial capacity outside the country at American Naval Base and who somehow failed and neglected to send his American citizen wife back to "US soil" to ensure that Senator McQueeg would satisfy imagined qualifications which seem closely related to the much later fantasy agenda of today's border mania crowd. This, in spite of the fact that his paternal grandfather was a truly major figure in the Pacific theater of the navy in World War II. I hope that the words "thank you very much for your service" are not uttered by people who believe such nonsense as this "birther" baloney to anyone who has served abroad.

That being said, I certainly believe it would be a wonderful if each and every POTUS and VPOTUS candidate would provide each and every document you request as to self and parents so that we can fully air this "issue" and demolish it in the public square. It would appear that either that the candidates' long form birth certificate proving US birth OR documentary proof of one parent's citizenship would suffice. However, it would not put the controversy to rest. I believe that the Congress would have jurisdiction to enact a law requiring such documentation as a pre-condition of any candidacy for those two offices and each state might have jurisdiction to do likewise as a condition of the candidate being listed on any primary or general election ballot and that would include requirement that no potential delegates (in state legislation) or electors for any candidate (state or federal legislation) be listed on a ballot if such documentation is not submitted.

118 posted on 04/02/2012 5:23:48 PM PDT by BlackElk ( Dean of Discipline ,Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Society. Burn 'em Bright!)
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To: BlackElk

As far as I know, Romney, Gingrich, Santorum and Rubio have not provided thorough eligibility documents for public scrutiny. These guys better get off their tushes and do it, because voters are a whole heck of a lot smarter than they were in 2008 and will be demanding to see clear evidence. Out of the group, it’s my understanding that Romney and Rubio especially need to air out their credentials.


122 posted on 04/02/2012 7:31:53 PM PDT by Scooter100 ("Now that the fog has lifted, I still can't find my pipe". --- S. Holmes)
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