-PJ
Except that he doesn't say that. The "foreigner; always half a foreigner, and always married to a foreigner" that Paine speaks of is an obvious reference the the British monarchy. The only time he links the presidency with citizenship is when he writes, "The presidency in America (or, as it is sometimes called, the executive) is the only office from which a foreigner is excluded, and in England it is the only one to which he is admitted. A foreigner cannot be a member of Parliament, but he may be what is called a king."