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Here's the problem... you just ruled out the vast majority of Americans, myself included. My grandmother (English) married my grandfather (son of Scotish immigrants from mid 1800's) after WWII. My mother was born in England and was brought to the US shortly thereafter.

Please explain to me why I don't deserve to be a US citizen at birth, as I am the grandson of an Army veteran who fought in WWII and his English wife, and the son of a woman who spent less than two years of her life in the UK.

Do the same for all of the other Irish, Italian, German, and other immigrants that flooded the US in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Not to mention the Asians from the 1800's and others.

I didn't watch the show, but I've seen countless ads for it... lots of "clever" ads in the New York Times that are fake political cartoons with lobbyists fretting over how to "buy" a woman president, etc.

Every ad essentially said, "look, a WOMAN president! A show about a president who is a WOMAN! Not a MAN! WOMAN! Yeah! WOMAN! Not a man, not like other presidents, she's a WOMAN! Check it out, WOMAN!"

Now, I'm a man, and to be honest I'm not the least bit opposed to a female president, and I don't really care too much if my president is a man or a woman, so long as he or she reflects my political and other values. To those opposed to a female president on the grounds that she would be more likely to be a liberal, two words for you - Margaret Thatcher.

The ad campaign seemed like something for a Lifetime movie or mini-series rather than something to be taken seriously. Maybe they thought they'd get some shock value out of a WOMAN president, but we're in the 21st century and it's certainly possible.

If they want to make a show that's good by its own rights, they really ought to avoid making it a one-trick horse, and this looks like they're setting themselves up for such a problem.