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reply posted on 16-6-2008 @ 04:59 AM by Cyberbian
These are extracted from Wikipedia on the subject.


“ No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States. ”

US presidential candidates born outside the US
"The constitutional wording has left doubts about whether those born on foreign soil are on an equal footing with those whose birth occurred inside the country's borders, and whether they have the same rights."[1] Though every president and vice president to date (as of 2008) has either been a citizen at the adoption of the Constitution, or else born in a U.S. state or Washington D.C.[2], a number of presidential candidates have been born elsewhere.[3]

Barry Goldwater, who ran as the Republican party nominee in 1964, was born in Arizona while it was still a U.S. territory. Although Arizona was not a state, it was a fully organized and incorporated territory of the United States, making it debatable whether or not he was born outside the United States.[4]



Hawaii became a state in 1978. It was a territory when obama was born. There you have it "Debatable" as being the judgement of an independent source without regard to this specific instance.
Obama was born on August 4, 1961, at the Kapiolani Medical Center in the territory of Hawaii.

Obviously this detail has never been contested, but that does not mean that it cannot be contested.


[edit on 16-6-2008 by Cyberbian]


reply posted on 20-6-2008 @ 02:18 PM by SRTkid86
reply to post by projectvxn



im not sure you understand, the requirements for being president are more than you just being a natural citizen of the united states.


reply posted on 21-6-2008 @ 10:21 PM by projectvxn
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Dude Hawaii Became a state in 1959. Not 1978. Great spin work. Check you freakin' sources.

www.answers.com...

www.50states.com...

www.enchantedlearning.com...

www.gohawaii.com...

Christ people get lazy with research.


reply posted on 21-6-2008 @ 10:24 PM by projectvxn
Originally posted by SRTkid86
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post by projectvxn



im not sure you understand, the requirements for being president are more than you just being a natural citizen of the united states.



So you want to be president? Forget the nerves of steel, the charisma, the skeleton-free closet, the fund-raising network, the thick skin and the legions of loyal folks who agree with your stance on all the issues. Just to get into the game, you have to ask: How old are you and where were you born? * Only native-born U.S. citizens (or those born abroad, but only to parents who were both citizens of the U.S.) may be president of the United States, though from time to time that requirement is called into question, most recently after Arnold Schwarzenegger, born in Austria, was elected governor of California, in 2003. The Constitution originally provided a small loophole to this provision: One needn't have been born in the United States but had to be a citizen at the time the Constitution was adopted. But, since that occurred in 1789, that ship has sailed. * One must also be at least 35 years of age to be president. John F. Kennedy was the youngest person to be elected president; he was 43 years old when he was inaugurated in 1961. There is no maximum age limit set forth in the Constitution. Ronald Reagan was the oldest president; at the end of his term in 1988, he was nearly 77. * Finally, one must live in the United States for at least 14 years to be president, in addition to being a natural-born citizen. The Constitution is vague on this point. For example, it does not make clear whether those 14 years need to be consecutive or what the precise definition of residency is. So far, however, this requirement has not been challenged. These are the only explicit criteria in the Constitution

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