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Originally posted by Fondue
His father was born in Mexico, to two U.S. citizens and his father was therefore a citizen.
Originally posted by karen61057
Originally posted by drosmo
It was my understanding that he was born in Hawaii, but gave up his American citizenship when he was adopted.
Children do not have any rights as far as a say in their citizenship. That is available to them once they turn 18 but not until then so baby Obama did not give up any citizenship. His mother would have had to do that in giving up her own citizenship when she married Sotero (SP) but she did not do that. So he is a citizen of the good Ol US of A which we already knew but somehow we are still hashing this out with stubborn people.
Originally posted by MsAphrodite
reply to post by PurpleChiten
FYI: The word is prerogative, common error.
My opinion is we have not seen the last of Hillary.
Originally posted by Fondue
reply to post by PurpleChiten
Er wrong. The constitution requires you to be a "natural born" citizen. Which is defined in the congressional statutes leading up to the drafting of the constitution. It is also defined in case law by the supreme court. A "natural born" citizen is one born of TWO U.S citizen parents. Period. That's it folks. It doesn't matter where they are born. But U.S soil is preferred. So quite simply Obama is NOT a "natural born" citizen, even if he were born in Hawaii. Even if he were born in the Lincoln bedroom at the White House.
As for Romney. His father was born in Mexico, to two U.S. citizens and his father was therefore a citizen. Romney was himself born in Detroit, of two U.S. citizen parents, Making him, "natural born" at birth.
Doesn't get simpler than that...
Originally posted by MsAphrodite
reply to post by PurpleChiten
FYI: The word is prerogative, common error.
My opinion is we have not seen the last of Hillary.
Originally posted by Intelearthling
There is a good chance that he won't be 'president' this time next year. I believe that the 'birther' movement is credible since his Kenyan grandmother admitted to being at his birth...IN KENYA.
Well, it doesn't matter now. His term is almost over with and he won't win a second. The only thing good that'll come out of 'finding out' that Obama wasn't born in the United States now is that everything that he signed into law will become void.
Originally posted by Intelearthling
I believe that the 'birther' movement is credible since his Kenyan grandmother admitted to being at his birth...IN KENYA.
Originally posted by betheflow
Of course, even then the argument hinges on a made up birth certificate which now is under lock and key after the governor of Hawaii has "legally" locked it out of reach by passing legislation that birth certificates prior to whatever year are no longer available to the public
Plus, most people don't even talk about the fact that Obama would have had to renounce his american citizenship to become a citizen in Indonesia under Indonesian law.
Originally posted by spoor
What makes you think Obama was a Indonesian citizen? Just anothe made up story!
Originally posted by MsAphrodite
reply to post by PurpleChiten
FYI: The word is prerogative, common error.
My opinion is we have not seen the last of Hillary.
Originally posted by PurpleChiten
Originally posted by MsAphrodite
reply to post by PurpleChiten
FYI: The word is prerogative, common error.
My opinion is we have not seen the last of Hillary.
Thanks! I'm a Purple Chiten, not a Spelling-Bee
Originally posted by Quark
What happens when the first test tube baby becomes prez or artificially inseminated, not natural born right?