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Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
reply to post by ericsnow
The guy in the video is a con artist.
For John McCain, there were two questions that had to be answered. BECAUSE HE WAS NOT BORN ON AMERICAN SOIL. If his parents were Mexican, and he was born on an overseas US military base, he would not be a natural born citizen.
Because he was not born on American soil, they had to look to the citizenship of his parents. Obama was born on US soil and is a citizen no matter what.
en.wikipedia.org...
Statute, by birth within U.S.
As of 2006, United States Federal law () defines ten categories of person who are United States citizens from birth. According to that law, the following acquire citizenship at birth:
* "a person born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof"
* "a person born in the United States to a member of an Indian, Eskimo, Aleutian, or other aboriginal tribe" (see Indian Citizenship Act of 1924).
* "a person of unknown parentage found in the United States while under the age of five years, until shown, prior to his attaining the age of twenty-one years, not to have been born in the United States"
* "a person born in an outlying possession of the United States of parents one of whom is a citizen of the United States who has been physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for a continuous period of one year at any time prior to the birth of such person"
edit on 29-4-2011 by Illusionsaregrander because: (no reason given)edit on 29-4-2011 by Illusionsaregrander because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Blarneystoner
Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
reply to post by ericsnow
The guy in the video is a con artist.
For John McCain, there were two questions that had to be answered. BECAUSE HE WAS NOT BORN ON AMERICAN SOIL. If his parents were Mexican, and he was born on an overseas US military base, he would not be a natural born citizen.
Because he was not born on American soil, they had to look to the citizenship of his parents. Obama was born on US soil and is a citizen no matter what.
en.wikipedia.org...
Statute, by birth within U.S.
As of 2006, United States Federal law () defines ten categories of person who are United States citizens from birth. According to that law, the following acquire citizenship at birth:
* "a person born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof"
* "a person born in the United States to a member of an Indian, Eskimo, Aleutian, or other aboriginal tribe" (see Indian Citizenship Act of 1924).
* "a person of unknown parentage found in the United States while under the age of five years, until shown, prior to his attaining the age of twenty-one years, not to have been born in the United States"
* "a person born in an outlying possession of the United States of parents one of whom is a citizen of the United States who has been physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for a continuous period of one year at any time prior to the birth of such person"
edit on 29-4-2011 by Illusionsaregrander because: (no reason given)edit on 29-4-2011 by Illusionsaregrander because: (no reason given)
I completely agree... Obama was born on US soil. Children born on US soil whose parents are BOTH from other countries are citizens of the US. Children born on U.S. soil automatically acquire American citizenship for life. The 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees USA citizenship at birth to almost all individuals born in the U.S. or in U.S. jurisdictions.
Originally posted by Annee
Originally posted by taccj9903
Was Obama's father considered a national?
What does that mean.
And what exactly does it have to do with Obama being born a natural citizen in Hawaii?
Originally posted by JohnPhoenix
Why does everyone believe that Obama was born in Hawaii? I remember his grand mother ( or who ever she was - family member) say she remembered when he was born in Kenya - then she changed her story for the next interview.. so.. whats up with that?
What Liddy was referring to is actually an affidavit filed by a street preacher named Ron McRae, who conducted an interview with Sarah Obama, the second wife of President Obama's grandfather, through a translator. (Sarah Obama is not the president's biological grandmother, but he calls her "Granny Sarah.")
In that interview, Sarah Obama does in fact say at one point that she was there for her grandson's birth. But that was a mistake, a confusion in translation. As soon as a jubilant McRae began to press her for further details about her grandson being born in Kenya, the family realized the mistake and corrected him. And corrected him. And corrected him. (The audio is available for download here.)
You apparently didn’t. Had you read it you would have noticed the first paragraph of the statute, that says—
Originally posted by taccj9903
Did you not read the section 1401, title 8 of the US code that gimme_some_truth provided the link for?
The following shall be nationals and citizens of the United States at birth:
(a) a person born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof;
That’s for births outside the United States. This is what you quoted—
According to gimme_some_truth "So according to US law, one qualifies as a natural born citizen if they were born in the US and one of his parents is a citizen of the United States who has been physically present in the United States or one of it's outlying possessions for a continuous period of one year."
a person born outside of the United States and its outlying possessions ...
What? The term ‘naturalized’ in the 14th Amendment is not even a remote reference, let alone an “apparent reference,” to natural born.
Originally posted by civilchallenger
Right, the 14th amendment defines (or redefines) the term "citizen". You can also notice that while it uses the term "naturalized" in an apparent reference to "natural-born" it does not define that particular term.
Originally posted by Sinnthia
Originally posted by JohnPhoenix
Why does everyone believe that Obama was born in Hawaii? I remember his grand mother ( or who ever she was - family member) say she remembered when he was born in Kenya - then she changed her story for the next interview.. so.. whats up with that?
You are remembering a lie and not even remembering it correctly. It was all one interview and the translation was corrected immediately, something WND forgets to report.
No, Obama's grandmother didn't say he was born in Kenya
What Liddy was referring to is actually an affidavit filed by a street preacher named Ron McRae, who conducted an interview with Sarah Obama, the second wife of President Obama's grandfather, through a translator. (Sarah Obama is not the president's biological grandmother, but he calls her "Granny Sarah.")
In that interview, Sarah Obama does in fact say at one point that she was there for her grandson's birth. But that was a mistake, a confusion in translation. As soon as a jubilant McRae began to press her for further details about her grandson being born in Kenya, the family realized the mistake and corrected him. And corrected him. And corrected him. (The audio is available for download here.)
Originally posted by Sinnthia
Originally posted by JohnPhoenix
Why does everyone believe that Obama was born in Hawaii? I remember his grand mother ( or who ever she was - family member) say she remembered when he was born in Kenya - then she changed her story for the next interview.. so.. whats up with that?
You are remembering a lie and not even remembering it correctly. It was all one interview and the translation was corrected immediately, something WND forgets to report.
No, Obama's grandmother didn't say he was born in Kenya
What Liddy was referring to is actually an affidavit filed by a street preacher named Ron McRae, who conducted an interview with Sarah Obama, the second wife of President Obama's grandfather, through a translator. (Sarah Obama is not the president's biological grandmother, but he calls her "Granny Sarah.")
In that interview, Sarah Obama does in fact say at one point that she was there for her grandson's birth. But that was a mistake, a confusion in translation. As soon as a jubilant McRae began to press her for further details about her grandson being born in Kenya, the family realized the mistake and corrected him. And corrected him. And corrected him. (The audio is available for download here.)
Originally posted by JohnPhoenix
Why does everyone believe that Obama was born in Hawaii? I remember his grand mother ( or who ever she was - family member) say she remembered when he was born in Kenya - then she changed her story for the next interview.. so.. whats up with that?
Originally posted by aptness
Naturalized refers to the process of naturalization, the acquisition of US citizenship by non-US citizens. It has nothing to do with natural born citizen.
In fact, if there are people who aren’t natural born citizens for sure it’s naturalized citizens.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.
Originally posted by JohnPhoenix
Ma.. Granny is off saying things to the press again.. We need to stop her now before she does too much damage...
Yeah.. right.. I'm gonna believe that it was just a simple mistake.. LOL What a load of Crap. I'm surprised an educated person like yourself fell for it.edit on 1-5-2011 by JohnPhoenix because: ed
I think you could be wrong. The above only applied to U.S. citizenship. That's very different than the natural born status you are required to have to become a President. Notice nowhere above does it say anything about having to be "natural born."
Why? There is only One thing on earth where by you MUST be natural born in the USA for and that's the Presidency. This was not written for potential presidential candidates but for the general population at large.
Originally posted by civilchallenger
Do you believe that the federal code has the power to define or re-define a word found in the constitution? If so, you're right. If not, then you're wrong. Since hypothetically a federal code with a 51% vote could be put in place that says a "president" means "one with supreme authority to do whatever he wants without consequence" and other such things, I'd like to think you are wrong.
Which brings us back to square one: what did the founding fathers believe "natural born" was when they wrote it and voted on it? The one and only suggestion I've seen from that era which actually defines the term seems to define "natural born" as someone with both parents having the countries citizenship status.
Originally posted by userid1
reply to post by Annee
I was wondering when someone was going to point out that he was born in Hawaii (not exactly considered an "outlying possession"), which renders the whole argument moot.