Date: 10/11/2008 5:14:00 PM
From Authorid: 10657
Well, since there are only three requirements to be eligible to be a candiate for presidency I would say he probably meets all three of them which, are: Natural born US Citizen, at least 35, and resident of the US for at least fourteen years.  |
Date: 10/11/2008 5:21:00 PM
From Authorid: 44960
Since John McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone and is not a Natural Born U. S. Citizen, does that not disqualify him also? :) *Spirit*  |
Date: 10/11/2008 5:57:00 PM
From Authorid: 7830
touche' prissy!  |
Date: 10/11/2008 6:05:00 PM
From Authorid: 54444
I won't comment on this post other than to say I was here. By now all the misinformation about him should be acknowledged as untrue and his credentials are already common knowledge.  |
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Date: 10/11/2008 6:14:00 PM
From Authorid: 10657
Wrong Prissy: Term natural born citizen means that even if, a person is born outside of the United States to parents whom are natural born citizens you are in turn a natural born citizen automatically:) Also, at the time of McCain's birth I believe that Panama was considered a part of the US still:D |
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Date: 10/11/2008 6:42:00 PM
From Authorid: 44960
http://www.snopes.com/politics/mccain/citizen.asp |
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Date: 10/11/2008 6:43:00 PM
From Authorid: 10657
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode08/usc_sec_08_00001401----000-.html |
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Date: 10/11/2008 6:46:00 PM
From Authorid: 10657
And, even, if one of his parents didn't meet those requirements for him then, under code 1403 instead, of 1401 he would be covered:D |
Date: 10/11/2008 6:55:00 PM
From Authorid: 23075
just going to back out of this post...cause I will admit....I don't care...On the other hand, I'd like to state that I don't think Stephen Harper should be our Prime Minister in Canada.  |
Date: 10/11/2008 6:56:00 PM ( Admin )
The Fourteenth Amendment states that "all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." Since Hawaii is part of the United States, EVEN IF Barack Obama's parents were both non-U.S. citizens who hadn't even set foot in the country until just before he was born, he'd still qualify as a natural-born citizen.
Some have claimed that Barack Obama's Hawaiian birthplace doesn't qualify him as a natural-born citizen because Hawaii was not yet a state when he was born. This claim is wrong: Hawaii was admitted as the 50th state almost two years before Barack Obama's birth there (21 August 1959 for statehood vs. 1961 for Obama's birthdate.
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Date: 10/11/2008 7:04:00 PM
From Authorid: 16376
Yeah, what Radman said. There has been subjects of debates over whether either of them meet the requirements for Presidency due to where they were born. I think they both clearly meet the standards. I don't even understand why there is any debate over it for either candidates...  |
Date: 10/11/2008 7:13:00 PM
From Authorid: 62849
I find it pretty funny that people think that either of these guys would even run if they didn't meet the requirements.. I mean, come on- if you know you're not eligible and you run then it makes you a national liar (plus you can't be President). Or if you're not eligible and you don't know that makes you a national idiot (plus you can't be President). Neither of them are stupid men...  |
Date: 10/11/2008 8:26:00 PM
From Authorid: 30093
Trust me when I say that if either of them failed any of the criteria it would have be found out a long time before it reached this point. They don't let just anyone through. This guy is just bitter that Hillary didn't get the nomination.  |
Date: 10/11/2008 9:54:00 PM
From Authorid: 62220
i think that only people who obsess about little things like this when mccain and obama are already running is pointless. it's just another way to say that "my side better"  |
Date: 10/11/2008 10:30:00 PM
From Authorid: 61977
People will believe what they want to. It is just that simple. People have the choice to vote. Would I want to take a chance on voting for Obama, no! I even felt this way before I read this post or became privvy to this information. I am not willing to take the chance that what has been states is false, but hey that is just me. Be free, vote for whomever and we too all shall see what will be. :(  |
Date: 10/12/2008 6:48:00 AM
From Authorid: 48809
Much has been said for and against Obama...whether he is a natural born American citizen or not...he will be our next President!  |
Date: 10/13/2008 4:54:00 AM
From Authorid: 2030
The garbage man on the route that picks up in my neighborhood just retired. I think Obama would be a perfect replacement.  |
Date: 10/15/2008 8:10:00 PM
From Authorid: 64604
yes, he's eligible. :)  |
Date: 10/17/2008 11:25:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 55344
lol BCAR, agreed.  |
Date: 10/18/2008 10:29:00 PM
From Authorid: 47218
Somewhere- I'm guessing- there are shadowy arms of the democratic and republican parties charged with spreading ridiculous misinformation like this to very suggestable people.  |
