Questioning Obama's Citizenship

[Anonymous]

How is it, if he was born to an American mother, can they question his American citizenship. Even if he was born in Kenya, his mother was American. Am I missing something?

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/980050/obama_lawsuit_citizen_or_not.html

[jsteele]

The constitution requires that you be born on US soil to be eligible to be president. The article to which you linked has some misinformation. There is a birth announcement in the local newspaper documenting Obama's birth. The citizenship issue is being pushed by former Hillary supporters who went completely off the deep end and are ear deep in conspiracy theories at the moment.

Ironically, John McCain's eligibility is more in question. He was born in Panama while his father served there in the military. A revision to US law made such births equivalent to a birth on US soil, but there was no grandfather clause. For obvious reasons, the Obama campaign has chosen not to pursue this issue and its possible a court would rule in McCain's favor anyway.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:The constitution requires that you be born on US soil to be eligible to be president. The article to which you linked has some misinformation. There is a birth announcement in the local newspaper documenting Obama's birth. The citizenship issue is being pushed by former Hillary supporters who went completely off the deep end and are ear deep in conspiracy theories at the moment.

Ironically, John McCain's eligibility is more in question. He was born in Panama while his father served there in the military. A revision to US law made such births equivalent to a birth on US soil, but there was no grandfather clause. For obvious reasons, the Obama campaign has chosen not to pursue this issue and its possible a court would rule in McCain's favor anyway.

Thanks for the info. I was not sure how it could be possible. People get kooky over these elections.

[Anonymous]

This is just nonsense on both counts. Obviously Obama, born to an American citizen in Hawaii, is an American citizen born on American soil. As for McCain, Obama ally Claire McCaskill introduced a bill in the Senate to ensure that McCain's eligibility is clear. McCaskill rightly noted that it would be ironic to deny eligibility to the child of someone born overseas because his or her parent was serving the U.S. in the armed forces.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:This is just nonsense on both counts. Obviously Obama, born to an American citizen in Hawaii, is an American citizen born on American soil. As for McCain, Obama ally Claire McCaskill introduced a bill in the Senate to ensure that McCain's eligibility is clear. McCaskill rightly noted that it would be ironic to deny eligibility to the child of someone born overseas because his or her parent was serving the U.S. in the armed forces.

Oh, I didn't know about the McCaskill bill. Thanks for pointing it out.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:Ironically, John McCain's eligibility is more in question. He was born in Panama while his father served there in the military. A revision to US law made such births equivalent to a birth on US soil, but there was no grandfather clause. For obvious reasons, the Obama campaign has chosen not to pursue this issue and its possible a court would rule in McCain's favor anyway.

I can't imagine that any court, let alone this Republican Supreme Court (which Mitt attacked as liberal!!!), would seriously consider penalizing those in the armed forces by denying that their children born while they are serving their country are citizens. If they did, the wave of outrage would be frightening.

This from an Obama supporter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:Ironically, John McCain's eligibility is more in question. He was born in Panama while his father served there in the military. A revision to US law made such births equivalent to a birth on US soil, but there was no grandfather clause. For obvious reasons, the Obama campaign has chosen not to pursue this issue and its possible a court would rule in McCain's favor anyway.

I can't imagine that any court, let alone this Republican Supreme Court (which Mitt attacked as liberal!!!), would seriously consider penalizing those in the armed forces by denying that their children born while they are serving their country are citizens. If they did, the wave of outrage would be frightening.

This from an Obama supporter.

I would agree with you. McCain seems a little untouchable because he is a senior senator, along with the GOP candidate. Then will this same "turn the other cheek" approach be extended to children born around the world to State Department employees, military personnel, and any other American working in the service of their country?

[Anonymous]

On a lighter note about nationality, if that's possible, McCain can be considered an honorary Hispanic-American should that prove electorally expedient.

Source: tongue-in-cheek-inside-the-beltway site

http://redbloguera.net/hispanicaucus/panic/category/honorary-members/john-mccain