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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]
And his mother was always a US citizen so, he was always a Natural Born Citizen, just like Cruz. [/quote]

I believe that Obama was born in Hawaii--but the birthers have an argument against your statement.  If I remember, it was that his mother was not yet 18 when he was born, or something like that.  So, if he were born in a foreign country the natural born parent rule does not apply.  Something like that.

Obama's first book had a couple of items that could be spun to raise suspicion--something like his mother couldn't find documents to prove his claim to part of his estate-unlike his American stepmother for her kids.  However, he had earlier said that he found a clipping about his dad among papers like his birth certificate.  There are several discrepancies in his book that are not helpful to dispelling the birther movement.  Probably due to family lore more than deceit.

There's also the speculation that his Indonesian stepfather adopted him--he did go by Barry Sotero for many years.  I don't know if that would affect anything.

It is puzzling why Obama did not release it earlier.

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At that time, if a child was born overseas, the parents were not married, the father was not a US citizen and the mother was, the mother had to have lived in the US for four years after the age of 14 in order for the child to get automatic citizenship. Since Obama's mother was 17, she could not meet the requirement of living in the US for four years after the age of 14.

It's all moot anyway since Obama was born in the USA.[/quote]

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