Crooks and Liars:
Here’s something you may not know about John McCain: He was born in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936. His father was stationed there in the Navy.
The New York Times reports the circumstances surrounding McCain’s birth raise questions about his ability to become president since our founding fathers specifically said only a “natural-born citizen” can hold the highest office in the land. The idea was to prevent foreigners from becoming president.
There’s no precedent for McCain. No U.S. president has ever been born outside the 50 states. But, McCain’s campaign says they’re confident he meets the requirement, that they researched the question during his last run in 2000 and this time around as well. And they have asked former solicitor general Theodore Olson to prepare a legal opinion.
So is John McCain eligible to be President if he was not born in the US? To be honest, I thought it was a ridiculous question, since my lay understanding of international law is that military bases and embassies in foreign countries were considered to be American soil, but after consulting my brother in law the attorney, there does appear to be a little technical problem:
2 comments:
This matter was disposed of when Goldwater ran for office in the 60's. Goldwater was born in AZ when it was a territory and not yet a State.
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Territory is defined differently then foreign soil. Now Arizona was a territory soon to be part of the US. Panama Canal isn't. The word natural is now being watered down and in the future because Americans allowed the Constitution to be misused we will see a Foreign President. As minorities grow in the US it will happen. I hope the Foreign President uses the McCain vision of Natural to mean you don't have to be born here. Stupid is as Stupid does. As Americans continue to become more ignorant of how the Constitution of the US, it will be easy for someone to just walk in and take over. It's happen before it will happen again.
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