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The Top Candidates Tell Katie Couric What Book They'd Bring To Washington With Them

[j-whitman]

Sgt,,,,,

Read up bro,,, There have been arguments for citizenship for children born on bases to one US parent, not to both as US Citizens

,,, Our Constitution has never been ammended to include those as born in US Trust Terrorties, or on US bases abroad..... To our courts it''s a black & white issue, either you are born within our borders or you are not.

---- It''''s a black & white issue to our past court rulings, either you are foreign born or natrual born.

[sgtrds]

McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone --- By our Constitution he can''''t become President.

Posted by j-whitman at 10:48 PM : Jan 29, 2008

He was born in the Canal Zone, which at the time was an American territory, at a US military base, which is considered American soil. He is certainly a natural born American citizen just like any other military dependent born at US bases anywhere in the world and is certainly eligible to be president, though I still think (and hope) he won''t be.

[j-whitman]

cjf2121,,,, Check it out yourself -
--- There''s been many arguments for children born with one US parent, but none at all in McCain''s instance,,
,,, He''s NOT a Natural Born Citizen - he was born in Panama with dual citizenship up to a certain age ---
---- Never in the history of the office have we had one born outside the USA ----- Article 2 of our Constition has to be ammended first.

[cjf2121]

J-Whitman. Nice try, but John McCain''s parents are both American citizens, which makes him (gasp!) a natural born citizen, no matter where his physical birth place was. It''s sad so many Americans are so stupid...

[libra127]

"How unAmerican can a Senator of the United States be to make a comment as did Hillary Clinton in reference to the Bush White House not having the Constitution at hand!!!!!! "
Posted by donscot3 at 08:31 PM : Jan 29, 2008

Nope. In fact her comment was spot-on and there is nothing "unAmerican" about it. She obviously was not speaking literally. Bush has ignored the Constitution repeatedly in his actions, such that it appears he hasn''t read it or hasn''t comprehended it. It is a very significant point.

[j-whitman]

clovisbuford,,, Nope, not smoking anything -- Don''t yell at me, I didn''t write or sign the Constitution, read it yourself.... Article 2

No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a resident within the United States.

[clovisbuford]

err. J-whitman I am not a big mccain fan or indeed republican fan ,but you are smoking crack if you dont think John mccain can''t be elected president. Stick to the issues , this is the equivelent of internet cotton candy or crack.Do you post on 9/11 being a staged event as well?

[j-whitman]

McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone --- By our Constitution he can''t become President.

[micma-2009]

Bush brought "My Pet Goat" into the White House.

[sgtrds]

Blogger, rather than waste your energy with swearing, why don''''t you take some time to educate me as to why Ron Paul is so bad.

Posted by chopper2901 at 08:04 PM : Jan 29, 2008

Have you seen him in the debates? Have you ever really listened to the looneytoon proposals he has? If you have then you know he''s bat-sh*it crazy! Bring ALL of our troops home around the world? Eliminate all taxes and then just cross our fingers on anything getting built, like roads or a military. Privatise everything! Wanna call the fire department and find out they''ll charge you per call because they''re no longer supported by taxes? Wanna call a cop and have him or her say "What''s it worth to you for me to come out? $20? $50?" Wanna hear on the TV (the one you''ll be paying a monthly fee to watch) that one of our closest allies is under attack and all we''ll have to say is "Tough sh*it! That''s what you get for being stupid enough to be our friend! Dumb as*s! HA HA HA!!"

Ron Paul is bat-sh*it crazy. And a racist.