Birth Certificate Analysis

[pghin08]

This is why the birther movement will not go away . It's not were he or his mother was born ,the question is where was his father born ?

The Congressional Research Service has already defined a natural-born citizen as several things, one of which is a child born outside the US with one parent who is a US citizen and meets the residency requirements, which Stanley Ann Dunham did.

And to talk about the "liberal media" and their "protection" of Barack Obama, how many of you knew that while Obama's eligibility for President was being questioned, that John McCain's was as well? McCain was born in Panama (he never released his birth certificate, but nobody cares about that, right?). However, according to the present interpretation of the Constitution, McCain is seen as a natural-born citizen. So is Obama.

[mrveggieman]

The Congressional Research Service has already defined a natural-born citizen as several things, one of which is a child born outside the US with one parent who is a US citizen and meets the residency requirements, which Stanley Ann Dunham did.

And to talk about the "liberal media" and their "protection" of Barack Obama, how many of you knew that while Obama's eligibility for President was being questioned, that John McCain's was as well? McCain was born in Panama (he never released his birth certificate, but nobody cares about that, right?). However, according to the present interpretation of the Constitution, McCain is seen as a natural-born citizen. So is Obama.

So with that being said will the birther movement please shut the hell up!!

[ensbergcollector]

So with that being said will the birther movement please shut the hell up!!

because if mccain had won the election, no one would be asking for proof right?

[Rockman]

because if mccain had won the election, no one would be asking for proof right?

Not so early into his campaign and then still 3 years after his election.

[pghin08]

because if mccain had won the election, no one would be asking for proof right?

But the overarching point that people seem to be avoiding is that it doesn't matter. So what if McCain was born in Panama? He was born to U.S. citizen parents. Same with Obama. Even if he was born in Kenya, France, Papua New Guinea or the moon, his mother was a U.S. citizen who met the residency requirements per the United States code to be considered a natural-born citizen.

And to your point, people were crying afoul of Obama's birth certificate well before he was elected. McCain had the same issues with his birth certificate, but it didn't get nearly the amount of coverage that Obama's did. I agree that had McCain been elected rather than Obama, this may have been an issue at some point, but I don't think to the extent that Obama's had to deal with this.

[Star_Cards]

I've never heard anything about McCain not being bore in the United States. Seems like the same exact circumstances as what people are claiming happened with Obama by suggesting he was born in Kenya. Seems like by the rules it doesn't matter for either as they had a natural born citizen as a parent.

[mrveggieman]

because if mccain had won the election, no one would be asking for proof right?

No because we understand the constitution unlike the birthers.

[boba]

No because pghin08 understands the constitution unlike the birthers.

Fixed that for you.

[pghin08]

I've never heard anything about McCain not being bore in the United States. Seems like the same exact circumstances as what people are claiming happened with Obama by suggesting he was born in Kenya. Seems like by the rules it doesn't matter for either as they had a natural born citizen as a parent.

McCain wasn't born in the US. He was born in the Panama Canal Zone.

[pspstatus]

This is why the birther movement will not go away . It's not were he or his mother was born ,the question is where was his father born ?

I've never heard anyone supporting the birther thing use his father not being an American citizen as part of their argument.