As far as the birth certificate is concerned, they've had enough time to counterfeit a long form birth certificate.
But that document is unnecessary. To be President or a candidate for that office, BOTH parents must be Americans; they can be "naturalized", but they must BOTH be Americans. Obviously, Obama does not meet that criteria. His mother was an American, but only 17 so she could not convey her citizenship to him. But his father was a British citizen and therefore he is ineligible even if he were born in the White House. It's really as simple as that.
That's not what it states here. ======== http://www.presidentsusa.net/qualifications.html Age and Citizenship requirements - US Constitution, Article II, Section 1
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.
As far as the birth certificate is concerned, they've had enough time to counterfeit a long form birth certificate.
ReplyDeleteBut that document is unnecessary. To be President or a candidate for that office, BOTH parents must be Americans; they can be "naturalized", but they must BOTH be Americans. Obviously, Obama does not meet that criteria. His mother was an American, but only 17 so she could not convey her citizenship to him. But his father was a British citizen and therefore he is ineligible even if he were born in the White House. It's really as simple as that.
That's not what it states here.
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http://www.presidentsusa.net/qualifications.html
Age and Citizenship requirements - US Constitution, Article II, Section 1
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.