so just for clarification, the “If only one parent was a US citizen at the time of your birth, that parent must have resided in the United States for at least ten years, at least five of which had to be after the age of 16” thing would ONLY apply if the person who it applies to was born OUTSIDE US territory.
This issue plays on semantics. If you interpret a question backwards -- as meaning "did you live in another country at any time in the last 10 years", a 9 year old could say that she lived in the US for the past 10 years. I think that's the case for this question.
Well according to the definition that you gave here of a natural born US citizen, no he's not. But it doesn't really bother me. He has an interesting American success story, I love hearing him talk about it in his riveting speeches. I trust enough in the system that if he's made it THIS far, it should all be OK.
This is a hoax, invented intentionally to create an issue that does not exist. TruthorFiction.com does a good run-down on this eRumor, and a second variation of it. In fact the intro text that you copied and pasted is referenced on that site word-for-word, and is demonstrated to be pure fiction.
Well.....the law is the law I guess. I find it odd that the Democratic party has not addressed this issue up to this point. Maybe they thought nobody would notice or maybe they didn't know??? If anything, you would think that Obama wouldn't have taken a chance like this. :-/
You are probably right... It makes me uncomfortable that such a good candidate (both McCain and Obama are massive improvements on Bush) should be hamstrung by such a meaningless technicality.
If it is found that he is elected and should not be in office it could be a disaster protests could be bigger, it should be Officially clarified before it gets to voting day.
Of course, you realise that if at this stage, Obama was disqualified, that would be MASSIVELY divisive... Whoever was elected would be seen as completely illigitimate by Obama supporters because he was disqualified on a technicality. It would make the protests following Bush's election (the first one, with the irregularities in the machines and ballot papers and purges in the electoral rolls in Florida) seem like a church picnic.
You're welcome. I have to work around right-wingers all day too.
so just for clarification, the “If only one parent was a US citizen at the time of your birth, that parent must have resided in the United States for at least ten years, at least five of which had to be after the age of 16” thing would ONLY apply if the person who it applies to was born OUTSIDE US territory.
Thank you! This is total BS. I've had to listen to idiot right-wing co-workers go on and on about this.
This issue plays on semantics. If you interpret a question backwards -- as meaning "did you live in another country at any time in the last 10 years", a 9 year old could say that she lived in the US for the past 10 years. I think that's the case for this question.
Well according to the definition that you gave here of a natural born US citizen, no he's not. But it doesn't really bother me. He has an interesting American success story, I love hearing him talk about it in his riveting speeches. I trust enough in the system that if he's made it THIS far, it should all be OK.
This is a hoax, invented intentionally to create an issue that does not exist. TruthorFiction.com does a good run-down on this eRumor, and a second variation of it. In fact the intro text that you copied and pasted is referenced on that site word-for-word, and is demonstrated to be pure fiction.
Well.....the law is the law I guess. I find it odd that the Democratic party has not addressed this issue up to this point. Maybe they thought nobody would notice or maybe they didn't know??? If anything, you would think that Obama wouldn't have taken a chance like this. :-/
You are probably right... It makes me uncomfortable that such a good candidate (both McCain and Obama are massive improvements on Bush) should be hamstrung by such a meaningless technicality.
If it is found that he is elected and should not be in office it could be a disaster protests could be bigger, it should be Officially clarified before it gets to voting day.
Of course, you realise that if at this stage, Obama was disqualified, that would be MASSIVELY divisive... Whoever was elected would be seen as completely illigitimate by Obama supporters because he was disqualified on a technicality. It would make the protests following Bush's election (the first one, with the irregularities in the machines and ballot papers and purges in the electoral rolls in Florida) seem like a church picnic.
Yep, apparently its the law, so I respect that.- It's not my logic its the US constitutions logic
So by your logic, nobody who has BOTH parents under 19 would be eligible to be president of the US... Sarah Palin's grandchild for example.