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Old 09-29-2008, 11:58 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Well, gee, we've gone a whole week without someone raising this non-issue again. If we went a day without someone calling non-Obama supporters racists, I'd think I had been raptured.
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Old 09-30-2008, 05:25 AM
 
Location: Greenville, SC
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Also, all persons born at an US embassy, US military post, base, land or air space are US citizens. For example, a pregnant Chinese woman flying to the US and having a child on US territory (land air, water). The child is an US citizen.
Being eligible for President requires more than mere citizenship. Presidents must be "Natural-born" citizens. And the truth of the matter is that the Supreme Court and Congress have not defined that precisely. There is a gray area in the law.
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Old 09-30-2008, 05:30 AM
 
Location: Greenville, SC
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If in the verrrrrry sad event that McCain got elected, I would not be shocked if Rove, Palin and all the other Republican thugs who hated McCain up until 18 months ago, use this to put Palin in the POTUS.
And then say hello to Vice-President Pelosi! And when Palin has to step down for incompetence (for having her enemies fired, e.g.) we'll have President Pelosi.

Hmmm... a vote for McCain is a vote for Pelosi?

Palin/Pelosi '08.
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Old 09-30-2008, 06:16 AM
 
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
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Hasn't this issue been done to death? If he wasn't qualified, he wouldn't have made it this far.
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Old 09-30-2008, 06:24 AM
 
Location: Turn Left at Greenland
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John McCain, born in Panama, may not be eligible to be President.

In order to be President of the U.S., you must be more than just a citizen, you must be a "natural-born" citizen. Does McCain meet the criteria? Experts disagree.

snopes.com: Is John McCain a natural-born citizen of the U.S.?
McCain not natural-born citizen, prof says - UPI.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/11/us.../11mccain.html

If McCain wins and is deemed ineligible (after the fact), does the VP become President?

Will we have another election that the Supreme Court will decide?
Isn't this chestnut as old as McCain?
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Old 09-30-2008, 06:34 AM
 
Location: Greenville, SC
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Hasn't this issue been done to death? If he wasn't qualified, he wouldn't have made it this far.
Has the Supreme Court made a decision since this was brought up?

Has Congress made a law clarifying the issue since then?

It has not been resolved. It WILL come up if McCain is elected. The Supreme Court doesn't decide hypotheticals, only actual cases.
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Old 09-30-2008, 06:36 AM
 
Location: Turn Left at Greenland
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Has the Supreme Court made a decision since this was brought up?

Has Congress made a law clarifying the issue since then?

It has not been resolved. It WILL come up if McCain is elected. The Supreme Court doesn't decide hypotheticals, only actual cases.
Is anyone doing anything about it??

Crickets, I hear crickets
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Old 09-30-2008, 08:31 AM
 
Location: S.Florida
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Actually it was Coco Solo.

Fort Sherman was an army base, not a navy base.

Oh ok Sherman was only place I heard about there . It had a mini zoo at one time.
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Old 10-25-2008, 02:52 PM
 
Location: Greenville, SC
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Is anyone doing anything about it??

Crickets, I hear crickets
The Supreme Court does not like to decide hypothetical situations. If McCain were to become President, I'm sure his eligibility will be challenged. He's got bigger issues of eligibility than Obama.
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Old 10-31-2008, 11:36 AM
 
Location: Greenville, SC
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John McCain, born in Panama, may not be eligible to be President.

In order to be President of the U.S., you must be more than just a citizen, you must be a "natural-born" citizen. Does McCain meet the criteria? Experts disagree.

snopes.com: Is John McCain a natural-born citizen of the U.S.?
McCain not natural-born citizen, prof says - UPI.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/11/us.../11mccain.html

If McCain wins and is deemed ineligible (after the fact), does the VP become President?

Will we have another election that the Supreme Court will decide?
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