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Ronald484 Wrote: Apr 25, 2012 2:10 PM
If they were born in the US, they are natural born citizens, no matter what their parents citizenship was. This interpretation of the Constitution, that both parents must be citizens, has been floated up because of Obama's father, and followers of it have to include the others to be consistent. Rather than obcess over a non-issue, their time would be better spent working for his defeat in November.
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JustWondering Wrote: Apr 25, 2012 12:20 PM
Maybe you should take your own advice.
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The two candidates for president share more than their Harvard Law degrees and their fiercely competitive instincts: both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney convey an odd but undeniable sense of rootlessness, bearing connections to so many different corners of the country that they don’t seem to originate from any place in particular.
That disconnect from any organic, regional identity has undoubtedly contributed to the ongoing “birther” insanity, with dedicated crackpots supplementing their long-standing challenges to Obama’s status as a “natural born” citizen with new lawsuits claiming that Romney fails to qualify...
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