Wrong Drew. What you are describing and confusing is native born (born in the U.S.), and Natural Born (born in the U.S. to two parents who are citizens). The two are not the same thing.
Obama himself signed a Senate declaration stating that Natural Born was that of a person born on U.S. soil to TWO parents who are citizens of the U.S. He also states on his own website that he is NATIVE born, not Natural born, and if you think the semantics of the issue to be irrelevant, then consider for a moment that Barack DOES NOT consider the semantics of the issue as being irrelevant, or he would not have chosen the word NATIVE born instead of NATURAL born. He is 100% cognizant of the difference between the two.
And yet in the Happersett decision that you quoted from in reply 65, Justice Waite seems to think that the two are the same thing. He noted, "...it was never doubted that all children born in a country, of parents who were its citizens, became themselves, upon their birth, citizens also. These were natives or natural-born citizens, as distinguished from aliens or foreigners...."
That's zero birther wins, 62 courtroom losses. And counting.
“and if you think the semantics of the issue to be irrelevant, then consider for a moment that Barack DOES NOT consider the semantics of the issue as being irrelevant, or he would not have chosen the word NATIVE born instead of NATURAL born”
If he considered the semantics relevant, why would he choose “native,” since the entire point of choosing a word is to show he’s eligible? Why not say he’s natural and stop fueling the fire?