NYT: McCain's Birthplace in Canal Zone Raises Eligibility Questions...

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[Kay Ludlow]

NYT: MCCAIN'S BIRTHPLACE IN CANAL ZONE RAISES ELIGIBILITY QUESTIONS...

[Kay Ludlow]

Only the headline is posted. You don't suppose the NYT is trying to make sure there is NO republican candidate, do you?

[nuconvert]

This again?

[SevenofNine]

This crap againnn OH MAN

Give it up NY LIars that reason why or part of reason their cirucluation is down

[ChocChipCookie]

I think we’re watching the NYT commit ritual suicide.

[icwhatudo]

"B B B but this issue will never be raised...why even mention it"

ROTFLMAO

[Norman Bates]

This just keeps getting better!

[Brilliant]

Not to me. His parents were American. What could be more clear than that?

[ARE SOLE]

God, I wish this were true.

Regards

[July 4th]

This story has been around before. One would think it was analyzed and dismissed at that point. But I guess not. This is the NYT. They can’t take a hint.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Someone tried to use this claim against George Romney back in 1968. Not USA born.

[mdittmar]

Who cares?

[SpaceBar]

Fine. Let’s play along. Disqualify him and put Fred Thompson in his place.

[eastforker]

That is so bogus,not even relevant.

[colonialhk]

US Territory

[sphinx]

Huh? Lessee ... Don't know about McCain's mother, but I sorta, kinda recall McCain's father was Naval Academy, an admiral, etc. Presumably a U.S. citizen. What does the Canal Zone have to do with it?

Surely even the NYT isn't that addled.

[LucyJo]

And, the second black president is hanging on by his white American genes.

[Oldexpat]

Juan was born some time ago and has been a candidate for about a decade..why does the NYT raise this issue now?
OH..Yeah,,he is now the man.

[Dog Gone]

Even today, the Canal Zone is more American than Laredo.

[Cicero]

Wait. If we manage to get rid of McCain, maybe we can still get a decent candidate, assuming the RNC permits it.

I must confess, this is a new one on me. First I ever heard of it.

[DocRock]

The Constitution says, “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 the President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained the Age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a Resident withing the United States."

If the editors at the NYT could read, they would see he is eligible.

[TitansAFC]

LOL

This is so pathetic. The NYT is going to wind-up looking like an anti-McCain smear rag to even the wishy-washy Moderates and Independents at the rate they are going.

Good to see them desperate so early. McCain leads while taking the smears - meanwhile Obama trails despite being treated like Jesus’ better by the MSM. Just wait until B. Hussein O. actually has to take some heat.

I think John McCain is going to be the 44th President, and that the Times knows it!

[KevinDavis]

[Vision]

Funny stuff. Don’t we wish.

[Republican Wildcat]

This kind of nonsense from the NY Times is just want McCain needs - seriously. They think they are hurting him but they will end up doing the opposite.

[Kay Ludlow]

I think we’re watching the NYT commit ritual suicide.

I think you are right! How could they keep going down this path as they lose reader after reader, ad after ad? You've hit on the only possible explanation!

[BwanaNdege]

You have it right.

Our youngest daughter was born in Kenya, but is an American citizen since both parents are American (one would have been enough).

[ConservaTexan]

This wouldn’t be an issue if his mother had run across the Rio Grande and squeezed him out.

[HonestConservative]

Maybe because the NYTs is CRAP.

[perfect stranger]

Wiki -
McCain was born on August 29, 1936, at the Coco Solo Air Base in the then-American-controlled Panama Canal Zone[2] to Navy officer John S. "Jack" McCain, Jr. (1911–1981) and Roberta (Wright) McCain (b. 1912).

[austinrepub]

Folks, this is a non-starter: McCain was born to American citizens, thereby making him a citizen. He could have been born on the space station — it does not matter, as long as his parents were American citizens.

The Constitution, anyone?

[italianquaker]

Another attempted smear but didnt the slimes research this BEFORE THEY ENDORSED HIM, buffoons running wild at this rag

[RDTF]

popcorn, please?

[Dog Gone]

John McCain has always been a citizen of the United States.

Case closed.

[Kay Ludlow]

This story has been around before.

Maybe it's part of the Greening of the NYT - they are so conscientious about recycling they even recycle stories so as not to waste data bytes...

[HonestConservative]

Panama was AMERICAN TERRITORY at the time.

[Kay Ludlow]

Surely even the NYT isn't that addled.

Apparently, they are!

[DocRock]

"The Constitution, anyone?"

Yep... Article II, Section 1.

[steve86]

No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution

Was McCrain around at the time of the "Adoption of this Constitution"?

[rdl6989]

If the editors at the NYT could read...

That's it right there.

[Kay Ludlow]

Disqualify him and put Fred Thompson in his place.

I could be convinced to go along with that.

[Brian S. Fitzgerald]

McCain can prove that the NYT times are a bunch of idiots, once again.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Even with McCain, it is questionable whether there is a Republican candidate.

[aposiopetic]

8 U.S.C. § 1403. Persons born in the Canal Zone or Republic of Panama on or after February 26, 1904

(a) Any person born in the Canal Zone on or after February 26, 1904, and whether before or after the effective date of this chapter, whose father or mother or both at the time of the birth of such person was or is a citizen of the United States, is declared to be a citizen of the United States.

(b) Any person born in the Republic of Panama on or after February 26, 1904, and whether before or after the effective date of this chapter, whose father or mother or both at the time of the birth of such person was or is a citizen of the United States employed by the Government of the United States or by the Panama Railroad Company, or its successor in title, is declared to be a citizen of the United States.

[gate2wire]

OMG.

His father and grandfather were both Admirals. I assume that means they were American citizens...Doesn’t matter where one is born if one’s parent/s is an American citizen.

[DocRock]

"Was McCrain around at the time of the "Adoption of this Constitution"?"

Didn't have to be as he was a "Natural Born Citizen".

[missnry]

John SIDNEY McCain!
(I wonder if his middle name offends anyone?)

[CitizenM]

If the NYT is so desperate that they keep recycling an old, debunked story, I guess they soon will just put out yesterday’s papers on the newsstands and not bother to print new news at all. Or maybe the problem is that they can’t afford to pay enough journalists so they will soon just copy and paste articles from the past for the next edition!

[crazyhorse691]

Someone tried to use this claim against George Romney back in 1968. Not USA born.

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And Sen. Goldwater in 1964 because he was born in Arizona Territory.

[Ingtar]

No, they are just beginning the death of a thousand cuts against McCain as they did Dole. Little bits and pieces will stick. One person will remember the influence peddling, another will remember he might be cheating to get in. By the time the election rolls around, McCain will be corrupt/stupid/ineligible in enough people’s minds to remove any chance he has of pulling a miracle and winning.