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I was also born in a territory of the US in 1949, and am a natural born US citizen. My parents were both American citizens as were McCain’s.

I am not a fan of McCain, but this is ridiculous. Leave it to Newsweek to try and prop up Obama with printing a myth about McCain. Comparing apples to oranges.

“I was also born in a territory of the US in 1949, and am a natural born US citizen. My parents were both American citizens as were McCain’s”

My cousin was born in France to a USAF Sargent in the late 50’s in a civilian hospital. It nearly cost him an appointment to the Air Force Academy. After legal wrangling it was determined he could not qualify to ever run for president. The ruling was, he was not born on a military reservation and it did not qualify as US soil, even though my uncle was stationed there.

I just can't understand how uninformed people are about this topic. All the information is available on the Internet. I don't know if you are a Natural Born Citizen or not. All possessions of the United States are NOT territories. Your parents being American citizens ONLY conveys citizenship NOT NATURAL BORN STATUS. Depending on WHERE you were born will determine this. It MUST BE U.S. soil.

You claim McCain status a myth? McCain is NOT a natural born citizen. He was born in a foreign country. PERIOD. The citizenship of his parents, their being in the military, or being in the canal zone, DOES NOT MAKE MCCAIN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN. He was born in a foreign country. He was not born in the canal zone. (not that it makes any difference, canal zone never was U.S. soil) The panama canal treaty EXCLUDES U.S. jurisdiction in Colon, Panama where McCain was born. He WAS NOT born on a military base. (not that it would matter, nor being born in a foreign embassy matters).
At least McCain is a citizen. Obama probably is NOT.

Look this stuff up before you spout off making a fool of yourself.

I just can't understand how uninformed people are about this topic. All the information is available on the Internet. I don't know if you are a Natural Born Citizen or not. All possessions of the United States are NOT territories. Your parents being American citizens ONLY conveys citizenship NOT NATURAL BORN STATUS. Depending on WHERE you were born will determine this. It MUST BE U.S. soil.

You claim McCain status a myth? McCain is NOT a natural born citizen. He was born in a foreign country. PERIOD. The citizenship of his parents, their being in the military, or being in the canal zone, DOES NOT MAKE MCCAIN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN. He was born in a foreign country. He was not born in the canal zone. (not that it makes any difference, canal zone never was U.S. soil) The panama canal treaty EXCLUDES U.S. jurisdiction in Colon, Panama where McCain was born. He WAS NOT born on a military base. (not that it would matter, nor being born in a foreign embassy matters).
At least McCain is a citizen. Obama probably is NOT.

Look this stuff up before you spout off making a fool of yourself.