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To: Stingray
Wouldn't this alone make him ineligible to hold the office of the presidency?

Why? Read Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 and tell me how this would make him ineligible.

Obama is not only unfit for the office of POTUS, but is - apparently - ineligible, too!

I'll grant you the unfit part. But trying to prove the ineligible is a waste of time.

3 posted on 10/14/2008 8:22:32 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur
But trying to prove the ineligible is a waste of time.

Except for the age of his mother at the time and if his grandmother is correct that she witnessed his birth in Kenya would.

8 posted on 10/14/2008 8:26:58 AM PDT by itsthejourney (1 of every 10 people you pass in the mall is here illegally)
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To: Non-Sequitur

How did he get the other citizenship? Parentage or birth location? if the latter, then he is ineligible.

Problem is, nobody can prove where he was actually born.


21 posted on 10/14/2008 8:42:47 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The average piece of junk is more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. - Ratatouille)
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To: Non-Sequitur
Article II 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 President;

Amendment XIV

Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside...

Article 2 specifically addresses that to be eligible for PoTUS, you must be at least 35 years old, resided in this country for at least 14 years, and be a "natural born citizen" (or a citizen at the time of adoption of the Constitution, which no one alive today could claim).

The 14th Amendment only refers to requirements to be a citizen, and the protections and rights such citizenship offers.

Dual citizenship is not recognized by Article 2, Section 1, only one who is a "natural born citizen", providing all other conditions are equally met, is eligible to run for and/or hold the office of PoTUS.

33 posted on 10/14/2008 9:05:27 AM PDT by Stingray ("Stand for the truth or you'll fall for anything.")
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To: Non-Sequitur

If he is not ineligible, why then does he not just present his birth certificate?


81 posted on 10/14/2008 5:48:31 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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