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You say Mitt's father was a U.S. citizen. The problem with that claim is the uncertainty of whether or not Mitt Romney's father really was a U.S. citizen at the time of Mitt Romney's birth in the United States. The Church of Latter-Day Saints is reported to have sent the grandfather and others down to Mexico to establish a Mormon colony there. During the later Mexican revolutionary wars, they were dispossessed of their properties and fled Mexico for the safety of the United States. Mitt Romney's father, George Romney, was born in Chihuahua, Mexico. It is claimed that George Romney was born with U.S. citizenship and natural born U.S. citizenship because both of his parents were U.S. citizens. This claim has been questioned, because the letter sent by the LDS to the Romney grandfather instructed them to become citizens of Mexico. If they did as instructed with the approval of the Government of Mexico, the possibility exists that George Romney may have been born on the soil of Mexico as a natural born citizen of Mexico in addition to any U.S. citizenship he may have also been entitiled to claim. Such a divided loyalty is the circumstance which the Constitutional Convention attempted to disqualify from eligibility to the Office of the President with the natural born citizen requirement in the Constitution. Consequently, there is a reasonable basis for questioning whether or not George Romney and/or Mitt Romney qualify as a natural born citizens whose parents did not have any divided loyalties as a consequence of having a parent who was not a citizen of the United States.

The United States requires a clear renunciation statement before American Citizenship is abrogated. If you HAVE such a statement from George Romney's parents, please present it.

If not, then for lack of evidence, let this silly issue die. It is unbecoming of Conservatives to insinuate such a thing in the absence of proof to the contrary.

I do not like Mitt Romney. As far as i'm concerned, he is the worst candidate on the Field. I originally supported Herman Cain, and thereafter Rick Perry. Currently i'm leaning toward Santorum, but I don't think he has a chance.

This leaves only a contest between Newt Gingrich, and Mitt Romney. I don't like Newt Gingrich either, (He has stabbed us in the back too many times for me to forgive him.) but if the choice is between Romney and Gingrich, I will take Gingrich. ( I HATE the Rockefeller/Rhino/Republican establishment.)

That being said, if Romney ends up being the nominee, I will reluctantly vote for him. Better a George HW Bush clone than an utterly evil man like Obama. More Obama court appointments (and spending) will absolutely kill us.

If you want to complain about Romney, talk about how he flip-flops and possesses no principals which he won't renounce if he thinks it helps him politically. Talk about his stupid "Romney Care". Talk about how he is one of those Untrustworthy North Eastern Republican establishment types. Talk about all the things that are wrong with him, but get off of this "he's not a natural born citizen" crap, unless you actually have proof that he isn't.

It just hurts attempts to attack Obama with it.

It doesn't matter whether George Romney was a Natural Born Citizen. He wasn't, but as far as Mitt is concerned, it doesn’t matter one bit. George only had to be a “citizen” when Mitt was born. All indications are that both of Georges parents were U.S. citizens at the time of Georges birth, making George a “citizen at birth”. If you have any proof that Georges parents were not U.S. citizens AND if so, that George didn't reclaim his U.S. citizenship before Mitt was born, I'll listen.

Until then this is just WILD speculation. WILD.

We couldn't stop, and so far can't prevent, a Kenyan born, Marxist, Muslim from running and becoming president. What makes you think that your strategy against Romney would go anywhere? Especially since you have absolutely no evidence.

The 1930 MEXICAN census showed that nearly 20 years after George Romney’s dad returned to the US with his wife and kids, the Romneys and other Mormons who stayed behind in Mexico were STILL not considered Mexican citizens by the Mexican government. This blog has some research, nothing definitive yet: http://wtpotus.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/mitt-romney-natural-born-citizenship-and-media-bias/