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NYT: McCain can’t be prez, since he’s not natural-born American

Not content to having p#ssed off 2/3 of Americans with their “heavy-on-innuendo, light-on-evidence” unsubstantiated hit piece against Johnny Mac, the Old Gray Hag decided to further undermine what shards of credibility may have remained.  From the NYT:

The question has nagged at the parents of Americans born outside the continental United States for generations: Dare their children aspire to grow up and become president? In the case of Senator John McCain of Arizona, the issue is becoming more than a matter of parental daydreaming.Mr. McCain’s likely nomination as the Republican candidate for president and the happenstance of his birth in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936 are reviving a musty debate that has surfaced periodically since the founders first set quill to parchment and declared that only a “natural-born citizen” can hold the nation’s highest office.

Almost since those words were written in 1787 with scant explanation, their precise meaning has been the stuff of confusion, law school review articles, whisper campaigns and civics class debates over whether only those delivered on American soil can be truly natural born. To date, no American to take the presidential oath has had an official birthplace outside the 50 states.

“There are powerful arguments that Senator McCain or anyone else in this position is constitutionally qualified, but there is certainly no precedent,” said Sarah H. Duggin, an associate professor of law at Catholic University who has studied the issue extensively. “It is not a slam-dunk situation.”  (Um…yeah, it is.  They were naturally born American citizens from the moment they emerged from the womb, so I’m sorry to say, it is a “slam-dunk” deal! – Ed.)

How’s that, kids?  You were born unto parents while they were stationed at a military base on foreign soil?  According to the Hag, that sucks for you if you want to be prez one day.  Sure, an anchor baby popped out in an El Paso hospital from criminal aliens can one day be the leader of the free world, but not you military brats!

As Capt. Ed shows, though, the intent was made perfectly clear three years later:

The Founding Fathers recognized this. They passed a bill in 1790, three years after the adoption of the Constitution, which made clear that “natural born” applied to children born of American citizens “outside the limits of the United States”. That law remains in effect and has never been challenged. At the least, it speaks to the intent of the founders when they used the term “natural born” in the Constitution.

Of course, this information just now came to light, never mind the fact the dude has been around for 70+ years and that the NYT endorsed him in the primaries.  If this isn’t desparation from a hopelessly leftist rag that was once a semi-respected news outlet, then Obama is a proud member of the NRA.

February 28, 2008 - Posted by crushliberalism | McCain, media bias

7 Comments »

  1. I’m no fan of John McCain, but for ANYONE to question this man’s eligibility to be President of this country is an outrage! He has more than proven his allegiance to this country, which is more than I can say for his opponents. This is dirty politics at its lowest!

    Comment by Kanaka Girl | February 28, 2008

  2. The 1790 law aside, aren’t military bases and consulates considered to be “American soil”? When the NYT ran the first smear-job, I thought to myself, “Self, they can’t go any lower than that.” I stand corrected.

    Comment by TheBad | February 28, 2008

  3. A caller to the Dennis Prager show this morning explained that while her parents elected to give birth to her in the city of Panama – requiring her to apply for citizenship – her friends who were born in the Canal Zone (like John McCain) were NOT required to apply for citizenship as they were considered natural born citizens.

    Just thought I’d throw that in there.

    “Of course, this information just now came to light, never mind the fact the dude has been around for 70+ years and that the NYT endorsed him in the primaries. If this isn’t desparation from a hopelessly leftist rag that was once a semi-respected news outlet, then Obama is a proud member of the NRA.”

    Well put, as usual.

    Comment by The Conservative Manifesto | February 28, 2008

  4. aren’t military bases and consulates considered to be “American soil”?

    Bad – I always thought so. I was born in a military hospital outside the continental US…. I’d hate to find out now that I’m really an illegal!!!! Yikes!

    Comment by Kanaka Girl | February 28, 2008

  5. I hope this is a non-issue and just typical media garbage.

    Dear Other 49 US States:

    Please, don’t ever even allow Jennifer Granholm to even entertain the idea of becoming president.

    Sincerely,

    Michigan

    Comment by Jenn | February 28, 2008

  6. Y’all are just wrong-thinking. Always remember and never forget; the leftards think that anyone in the military is, AT BEST, a second class citizen that shouldn’t even have their votes count if they aren’t in the States. (Witness the Florida maneuvering in 2000 when the Dems filed motions to have felons get to vote but tried to not count votes from the troops because they didn’t have postmarks from their battlefields…)

    Yepper, that STILL pisses me off.

    Comment by Submariner | February 29, 2008

  7. aren’t military bases and consulates considered to be “American soil”?

    As far as I know. I was born outside the continental USA on a Naval Base. At least that is what I told the *bleep at the DMV. I raised nine kinds of hell. I thought I had all the necessary docs. Though she insisted I needed a signed letter from the Commanding officer. Which I did not have. Anyone hear of that? I have the original now, my Mom dug it up for me.

    Once I was done with her I went to the DMV in a nearby town and was treated very well. The woman there did not even bring it up.

    Comment by velvethammer | March 1, 2008


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