I for one am among a goodly number of citizens of the US who consider
several recent holders of that good high office to have been "unnatural"
born citizens.

Praying I haven't started a sub-thread I'll regret,

Howard

:-)

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Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 12:49 PM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] WOT : US Presidential Election

Christian asks:

> I've been told that, to be able to run for President of the USA, one
has to
>  be at least 35 and have been born on US soil. What about a kid whose
both
>  parents are American, but who happens to be born outside the USA ?
Would
>  he/she be allowed to run anyway when he/she is 35 ?

From Wikipedia:

"There is currently debate concerning the definition of "natural born 
citizen." The main focus of this debate is whether or not children born
to Americans 
overseas be considered eligible for the Presidency. Several main
candidates 
have sought the office who were born outside the United States (e.g.,
George 
Romney was born in Mexico to U.S. parents, Barry Goldwater was born in
Arizona 
while it was still a U.S. territory, and John McCain was born in the
Panama 
Canal Zone to U.S. parents). Barry Goldwater's case among these three is
unique in 
that although he was born outside the United States, Arizona was later 
admitted as a state. None of these candidates was elected, so the issue
was never 
fully addressed."

   --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States

Wirt Atmar

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