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Cleita

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21. That's how it was in my house.

Reply to southernyankeebelle (Reply #18)

Thu Sep 13, 2012, 08:44 PM

Sep 2012

I had to swear allegiance to the USA and renounce the country of my birth when I was seventeen actually. My mother had also become a citizen long before then. I too had dual citizenship because the country of my birth didn't recognize that I renounced them. They said I had to be 21 to change my citizenship. Yet, it was understood that those of us not born in embassies, military bases or US territories could not become President. However, Obama born in Hawaii is full born citizen. McCain got away with it because the Canal Zone in Panama was an American possession at the time.

If that rule has changed, then hell with it, I'm running for President in 2016.

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I stopped a birther rant dead in it's tracks today. [View all] bakpakr Sep 2012 OP

The President was born in Hawaii same day as my eldest....n/t monmouth Sep 2012 #1

yes - have always wondered KT2000 Sep 2012 #2

George Romney was born in Mexico. JRLeft Sep 2012 #3

Can these people place the President's mother in Kenya? indie_voter Sep 2012 #4

"Completely removed the mother . . . from the equation" StatGirl Sep 2012 #30

He was right about not being able to be President. Cleita Sep 2012 #5

Did some checking bakpakr Sep 2012 #7

So you are saying I was lied to all these years. Cleita Sep 2012 #19

McCain was born in Panama NOT the canal zone either. He ran... Ecumenist Sep 2012 #23

So then he wouldn't be eligible would he under the rules I had to abide by? Cleita Sep 2012 #26

Actually bakpakr Sep 2012 #24

Oh okay, I missed that. Cleita Sep 2012 #25

No, you were not lied to, and you might not be eligible. (The birther in the OP was right.) Jim Lane Sep 2012 #31

Why? Where does it say that? renie408 Sep 2012 #20

That's what I was told, by the US Consulate since I was kid (had to get passport renewed there) Cleita Sep 2012 #22

He might complain and get you fired Warpy Sep 2012 #6

If he had been born in Kenya, he would not be eligible because both parents weren't citizens arcane1 Sep 2012 #8

it didn't have to be accurate it just had to scramble the birthers brain Heather MC Sep 2012 #9

See Text I was right. bakpakr Sep 2012 #11

Errm. Yeah. Except he was born in the US. Hawaii to be exact. geckosfeet Sep 2012 #10

McCain was born in Panama. Maine-i-acs Sep 2012 #12

The Congressional research paper is flawed -- for McCain unc70 Sep 2012 #13

Wasn't McCan't born in Panama? LibGranny Sep 2012 #14

McCain & Rmoney are of course eligable. baldguy Sep 2012 #15

Er umm..does the Constitution say you have to be white to be President? DippyDem Sep 2012 #27

No, but some are under the impression that that's the only thing that matters. baldguy Sep 2012 #28

And I remember when them talking about trying to over turn that natural born citizen requirement alphafemale Sep 2012 #16

Good for you. rMoney's got more of a problem with heredity than Obama does. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #17

My oldest brother was born in Italy. He was born in my mother's home at the time. My dad was in southernyankeebelle Sep 2012 #18

That's how it was in my house. Cleita Sep 2012 #21

When this came up early in McCain's candidacy, Congress passed a quickie law cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #32

When they show up here in D.C. screaming about being taxed enough already, my response... Liberal_Stalwart71 Sep 2012 #29

I have often wondered why the media Carolina Sep 2012 #33