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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I stopped a birther rant dead in it's tracks today. [View all]Carolina
(6,960 posts)33. I have often wondered why the media
has never countered this birther idiocy with the fact that BHO's mother was a US citizen. But, of course the media has only fueled the flames, and the ignorance of the birthers is so deep that they either don't know that Hawaii was a state in 1964 or don't know that being born of a US citizen automatically confers citizenship regardless of the place of birth.
That this sort of ignorance on something so basic has proliferated unchecked speaks volumes... so sad. The US is on a downward, devolving spiral.
I am so glad you set your client straight.
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No, you were not lied to, and you might not be eligible. (The birther in the OP was right.)
Jim Lane
Sep 2012
#31
That's what I was told, by the US Consulate since I was kid (had to get passport renewed there)
Cleita
Sep 2012
#22
If he had been born in Kenya, he would not be eligible because both parents weren't citizens
arcane1
Sep 2012
#8
And I remember when them talking about trying to over turn that natural born citizen requirement
alphafemale
Sep 2012
#16
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
When they show up here in D.C. screaming about being taxed enough already, my response...
Liberal_Stalwart71
Sep 2012
#29