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Originally Posted by Rekna
Your friend was wrong and its pretty sad that you didn't do a simple google search to verify the veracity of your claims.
Obama was born in Hawaii. Hawaii was a state at the time of his birth. He has released his birth certificate. I have no idea if he released his college information but what college you go to has NOTHING to do with being a non-naturalized citizen.
At the same time John McCain was born in Panama when his parents were stationed there. He was not born in a US state but due to the laws is considered a US citizenship without going through the naturalization process.
They are both eligible and next time please do a simple fact check before you spout off unsubstantiated rumors.
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QFT. Btw, I believe the legalese for McCain's status is "statutory citizenship," which is why he is allowed to run for president. It's not exactly the same as native-born citizenship (which IS what Obama has, btw), but that's more a matter of semantics than anything, at this point. The obvious thing is that neither of them are naturalized citizens, so they're covered in that respect.
On the other hand, what would the impact have been if Obama had been the one born in the Panama Canal Zone (or some other such region), instead of McCain? Even more hooting calls of his "unAmericanness," I'm QUITE sure.
