I honestly can't believe Obama has been blessed with the birther crowd for a second election cycle. This is the gift that just keeps on giving. Thanks to all who support this movement! The Obama campaign thanks you, sincerely! You're the best surrogates on his campaign.
Sorry cant post a link yet, but I couldn't have said this better myself.
This comes from a source that also casts doubt on the eligibility of McCain, Romney and Santorum.
I'll post the rest next.
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Note: Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 reads: No Person except a natural born Citizen,
or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States. [Emphasis added] The bold-faced text is the
exception that allowed George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and others to be president
even though they were not natural born citizens. They were U.S. citizens, to be sure, but they were
not natural born citizens because they were
not born to two U.S. citizen parents. (George Washingtons parents could not have been U.S. citizens when he was born in 1732 because, of course, there was no United States in 1732. Washington was born on U.S. soilin the state of Virginiabut he was not a natural born citizen because his parents were, in 1732, British citizens.) [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]It is impossible to argue that the term natural born citizen means nothing more than having been born on U.S. soil because that interpretation contradicts the above text in the U.S. Constitution. Had the Founding Fathers meant nothing more than born on U.S. soil they would have written:
No Person except a born Citizen shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States. In fact, earlier drafts of the document did require only that a president be a born citizensomeone born on U.S. soil, without regard to the citizenship of the parents. But John Jay wrote George Washington and asked whether presidents should be natural born citizens, in order to prohibit those born with divided loyalties from serving. Jays advice was followed. The term natural born citizen was inserted, and the grandfather clause textthe bold-faced text abovewas added in order to allow for persons who were not natural born citizens, like George Washington, to serve as president. Without that exception, no one in 1789 would have been eligible to serve as president. (Since Obama declared his candidacy in 2007, his supporters have been actively searching the Internet to modify or remove items that support the argument that he is not a natural born citizen. They have even gone so far as to remove references to
Minor v. Happersett from the text of Supreme Court cases posted at the legal database Justia.com. When attorney Leo Donofrio identified those scrubbings, the text was replaced. Despite clear historical evidence that the citizenship of the parents is
critical to the issue of whether an individual is a natural born citizen, the Internet is now awash with statements to the contrary. But, at least so far, the Obots have not dared to change the text of Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution.) [/FONT]
. Stick around awhile, I'm quite the clown. 
