Citizen McCain
New York Times
17-Jul-2008 (2 comments)

ARTICLE II of the Constitution declares that “No person except a natural-born citizen ... shall be eligible to the office of president.” This undemocratic provision could prevent voters from selecting their top choice, be it Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Austrian-born governor of California, or Jennifer Granholm, the Canadian-born governor of Michigan.

We cannot just wish away inconvenient constitutional language. Clearly, a child born in a foreign country to two non-American parents cannot ascend to the nation’s highest office. But does the Constitution also prohibit John McCain — who was born to two Americans in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936, while his father served in the Navy — from becoming president?

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A Future President of USA Born in Afghanistan?

by Malekeh_ on Thu Jul 17, 2008 05:06 AM PDT

JMAC was born to American parents on a base in Panama. Given the wide and heavy presence of US troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, it is  concievable that a future US president is born in Afghanistan or Iraq.


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Cy of Persia

The More positive thought for us would be...

by Cy of Persia on Thu Jul 17, 2008 08:39 AM PDT

The fact that Iranian-American born children in the US are now numbered in hundreds of thousands.   Some of these kids are already in their high twenties, well educated, successful and fully ingrained in the American culture. In a decade or so, we may have a full blooded Iranian (FBI) running for the most powerful office in the world.  

 


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