Obama and his birth certificate

[federalisthoosier]

:confused:Is it true that his birth record from Hawaii is a fake? Also, are all the rumors about Obama not being a citizen true? Please enlighten me.

[DeclinetoState]

Supposedly, the myth of his not being a citizen has been busted:

http://www.freeconservatives.com/vb/showthread.php?t=61565

Some argue that, because McCain was born in the Canal Zone (no longer a possession or territory of the U.S., thanks to Jimmy Carter), he is not a native-born citizen and thus ineligible to become president.

[Kathy30]

Both McCain's parents are US citizens. obamination cannot make that claim. His doubts about his own citizenship are readily apparent, he considers himself a citizen of the world.

[DeclinetoState]

RICHARDSON, Texas - Republican presidential hopeful John McCain says the question of whether he can run for president, despite being born in the Panama Canal Zone, was put to rest 44 years ago in Barry Goldwater's run for the White House.

McCain added that he doesn't know why his campaign sought legal analysis of whether his birth outside the continental United States might disqualify him from the presidency.

The Constitution says only a "natural-born citizen" may serve as president.

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According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, people are born U.S. citizens if they are born in the U.S. or their parents are U.S. citizens. The question arises because Article II of the Constitution limits the office of president to a "natural-born citizen," a term on which the Founding Fathers did not elaborate.

Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, a prominent backer of Democratic candidate Sen. Barack Obama, introduced legislation Thursday that would define a "natural-born citizen" as anyone born to any U.S. citizen while serving in the active or reserve components of the U.S. armed forces. Obama's campaign announced late Thursday that he will co-sponsor the bill.
MSNBC (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23406107/) (2/29/08)

If McCain were to be understood as disqualified from serving as President of the United States (under an incredibly strict interpretation of the Constitution), it would seem that George Washington and several other early POTUSes would also have been disqualified, since they were born before the United States even existed.