His father was stationed at Coco Solo Naval Air Station when John was born, so yes, it was a military installation...it may have even been considered US property as the Canal Zone was controlled by the US...but I am not sure how, other than his father being in the military, that would play into citizenship other than I believe that would still be treated as US soil. That was long before Jimmy Carter made the treaty with General Torrijtos (sp?) which gave the Canal back to Panama...prior to that it was totally in US control.
Eric On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com>wrote: > > As far as I know, no one asked McCain for his birth certificate. He > was born in the Panama Canal Zone (not Panama). No one questioned > that. There was an interesting discussion about whether that could > potentially effect his eligibility for the Presidency because the > Panama Canal Zone wasn't technically a part of the United States at > the time, nor was it an US embassy or US military base. Congress took > care of the people who were born there by passing a law retroactively > declaring them US Citizens. That means that McCain may or may not have > been a US citizen at birth but he definitely was after the act of > Congress. But does that make him a "natural born" citizen? An > interesting little academic quirk but, rightfully so, no one really > cared in a practical sense and it was never brought up as a serious > issue because, well, it isn't a serious issue. You may want to compare > and contrast that with the treatment that Obama received. > > Judah > > On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Sisk, Kris <ks...@gckschools.com> wrote: > > > > Yeah I couldn't remember all the details. My point was that you can't > really say that asking Obama for his birth certificate is racist because > McCain was asked the same thing. > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: Eric Roberts [mailto:ow...@threeravensconsulting.com] > > Sent: Mon 7/26/2010 11:55 AM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: RE: Gods. The US policy is now set by the Right Wing Media. > > > > > > > > > > McCain was born in Panama while his father was stationed at Farfan Naval > Air > > Station in the Canal Zone...but since that is considered to be US > territory > > (the naval base), he is a citizen. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: G Money [mailto:gm0n3...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 10:20 AM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: Re: Gods. The US policy is now set by the Right Wing Media. > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Sisk, Kris <ks...@gckschools.com> > wrote: > > > >> > >> McCain was asked for his birth certificate as well. There was something > >> about the possibility of his being born in Panama. The difference is > >> that McCain gladly showed his birth certificate and Obama screamed > >> racism > > > > > > Please show me the tapes or transcripts of Obama screaming racism. > > > > -- > > I've seen your flag on the marble arch > > Love is not a victory march > > It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:323943 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
