I think you need to read up about US citizenship and the Panama Canal Zone. It really is interesting history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal_Zone#Citizenship
That being said, I wouldn't be bitching that John McCain was Constitutionally unqualified to be President if he'd been elected. I just think it is an interesting historical quirk. Judah On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Eric Roberts <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > 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:323958 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
