As reported earlier in a heavily discussed post, there is concern about U.S. presidential candidate John McCain's birthplace. In support of Senator McCain and his birthplace, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a non-binding resolution declaring John McCain a natural-born U.S. citizen. What do you think about the Senate's latest move?
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Senator John McCain is perhaps the most humble candidate competing for the Presidency. John is a peace lover carrying both the arrow and the olive branch. John was probably born on a Naval base in a Navy hospital. He is as much a native born citizen resident of the United States of America as someones baby brother born on Guam , a U.S. territory. i once thought of jumping onto a U.S. Navy ship at the age of 16 to join the Navy. The place Fremantle harbour Western Australia. i had remembered an American Naval vessel is considered the same as U.S. soil. McCain should never have been crossed off the list to run for the presidency the first time. Every dog has his day.
John McCain is a wonderful man who seems to care about what is going on in the world. It seems to me the Senate has not much to do and there are certainly more important things to worry about in the U.S. right now rather than worry about where John McCain was born. Guam is a U.S. territory. Our government is sure letting down a lot of people. I often think about the words written in the documents written by our forefathers and how many of them by now are turning over in their graves at the way things are run. We have people being hungry, homeless, gas prices soaring out of control, groceries so expensive, families with jobs going to food banks that are empty and being turned away, and our education system is whacked out of line. And the Senate is worried about where John McCain was born. Get real!!!
The original role of the Senate was to represent the interests of the State governments, as distinct from the House, which represented the voters. The Senate is obsolete and should be abolished, or at least relegated to an advisory function, similar to the U.K. House of Lords.
The fact that McCain is being described as “humble” and “wonderful” just shows how much the American people are not really paying attention to what is going on. McCain is actually quite corrupt and has one of the nastiest tempers of anyone in the Senate. I think a non-binding resolution was a good move by the Senate. They expressed their opinion, which as a co-equal branch of government they have every right to do, and are now done with the issue. The question of McCain’s citizenship is actually very interesting. Why would someone born in the Canal Zone be considered a citizen, but someone born in American Samoa not be? If for some reason McCain does get elected president, this will be a fascinating constitutional question that will need to be answered.
Did anyone ever consider that US territories are really colonies that have no representation in Congress and the citizens don’t have the right to vote for president? Sounds like colonial times.
I suppose we should thank them for resolving a total non-issue?
The House of Peers, throughout the war,
Did nothing in particular,
And did it very well.
- Gilbert and Sullivan, Iolanthe
You have to be joking! Of course, you are not and this is really laughable as such important and weighty business of this country.
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McCain is ‘humble’??? The man who some of his fellow senators is considered a ‘quick gun’ with his temper?
I don’t understand why the Senate would pass such a thing when it is clearly stated in the law that anyone born of two US citizens, no matter where, is a US citizen! The following is from the UN Nationality Law:
[edit] Through birth abroad to two United States citizens
See also: jus sanguinis
In most cases, one is a U.S. citizen if both of the following are true:
Both parents were U.S. citizens at the time of the child’s birth
At least one parent lived in the United States prior to the child’s birth.
A person’s record of birth abroad, if registered with a U.S. consulate or embassy, is proof of his or her citizenship. He or she may also apply for a passport or a Certificate of Citizenship to have his or her citizenship recognized.
SO WHAT’S THE PROBLEM WITH MCCAIN’S CITIZENSHIP?
McCain’s citizenship has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with WHERE he was born. Rather, it stems from the fact that both of his parents were U.S. citizens (Naturualization Act, 1790).
Do not listen to this liberal jibberish attempting to confuse the issue by bringing McCain’s PLACE of birth into it.
Obama, on the other hand, is a completely different story. He was either born in the U.S. or he wasn’t. Since the birth certificate of Obama’s that the Daily Kos and Fight the Smears produced is now known to be a forgery (both sites have very recently taken the forged copies down since some very hard working people debunked their blatent lie) – if he wasn’t then he simply is not a natural born U.s. citizen and does not fall under McCain’s catagory since Obama’s father was neither a a u.s. citizen nor a “national” (i.e. permanent resident), and while his mother was a u.s. citizen, she was 18 when Obama was born and so it must be poved that she had lived in the U.S. for no less than ten years — FIVE of which MUST have been spent in the U.S. after the age of 14.
Thus, if Obama was not born in the U.S., then he is not a naturalized citizen since him mother was not 19 at the time of his birth.
NOTE: On November 6, 1966 an Act increased the requirement from 5 to 10 and the post-14 years of age component from 2 to 5 retroactively.
It was only reverted back to its original form in 1986, and applicaple to children born on or after 1986.
I like Mr. McCain, I think he will be a good leader for our nation if he becomes president, no matter where his birthplace is.
He is a good retired American Soldier.
Look at the internet: McCain POW Secrets.