Sen. McCain's son marries --for those hung up on race

[Wahalla]

John McCain has done honorable things as a politician. He can be gracious and he can be reasonable. The thing with John is that you never know what he's gonna say next ... and I think it is best that he spends the rest of his political life being where he is by working to move the GOP back to its roots - even as he made a very BIG mistake with that Sarah Palin embarrassing episode two elections ago. That hurt him.

I never understood that....And it is one question I would like to ask him when he retires....

[My Looh]

Yes, he took a lot of flack for calling the President "That One" during the debates but he did also stick up for Obama as well when the unjustified labeling took place, as already mentioned in this thread. But yes, the whole Sarah Palin episode sunk him for sure. As far as I know he still publicly defends the decision to choose her for a running mate, although I'm sure behind close doors he thinks of that as probably the biggest regret in his long political career.

I think he is probably a nice enough guy but I'm glad he never became America's CEO.

[Wahalla]

Yes, he took a lot of flack for calling the President "That One" during the debates but he did also stick up for Obama as well when the unjustified labeling took place, as already mentioned in this thread. But yes, the whole Sarah Palin episode sunk him for sure. As far as I know he still publicly defends the decision to choose her for a running mate, although I'm sure behind close doors he thinks of that as probably the biggest regret in his long political career.

I think he is probably a nice enough guy but I'm glad he never became America's CEO.

funny thing is if he won there would have been a constituional crisis.. He was born I believe in the Panama canal zone!

[Peasie]

funny thing is if he won there would have been a constituional crisis.. He was born I believe in the Panama canal zone!

Not a constitutional crisis. McCain was born in Panama when his father was stationed there. Both of his parents are US citizens therefore he is. Constitution says "And the children of citizens of the United States, that may be born beyond sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born citizens."

[Blackstar*]

apparently ~~~gasp~~~ a white man fancies a black woman.

~~~faint to rahtid~~~

I'm shocked - that's not something I see every day.

[kia027]

Yes, he took a lot of flack for calling the President "That One" during the debates but he did also stick up for Obama as well when the unjustified labeling took place, as already mentioned in this thread. But yes, the whole Sarah Palin episode sunk him for sure. As far as I know he still publicly defends the decision to choose her for a running mate, although I'm sure behind close doors he thinks of that as probably the biggest regret in his long political career.

I think he is probably a nice enough guy but I'm glad he never became America's CEO.

I am not too sure about it being a regret of his careeer.. He may have been talked into running for office and decided that you know what, I really dont want to win let me get sarah palin

[jah_yout]

Not a constitutional crisis. McCain was born in Panama when his father was stationed there. Both of his parents are US citizens therefore he is. Constitution says "And the children of citizens of the United States, that may be born beyond sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born citizens."

McCain born a panama...Romney born a mexico...and Obama born a Kenya....shrug

[jah_yout]

apparently ~~~gasp~~~ a white man fancies a black woman.

~~~faint to rahtid~~~

I'm shocked - that's not something I see every day.

I see it almost everyday

[Tropicana]

I see it almost everyday

I rarely see it unless I am in Europe or the UK. Then I see it a LOT and the women aren't light skinned with weaves either.

[Wahalla]

Not a constitutional crisis. McCain was born in Panama when his father was stationed there. Both of his parents are US citizens therefore he is. Constitution says "And the children of citizens of the United States, that may be born beyond sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born citizens."

That I did not know.. I always thought that u had to be born in the United States to be president.. And that was why Arnold Swarthznegger could not be president... It is good to learn something new...so i will readjust my knowledge base...

I thought romney parent was born in Mexico.....not Mitt...

Sorry but I could see Macain as President not Romney.....His comment in the UK on the Olympics demonstrated his inability to build a concensus... Macain speaks off the cuff and makes off colour jokes, Just like Obama does......and both easily recognises their errors readily. After that comment that put up the back of an entire nation Romney rationalised rather than apologised...

[Tropicana]

Qualifications for the Office of President

Age and Citizenship requirements - US Constitution, Article II, Section 1
No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Term limit amendment - US Constitution, Amendment XXII, Section 1 – ratified February 27, 1951
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.

Some of this language is archaic...Eskimo

Natural-born citizenWho is a natural-born citizen? Who, in other words, is a citizen at birth, such that that person can be a President someday?
The 14th Amendment defines citizenship this way: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." But even this does not get specific enough. As usual, the Constitution provides the framework for the law, but it is the law that fills in the gaps. The Constitution authorizes the Congress to do create clarifying legislation in Section 5 of the 14th Amendment; the Constitution, in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4, also allows the Congress to create law regarding naturalization, which includes citizenship.
Currently, Title 8 of the U.S. Code fills in the gaps left by the Constitution. Section 1401 defines the following as people who are "citizens of the United States at birth:"

• [*=left]Anyone born inside the United States *
  [*=left]Any Indian or Eskimo born in the United States, provided being a citizen of the U.S. does not impair the person's status as a citizen of the tribe
  [*=left]Any one born outside the United States, both of whose parents are citizens of the U.S., as long as one parent has lived in the U.S.
  [*=left]Any one born outside the United States, if one parent is a citizen and lived in the U.S. for at least one year and the other parent is a U.S. national

• [*=left]Any one born in a U.S. possession, if one parent is a citizen and lived in the U.S. for at least one year
  [*=left]Any one found in the U.S. under the age of five, whose parentage cannot be determined, as long as proof of non-citizenship is not provided by age 21
  [*=left]Any one born outside the United States, if one parent is an alien and as long as the other parent is a citizen of the U.S. who lived in the U.S. for at least five years (with military and diplomatic service included in this time)
  [*=left]A final, historical condition: a person born before 5/24/1934 of an alien father and a U.S. citizen mother who has lived in the U.S.