George Washington was not born in the US!

[XemaSab]

Moreover, his parents were not even born in the US!

Our so-called first president was born in a whole other country as a citizen of that country to a couple of foreign nationals.

Our whole country is built on a lie.

We may as well just give the whole place over to furriners. :cry:

[stuball111]

1. I think we should give it to Canada

Throw some stars on the Maple Leaf, and we all get Universal Health Care! YAY:bounce:

[saltpoint]

3. I knew it. I always felt he was a secret Muslin who had a radical

preacher and was born in a Muslin training camp for terrists.

[LiberalFighter]

2. Yep. All of those Revolutionaries were foreign born.

[EFerrari]

4. But Washington wasn't "a citizen of Kenya", so it's all good.

:crazy:

[Ken Burch]

6. And he never even OWNED any citizens of Kenya

(IF you know what I mean...)

Nigerians, Congolese, Tanzanians, yes, but no Kenyans.

[Ken Burch]

5. Or return the land that was stolen from the Loyalists by the pro-Washington "block committee" types

of 1783.

[drm604]

7. The Constitution made an exception for that.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.articleii.html

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

[XemaSab]

11. I don't think he was adopted by Ameircans

if that's what you're trying to say. :shrug:

[drm604]

16. I assume that you're joking.

On the small chance that you're not, it's talking about the adoption of the constitution - the point at which the constitution went into effect.

[anigbrowl]

8. someone didn't read the constitution carefully

No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution...

[yodermon]

17. +1, but it may at least confuse the birfers for a bit.

[krispos42]

9. Holy fuck!!!111!!!

NINE former US presidents were born on foreign soil!


Look at this list!

George Washington, b. 1732 and a natural-born British citizen
John Adams, b. 1735 and a natural-born British citizen
Thomas Jefferson, b. 1743 and a natural-born British citizen
James Madison, b. 1751 and a natural-born British citizen
James Monroe, b. 1758 and a natural-born British citizen
John Quincy Adams, b. 1767 and a natural-born British citizen
Andrew Jackson, b. 1767 and a natural-born British citizen
Martin Van Buren, b. 1782 and a natural-born British citizen
William Henry Harrison, b. 1773 and a natural-born British citizen



And not a single birth certificate among them!!!!!!! :cry:

[lapfog_1]

10. You can add Zachary Taylor to the list too...

Born in 1784, before the Constitution was adopted and ratified.

[krispos42]

12. But after the Treaty of Paris... does that make him an American?

He's no longer a Brit furrrrriner, after all...

[lapfog_1]

13. But the exception, written into the constitution

is for people (really, just men back then) born BEFORE the adoption of the Constitution.

So yeah, according to the constitution, ol' Zachary was NOT a natural born 'merican.

[krispos42]

14. So he was a natural-born citizen of the Sovereign Commonwealth of Virginia

Viginian by birth, American by an act of Congress.

Oh, the horror... that's TEN now!

[lapfog_1]

15. Yup, something like that.

The whole thing is rather vague.