Was McCane Born Here? - Democratic Underground

Parche

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Fri Oct-24-08 11:56 AM
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Was McCane Born Here?

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Lyric

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Fri Oct-24-08 11:57 AM
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1. "Sundial broken"

LMAO!
:rofl:

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FreakinDJ

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Fri Oct-24-08 11:58 AM
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2. Panama - last I checked is not inside America

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Winterblues

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Fri Oct-24-08 12:04 PM
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4. Inside a military base is though

Embassies and military compounds are considered American soil as are American ships.

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Benhurst

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Fri Oct-24-08 12:27 PM
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9. I read somewhere that at the time McCain was born, the hospital

Edited on Fri Oct-24-08 12:29 PM by Benhurst

was actually off the base and located in Panama proper. A hospital was built on the base several years after McCain was born.

Even if that is true, however, I don't think the Supreme Court would follow a strict reading of the Constitution in such a case, despite all the "strict constructionist" bullshit the right-wing has been peddling the last thirty years.

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YOY

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Fri Oct-24-08 12:07 PM
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5. It is actually.

Edited on Fri Oct-24-08 12:08 PM by YOY

Central America.

Now inside the 50 states of the USA. No.

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noonwitch

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Fri Oct-24-08 12:22 PM
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6. It was considered an American Territory at the time of his birth

The canal zone. Also, his dad was in the military and the family was posted there, and there are exceptions for this.

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Hassin Bin Sober

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Fri Oct-24-08 12:38 PM
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12. I thought I read he was born outside the actual canal zone in an off-base hospital.

Furthermore, the canal zone wasn't sovereign US territory. They always maintained their own sovereignty.

It's a moot point because gramps will never get as close to the oval office as he is now.

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Vickers

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Fri Oct-24-08 11:58 AM
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3. Poor Sidney...will he never win?

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kurt_cagle

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Fri Oct-24-08 12:24 PM
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7. Military Hospital

A military base in foreign territory is considered to be a part of the basing nation, not the host nation, for birth certificate purposes. My brother was born on an Air Force base in Spain, and while for years we joked that he would be getting a letter in Spanish informing him that he was a draftee of the Spanish Armed Services, he is legally considered to be American (same holds true for US Embassies of course).

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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel

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Fri Oct-24-08 12:25 PM
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8. He IS old...Looks like D.O.B. August 29,1906

Edited on Fri Oct-24-08 12:29 PM by Dont_Bogart_the_Pret

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Jack_Dawson

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Fri Oct-24-08 12:28 PM
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10. Isn't it "McCain"?

Just sayin'

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laconicsax

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Fri Oct-24-08 12:29 PM
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11. That isn't even a good fake.

Now compare:

link

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serrano2008

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Fri Oct-24-08 12:56 PM
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13. I heard he became a "Born Again" in Vietnam

So, I guess that makes him a Vietnamese citizen. He's NOT EBLIGIBLE!!!

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