According to the state of Hawaii, two newspapers in Honolulu, the U.S. State Department and the woman who was in the maternity ward at the same time as Ann and saw Barack lying in the bassinet next to her own son, Barack Obama was born in the United States.
But, according to the "birthers", Barack was not eligible to be president of the United States because they claimed 1.) he was not born in the United States and 2.) according to the Liberty Legal Foundation, he was not eligible because his father wasn't born in the United States as they claim that both parents must be U.S. citizens at the time of the birth.
"Birthers" have been very adament about this throughout President Obama's presidency - that he was not legitimately the president because he was not a natural born citizen.
Which makes today's announcement from CPAC all the more interesting. It's their announcement of the straw poll for president in 2016. This is the list of people that they were willing to consider as viable presidential contenders carrying forward the Republican flag.
Check out who came in #6 in the running. Ted Cruz.
Ted Cruz who was born in Calgary, CANADA. Rafael Cruz, Ted's father, was born in Cuba and did not become a citizen until 2005. Thus, at the time of Ted Cruz's birth he was born outside of the United States and had only one parent who was an American citizen.
Given their vehemence concerning their concept of natural-born citizens, it's kind of amazing that Cruz would be on the list at all, let along as high on the voting ranks.
It would be interesting to ask them if they have finally realized their mistake and are willing to apologize to the president or if they are willing to admit that the importance of whether the candidate is natural-born is only important to them if the candidate is a black Democrat.
Would I vote for Ted Cruz, not in a million years. But that's because I disagree with his stand on issues not on his right to be called an American.
