Cue Bruce Springsteen....http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/
> Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:48:18 -0400> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > brin-l@mccmedia.com> Subject: Re: USA presidential race(ism)> > On Thu, Jun > 19, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:> > > Both > McCain and Obama were born outside of the continental USA> > (Panama and > Hawaii, respectively). I don't know too much about> > USA history, but was > there any POTUS that was not born in the> > continental USA?> >> > Maybe the > next one will be born even outsider (like Austria...)> >> > Alberto Monteiro> > >> > _______________________________________________> > > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l> >> > technically, the first > seven Presidents were born in what was at the time,> colonies of the British > Empire. the first President to be born after the US> became an independent > country was Martin Van Buren.> John McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone > to a serving US Navy officer> and is considered a natural born citizen. > Barack Obama was born in Hawaii> after it became a state. until the Constitution is changed to permit> naturalized citizens to become President, no one born in Austria will be> elected President.> > john> _______________________________________________> http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
