USA presidential race(ism)

[Pat Mathews]

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> Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:48:18 -0400> From: johngar at gmail.com> To: brin-l at mccmedia.com> Subject: Re: USA presidential race(ism)> > On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Alberto Monteiro <albmont at centroin.com.br>> 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