I think I speak for a good portion of the planet when I say that we find this argument quite fascinating and damn right hillarious...
I mean for the so called land of opportunity freedome, induvidual liberties yadda yadda yadda to screen their president with such a criteria is a tad baffling. I mean for petes sake, what a nationalistic criteria, even Adolf rose up from Austria and Stalin from Georgia, whos really the beacon of the land of possibility here lol?
In all seriousness, WHY would it matter?
Why dont you change that silly thing? I mean I`d sorta get it if Itallians had it cos they wouldnt want a slav or a germanic dude on top, but for petes sake, US doesnt have a national identity/heritage past the founding fathers patriotism heh... I mean Obama`s a citizen right? Lived in US for his entire life? He was, presumably, voted in based on his policies right? He ergo derives his power from the mandate of the people (well lets assume for a sec the electorial system means that lolz), not the hole in the US ground he sprang up from? I mean even the old monarchs of europe derived their power from god and ruled irrespective of their birthplace, jsut think of the Windsors,
ja? kekeke.
I mean wth lol? Whats the logic here? I can only assume its a norm due to the specific circumstances at the time of the drafting of the constitution but come on folks, it`s been 250 years and we`re not talking about the bloomin bible here lol. Its a legal text and law is nothng but a reflection of society, as the latter changes the former becomes obsolete and inevitably adapts.
Only a complete muppet would impeach a president over this. The same muppet who would also strictly adhere to the louisiana & alabama sodomy laws etc. Inteligent people would have a debate about chucking that outlived piece of text out (allong side the 2nd).