Re: You Don't Have to Be Nuts to Be a Mathematician ...

From: Andrew B. Park (novakyu_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 07/14/04 

Date: 14 Jul 2004 14:28:11 -0700

Virgil wrote:
> In article <40F4CA9F.50508@et.uni-magdeburg.de>,
> Eckard Blumschein <blumschein@et.uni-magdeburg.de> wrote:
>
> > > Potato.
> >
> > In order to qualify for a vice president of America, I will try
writing
> > potatoe.
>
> In order to qualify for a vice president of America, one must be born

> an American citizen.

I think that's the qualification for the _president_. I've known an
immigrant mom who wanted their son to grow up to be a vice president
-_-; (and no, it wasn't my mom -_-; ).

And, actually, I checked the Constitution and the word "natural born"
occurs only once in the whole document and it occurs in Article II,
Section I,

"Clause 5: No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the
United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall
be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be
eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of
thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United
States."

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