HUH? it's pretty simple, the founding fathers believed that the man in the office of commander-in-chief should have BOTH parents citizens of this country, because they don't want a guy with a foreign father leaning the guy towards his homeland or being split because he has two homelands!!!!!! they want the guy in charge of the military having only one homeland so when he's influenced by his father or father's homeland it will be America! get it! obama has a father from kenya so he can not be natural born! he can be American born, if he truly was born here, but not natural born! the video is to show that the founders not only read vattel's book but used it to write the constitution, dealing with foreign policy and in court when it applies. Here is the natural born definition from the book "law of nations"-“The citizens are the members of the civil society; bound to this society by certain duties, and subject to its authority, they equally participate in its advantages. The natives, or natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens. As the society cannot exist and perpetuate itself otherwise than by the children of the citizens, those children naturally follow the condition of their fathers, and succeed to all their rights. The society is supposed to desire this, in consequence of what it owes to its own preservation; and it is presumed, as matter of course, that each citizen, on entering into society, reserves to his children the right of becoming members of it. The country of the fathers is therefore that of the children; and these become true citizens merely by their tacit consent. We shall soon see whether, on their coming to the years of discretion, they may renounce their right, and what they owe to the society in which they were born. I say, that, in order to be of the country, it is necessary that a person be born of a father who is a citizen; for, if he is born there of a foreigner, it will be only the place of his birth, and not his country.”

pretty simple!!!!! this is what vattel believed and so did the founders, so the president and the v.p. has to full fill the same requirements but the rest of the elected officials don't have to be natural born! that's why obama could be in the senate, the house or a governor but not president or v.p. that's why this whole birther thing is a waste of time. there is even a letter to washington during their writing of the constitution that offers the ideal of the whole natural born clause! what more does there need to be said , obama is not natural born!

Mobay, I understand your argument but believe it has flaws and there are other interpretations.   But what's with the Yale link?

But you posted that when people interpret what YOU write, they don't get what you meant. Now, you are the one saying there can be different interpretations of something. WTF!