Letters to the Editor
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Hell yeah
All right, I am a naturalized immigrant. I can do whatever the heck I want in this country, even vote! but I cannot run for President. Not that I would want to, but come on. This country has been built on immigrants. Heck, even our Lady Liberty is an immigrant. You know, even the so-called "native Americans" were immigrants from Siberia, if you're pedantic enough about such things.
The whole "natural born citizen" thing most likely has to do with the early struggles against foreign powers (namely, England) and the colonists' desire to stop being British and start being Americans. It is only, er, natural for them to desire one of their own serving as their President, considering that they've been under the foreign yoke for so long. But... we've been a nation for over two centuries now, time to diversify. I like the idea of a naturalized citizen being able to try out for the Presidency.
Of course, let's first elect a President who isn't a white male Protestant of some sort, and then we'll talk.
(By the way, just want to throw it out there: how many U.S. Presidents had non-Anglo Saxon last names? I can think of two only: Eisenhower and Van Buren. That's it.)