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Talk:Essay:Born Outside the U.S.A.! (view source)
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The President's pronunciation of Pakistan (PAH-kih-stahn) is closer to the native pronunciation than the common North American Anglophone pronunciation of (PACK-ih-stan). I see no need to enforce an incorrect pronunciation. Similar, but common, verbal mangling occurs in the place names of Hiroshima, Souix, and Thames. --[[User:LincolnShuddered|LincolnShuddered]]
The President's pronunciation of Pakistan (PAH-kih-stahn) is closer to the native pronunciation than the common North American Anglophone pronunciation of (PACK-ih-stan). I see no need to enforce an incorrect pronunciation. Similar, but common, verbal mangling occurs in the place names of Hiroshima, Souix, and Thames. --[[User:LincolnShuddered|LincolnShuddered]]
== "Became President anyway" ==
The song basically states that President Obama was not born in the United States, and that should prevent him from becoming the President. However, any "natural-born" citizen can become President of the United States. Natural-born simply means that the person must be a citizen of the United States at birth, whether by being born to one or more United States citizens or by being born on United States soil. Regardless of the President's birthplace, he was born to a United States citizen, his mother, and thus is a natural-born citizen and eligible for President. For this reason, I find the "song" fundamentally flawed.