Fistful said,
"What do you mean? Do you think he was naturalized, rather than "natural born"?"
I am pointing out that after the adoption of the Constitution only one kind of citizen was eligible to be President: a "natural-born" citizen. Thus, being born in the United States makes one automatically a citizen. That's why we have the problem of the so-called "anchor babies," where folks come to the US to have their babies in order for the babies to be natural-born citizens --automatic citizens, if you will.
I myself did not say anything about naturalized citizens or the naturalization process --you brought it up. And naturalization does not confer "natural-born" status on a person.
My comment was directed toward some the above posters who simply used the term "citizen" or "citizenship." rather than "natural-born" citizen --in other words, having citizenship by virtue of him/her being natural-born.
Wanted to point that up in my post. As you are of course aware, naturalized citizens are not natural-born citizens, and are thus ineligible for the Presidency.
For myself, I have no position on President Obama's eligibility for the Presidency based on doubt as to whether he is a natural-born citizen. This, since I myself do not know whether the documents so far seen endows him with a "natural-born" type of citizenship.