Should there be any changes to this section of the constitution?

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I've noticed a few responses from some here have brought Baracks citizenship into question. Would they feel better if they changed Article 2 section 1.

Article 2 Section 1 of our constitution states:

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.

If we remove the "or a citizen of the United States" phrase from the constitution then neither Barack or McCain could be elected.

McCain was born in Cuba but is a long standing US Citizen.
Barack born in Kenya but is a long standing US Citizen.

What would you do?
 
Xenophobic or paranoid much?

What's the difference if they were born in another country but are US citizens?
 
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