natural born citizen

I was wrong in the previous post. You don't have to be "naturalized" if you are born in another country to an American parent.

Which makes the birther stupidity even more stupid. Someone (such as John McCain) who was born outside of the US is an American citizen and "natural born" if one or both parents is an American citizen.

One is "naturalized" if he or she was not an American citizen at birth, immigrates, and then becomes a citizen.

As Josh Marshall at TPM says, "the best way to understand the 'birther' craze is as a proxy for people who don't want to accept a black man with a Arabic-derived first name as President of the United States. Really as simple as that."