Dual Citizenship.

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9. Even if ...

I'm sorry, but I don't see what a big deal anyone's dual citizenship is, particularly if the status was acquired at birth.

A case could be made for one's having taken specific steps to acquire a non-US nationality, after being born a US citizen. A case could even be made for requiring a dual national to waive his/her non-US nationality if that person is running for US President.

But Bernie Sanders is a US citizen by birth. Insofar as the facts show, he never took steps to acquire a dual nationality with any other state. So any "issue" about Bernie's so-called "dual nationality" is a created crisis. Shame on whoever created it!

I say this as a staunch Hillary supporter, btw.

PS: I have a slight recollection of there being a character in James Michener's 1971 novel The Drifters who was born with dual US/Israeli nationality and who had to make a choice about which nationality to assume by the time he was 18. The Wiki overview of the novel can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Drifters_%28novel%29

In 1971, however, US nationality law was different and one had to opt specifically for US citizenship by the time one was 18 if born with dual nationality. It was only later that US nationality law changed so that dual citizenship could be an option.