Well about McCain, he was technically born in the US. He was born on a military base in, if I remember correctly, Panama. Military bases are US soil. So technically he was born in the US.
I really don't think race has anything to do with this debate about Obama. Its just the fact that even with all this public outcry, very little of his records have been released. It makes people think that something is trying to be hidden from them which makes them draw their own conclusions. This is where conspiracy theories are created. All of this controversy would have been avoided if Obama would have just released all these records back on 2008 when people started asking for them. Instead, he stonewalled everybody then released documents that clearly were not good enough for many people. Then laughed at them when they started asking for more information. His school records would be helpful because, some people would like to know how he did, for example, in economics. It would be nice to know if, at any point, he failed that.
Now, I'm not defending Obama, I have also disliked him since the election and I have not liked hardly anything he has done as president. I'm just tired seeing the race card pulled over every little criticism about Obama. And I blame the media for making us like this. I can't hardly stand to watch the news anymore. The media has made us change the way we think so much that we are constantly afraid of offending someone or having something we say come across as racist. I find myself doing this and honestly it frightens me a little.
Also after reading over this post, I realize it can come across as sort of flameish, I don't intend it this way. I'm just trying to state another point of view.
Tone of voice is tricky with a keyboard. Just trying to not make the mods angry.