Freepers think Alexander Hamilton was President (more Freeper Madness)

Now that the burper movement is spreading its ridiculous myth that natural-born citizens must have citizen parents, not even all right-wing blog diehards are buying this claim. Indeed, even a regular of extremist website Free Republic got a little bit suspicious of it.

But don't just assume this user is a history genius. This user said:

"Tell me how Alexander Hamilton become president..he was born in the East Indies."

For one thing, being a natural-born citizen wasn't a requirement to be President, if one was a citizen at the time the Constitution was adopted. Otherwise, America would have had to wait until 35 years after independence just to have a President.

I can overlook that Freeper error, because I doubt that it's an uncommon one. The more important point is that Hamilton's natural-born status wouldn't have mattered anyway - because Alexander Hamilton was never President!

The Freeper person who thought Hamilton was President not only flunked history but also geography. Hamilton wasn't born in the East Indies, but in the West Indies - which are in the Caribbean. The East Indies are in southern Asia - almost precisely at the other end of the world.

That's like how when I was 7 years old I thought Walter Mondale was born in Ceylon the country instead of Ceylon, Minnesota. The difference is that I think most Freepers are a bit older than 7 (though they have the emotional maturity of someone half that age).

This coming from the folks who think the czars were communist.