Posted on 10/23/2008 4:08:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
What is the deal with Obama's birth certificate and citizenship status?
Pamela Gellers at Atlas Shrugs raises some apparent shenanigans with the birth certificate the Obama campaign previously produced. Meanwhile, Philip J. Berg, a former Deputy AG of Pennsylvania and a professed Hillary supporter, filed a lawsuit claiming Obama is not constitutionally eligible to be president; instead of simply clearing up any questions — which you would think would take about five minutes — Obama's lawyers moved to dismiss the suit and failed to file a timely answer, meaning that, under the applicable rules (according to Berg), Obama is legally deemed to have admitted Berg's allegations that he is constitutionally ineligible to be president.
Admittedly, I've ignored this issue up until now on the theory that if there was anything here worth looking at, surely the Hillary and McCain campaigns would have raised it. But this all seems very strange. It's not just a matter of whether Obama was born in Hawaii — Berg claims he wasn't, but most others seem to agree he was (though the publicly available proof seems shaky at this point). There is also the question whether he was also a citizen of one or more other countries (Kenya? Indonesia?) and whether that means, as a matter of law, that he could not be a "natural born" citizen as required by the Constitution.
Has anyone around here looked into this? Is it a serious issue, and why does Obama seem to be so squirmy about it?
“Obama’s lawyers moved to dismiss the suit and failed to file a timely answer, meaning that, under the applicable rules (according to Berg), Obama is legally deemed to have admitted Berg’s allegations that he is constitutionally ineligible to be president.”
I have no idea if there is anything to this allegation or not; but imagine the coverage this would get if McCain’s lawyers had failed to file an answer...
Andy must be listening to Michael Savage right now.
for 10.00 dollars it would all go away.
The guy raised $150,000,000.00 in Sept but wont spend $10.00 to get a certified copy.
Why not?
McCain had to.
“Is it a serious issue?”
We-e-e-e-e-el, only if you’re silly and narrow-minded enough to think we should live and govern and elect and conduct government in accordance with the Constitution of The United States!
//imagine the coverage this would get if McCain’s lawyers had failed to file an answer//
McCain would already be burnt toast to a charcoal
Obama could have made this go away so long ago. He must have a nefarious reason for holding out. Bet he’s doing a “rope-a-dope” and wants it to backfire and the VRWC.
Is NRO considered to be part of the MSM?
“Has anyone looked into this?” ????? What a dopey question. It’s pracically become a cottage industry in the blogosphere.
Related....
http://gunnyg.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/mccain-palin-taking-donations-march-2008-obama-action-alert-by-devvy/
Well....it looks like we are drawing nearer to the MSM. I sorta surprised that NRO posted it but totally agree that if this was McCain the MSM would be all over it ad nauseam.
Yeah talk about one of the most stupid questions of the entire election. Where the @%^&! have you been??
It ticks me off almost EVERYONE has let this get this far.
If Berg is right, and pulls this off he’s an American Hero.
Yes it is the real deal, read this..
http://peoplespassions.org/peoplesvoice/Lawsuits/National_Press_Release_08_10_22.htm
“...if this was McCain the MSM would be all over it ad nauseam.”
He wouldn’t have made it out of the primaries, and would’ve been deported to Panama, and Huckabee would be the nominee.
My short list ping.
This is sort of like the dog that didn’t bark.
It is becoming more suspicious to rational people that the Obama campaign would not end discussion.
My theory is that SOMETHING ELSE would be discovered if they released the information. They fear something else that doesn’t involve citizenship, and if push comes to shove, after elected he could get into it, but perhaps he thinks he would lose the election of the SOMETHING ELSE was known.
Just a guess.
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