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The Silence of Obama
America's Right ^ | 9/5/2008 | Jeff Schreiber

Posted on 09/06/2008 6:57:37 AM PDT by solfour

Illinois Sen. Barack Obama was served with papers yesterday connected with the lawsuit filed more than two weeks ago in federal court in Philadelphia questioning his constitutional eligibility for the American presidency. Service was made at his Washington, D.C. Senate office at approximately 1:00 p.m.

From a press release provided by filing attorney Philip Berg and available on his Web site:

Philip J. Berg, Esquire, the Attorney who filed suit against Barack H. Obama challenging Senator Obama’s eligibility to serve as President of the United States, has received confirmation from his Process Service Company that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Senator Barack Obama were served today, September 4, 2008, with the legal documents pertaining to Berg vs. Obama, Civil Action No. 08-cv-4083.

The DNC was served at 12:00 p.m. and Senator Obama was served at 1:00 p.m. The U.S. Attorney’s Office accepted service on behalf of the Federal Elections Committee (FEC) on or about August 22, 2008.

A telephone call to Obama's Senate office in Washington, D.C. yielded no official comment, as his staffer maintained that she was "not familiar with any legal action" and, even though I mentioned that service was made in D.C. to that office, it was "probably a campaign-related issue."

The subsequent call to the senator's campaign headquarters, however, yielded the same result but in a more entertaining fashion.

"That's very interesting," said a campaign official who declined to provide a name and admitted that this was the first he had heard of Berg's lawsuit. He asked whether anything about the civil action had appeared in the newspapers, and when told that the story had appeared in the Washington Times, he laughed.

"Has the story appeared in the New York Times? How about the Washington Post? Or the Los Angeles Times? The Chicago Tribune?" he asked. "Those are all more trustworthy papers than the Washington Times. When the story appears there, then we might have something to say about it."

"If Sen. Obama were ineligible to run for president," he said, "I think we would have heard about it by now."

Berg, over the phone, mentioned that he has received phone calls and advice from dozens of lawyers across the country, and was currently working on preparing a motion for expedited discovery to be filed before the next conference with Judge Surrick. While he was unable to provide a copy of the affidavit of service--as soon as I get a copy, it will be posted here--he was more than happy to offer his perspective on the predictable response I received from Obama's senate office and campaign headquarters.

"They know about it," he said, noting that the story has catapulted across the Internet and radiowaves, citing 7.9 million hits on his Web site and mentioning that he is booked for a pair of radio interviews this evening, and will be sitting with a newspaper photographer for another story to appear in the [Norristown, PA] Times-Herald. "Too many times, a lawsuit can be filed and nobody knows about it. This time, the political people must know for sure."

"The silence is proving me right," he said, wondering why no doctor or nurse has come forward to claim the inevitable publicity which would accompany an admission that they were in attendance for the Illinois senator's birth. "I think it's an insult to the American public and even more so to his campaign supporters who have worked so hard and donated so much money. All they're doing is prolonging the agony. If I'm right and they stay quiet, they could sit on it for 60 days, get elected, and the only way out would be impeachment by this do-nothing Congress."

"What does that do for America?" He asked. "This deserves a comment one way or another."


TOPICS: Politics
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To: Shooter 2.5

Barak H. Obama was born in Honolullu, Hawaii, U.S. A.. Get over it.”:

Find the hospital where he was born.

Nobama states two different hospitals in his writings, which is unusual be itself. Neither hospital has any record of Stanley Ann Dunham Obama ever being there, much less giving birth. Almost every American knows where and when they were born. It is nothing for us to get a copy of a legal document stating same.

If you are so sure about your statement: Produce the correct records.


41 posted on 09/06/2008 7:35:32 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: tuffie1

“I am new at this so please forgive me if I’m not doing things correctly. Does anyone know where Obama’s mother is?”

Deceased.


42 posted on 09/06/2008 7:36:15 AM PDT by Proud 2BeTexan
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To: solfour

The link (americasright) seems to be down. Fascinating narrative though. The fact that the Obama people have not produced a copy of his actual birth certificate from 1961, with confirmation by Hawaii state officials of its authenticity compared to the original, is VERY telling. I don’t think this story will go away without that document being examined.


43 posted on 09/06/2008 7:36:30 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius, (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Fabozz

It does look shopped - so I hang my head:)

What is amazing is the resourcefulness of the MSM when attempting to vet Sarah Palin, and their apparent inability to perform with equal intensity and focus to discover the facts on Barry.

- Thesis from Columbia..
- documents, schedules and papers from his time as a state legislator..
- more than a ONE PAGE medical summary from his doctor..
- An open and transparent explanation of his school years in Indonesia- whether he was or was not a dual-citizen.
- Any kind of explanation- other than his lie- about the length and depth of his friendship with Bill Ayers and Frank Marshall Davis.

As we’ve all observed- if these details were unknown about a Republican POTUS candidate ...imagine the uproar.


44 posted on 09/06/2008 7:36:33 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet-McCain/Palin 08)
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To: Issaquahking

Like I said, you guys have the investigation skills of a gnat. No wonder FR believes in the grassy knoll, controlled demolitions in the Twin Towers, no plane hit the Pentagon... should I go on?

45 posted on 09/06/2008 7:36:56 AM PDT by Shooter 2.5 (NRA - Vote against the dem party)
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To: solfour

bttt


46 posted on 09/06/2008 7:37:11 AM PDT by petercooper (IQ tests for all voters!)
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To: Former Fetus

Far better for committed Democrats to push this;it would be karmic justice if Obama were stricken from a ballot in somewhat like manner as he has caused his former opponents to be.


47 posted on 09/06/2008 7:37:18 AM PDT by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a creditcard?)
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To: doug from upland

I would certainly like to know the DNC rules on this. “

The high mucky-mucks of the Dimorat party get together and pick a replacement.
It should be a pay for view event!! they will need the money after wasting all these funds on Nobama.


48 posted on 09/06/2008 7:37:27 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: myrabach

Nope...not automatic if one parent is not a citizen..

“For persons born on or after November 14, 1986, a person is a U.S. citizen if all of the following are true:[4]

1. One of the person’s parents was a U.S. citizen when the person in question was born;
2. The citizen parent lived at least 5 years in the United States before his or her child’s birth; and
3. At least 2 of these 5 years in the United States were after the citizen parent’s 14th birthday.

A person’s record of birth abroad, if registered with a U.S. consulate or embassy, is proof of his or her citizenship. Such a person may also apply for a passport or a Certificate of Citizenship to have a record of his or her citizenship. Such documentation is often useful to prove citizenship in lieu of the availability of an American birth certificate.

Different rules apply for persons born abroad to one U.S. citizen before November 14, 1986. United States law on this subject changed multiple times throughout the twentieth century, and the law as it existed at the time of the individual’s birth controls.”


49 posted on 09/06/2008 7:37:37 AM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: SE Mom

an attempt to hide some possibly embarrassing info

like being treated for Attention Deficit, still don’t think we’ve seen Obama or Biden medical records


50 posted on 09/06/2008 7:38:19 AM PDT by Son House (Palin, Has The Left Press Wailing! [MSNBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, New York Times,...])
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To: SE Mom
Are we certain it hasn’t been shopped?

I am absolutely certain that it HAS been photoshopped. A very amateurish job at that.

51 posted on 09/06/2008 7:40:11 AM PDT by Mama_Bear
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To: solfour

There is a faint odor of mendacity in the room.


52 posted on 09/06/2008 7:40:18 AM PDT by Don Corleone (Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
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To: Shooter 2.5; myrabach

Let’s assume that yes, he was born in the US. Since his father was not a US citizen, there were some requirements on the mother in order for her to pass on the citizenship to her son. To make a long story short, she should have been 21 before Obama’s birth, but the fact is she was only 18. Now, I did not know that not too long ago, I also assumed that if one parent was a citizen the children were automatically citizens. Thank God that my husband was old enough when my children were married! But, regardless of what we think, that seems to have been the law at the time Obama was born. If he can flaunt the law and run for president, I (a naturalized citizen) want to run with Sarah next time around!


53 posted on 09/06/2008 7:40:32 AM PDT by Former Fetus
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To: solfour
Obama, while vacationing in Hawaii visited his Grandmother once for one and a half hours together with an associate, or better witness.
No wife, none of his children came along to see their grand grand mother, that raised Obama.
Imagine, Obama's two girls never got to see grand grand mother.
Why? Skin color?
Or was this to assure that this women, whom Obama called a “typical white women”, keeps her lips tight should any nosy person try to lift Obama’s secret of birthplace.
54 posted on 09/06/2008 7:41:08 AM PDT by hermgem (Will Olmr)
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To: hoosierham

Exactly. Let the hillary supporters look foolish. We’re supposed to be on the side of truth no matter who has an advantage.


55 posted on 09/06/2008 7:42:51 AM PDT by Shooter 2.5 (NRA - Vote against the dem party)
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To: jersey117
Quick Photoshop detection trick I leared from an ILM SFX artist 15 years ago: black point. In a real photo, all "pitch black" areas have the same intensity, which is almost never digital black (pixel value of 0). This value is called the black point. In an imperfectly faked photo, such as all the Sarah Palin heads Photoshopped onto hooker bodies the Kos kids are spreading around, the black point will be inconsistent.

In the first picture, the black point should be the windows in the background, but the border around the plaque is much blacker. At a minimum, these should be the same value, but in reality the plaque's border, being closer and better lit, should be significantly brighter.

56 posted on 09/06/2008 7:43:06 AM PDT by Fabozz
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To: Former Fetus

Look up the definition of “anchor baby”.


57 posted on 09/06/2008 7:44:29 AM PDT by Shooter 2.5 (NRA - Vote against the dem party)
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To: Former Fetus

Thank you! That certainly puts an interesting spin on the matter.


58 posted on 09/06/2008 7:44:57 AM PDT by myrabach
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To: doug from upland
Why is the focus different on the plaque different from the focus on the post? Why does the plaque not fit on the post? Somebody had better improve their skills with Gimp/Photoshop! Please! You need to do a better job than this!!
59 posted on 09/06/2008 7:45:27 AM PDT by Rarelyherd
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To: hermgem

I find that curious too. The woman he credits for being the man he is today is no where to be found. McCain’s 96 year old mother was at his acceptance yet we have seen or heard nothing from his grandmother or anyone close to her. very strange. Everything about him is so secretive.


60 posted on 09/06/2008 7:45:30 AM PDT by jersey117
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