Posted on 02/16/2009 8:20:04 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
Alan Keyes, a 2008 presidential candidate who now is a plaintiff in one of the many lawsuits seeking to verify whether Barack Obama qualifies under the U.S. Constitution's requirements to occupy the Oval Office, says the tactics adopted by lawyers for the president confirm there is an issue for the courts to investigate.
Alan Keyes, who was the candidate of the American Independent Party, cited a recent exchange with lawyers representing Obama in which they warned they might seek monetary penalties against those raising the question of Obama's eligibility under the Constitution's requirement that the president be a "natural born" citizen.
"It confirms the common sense suspicion that he won't act forthrightly in this matter because he has something to hide," Keyes wrote on his blog after WND reported the warning about "sanctions" was raised by Obama's defense lawyers.
The onetime U.S. ambassador explained on his posting that those raising questions over Obama's elibigility – so far – have simply been ignored by courts.
"In effect, the courts are refusing the admit plaintiffs on this matter into the courtroom, thereby denying them justice," he wrote. "Madison wrote, 'Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It will be pursued either until it be obtained or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.'"
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Speculation, sure, but he does seem to be hiding something.
Sadly, IMHO, the BHO Sleeper Cell has played this very well. We are forced to prove something wrong, the evidence for which is controlled by the wrongdoer, or, to be politically correct, "the alleged wrongdoer;" except that legally speaking, nothing has been alleged!
Furthermore, the only entities which seem to have potential standing as plaintiffs are governmental agencies.
Gato, as the late Attorney Algonquin J. Calhoun, whom our POTUS greatly resembles, might have put it to his only client, The Amos 'n' Andy Taxi Company, "Boys, we has been had pretty good, hoisted on the petard of our very own legal system. Definite case of petardation."
Relax everyone, the crisis is over! Purchasing, directly from my TV, in the comfort and security of my soon-to-be foreclosed home, I recently received delivery of my very own Barack Obama Commemorative Coin (Far larger than any coin issued by the US Mint and clad in 97 milligrams of solid silver! $19.95 .... reduced from $39.95. Limited to 5 ...sorry just 5 ... to a family). Praise the Lord! Inside the handsome commemorative keepsake heirloom case was an equally impressive Certificate of Authenticity, lavishly printed, with beautiful typography, worthy of a medieval monastery ! Yes! The man is authentic.
Deliriously rushing to my wall safe, I opened the handsome commemorative keepsake case in which my family's heirloom Barack Hussein Obama Commemorative China Plate is kept. There, nestled behind this ceramic work of art was ... you guessed it ...another Certificate of Authenticity, issued by the Commemorative Ceramic Committee.
What the heck more do you people want? Name me one other President so impressively authenticated! Does Ambassador Alan Keyes have this kind of documentation about his Authenticity? This certainly puts paid to all of those rumors floating around about this man's provenance.
Let's move on. Nothing more to see here.
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