"Why I support Barack Obama: I have known Barack for nearly 20 years, since we attended Harvard Law School class of 1991. Although he gained his strongest asset (Michelle) after we graduated, he has always been a thoughtful, determined, intelligent leader."
If so, then this is just a ruse by the Obama campaign to put up a strawman and then knock him down.
Put it on the docket for some time in December...maybe.
"Dictatorial, unscrupulous, calculating, and crafty... Moreover, being intensely superstitious, she surrounded herself with astrologers... Indeed her methods were so essentially egotistical as to border on cynicism... In a word she was a woman of the Renaissance, a disciple of Machiavelli..."
-- Catherine de Medici, From the Catholic Encyclopedia
I think people are missing the more important factors surrounding this controversy. The point is the lawsuit and related documents will create additional doubt in the mind of undecided voters about who Obama is. The stuff about divided loyalties will be the killer to some people. With Obama’s support already fading this could be the death blow.
That this is being alleged by a Hillary supporter is great. The McCain campaign should stay far away from this issue unless and until the court rules.
But the whispers and e-mails about this may snowball doubt and cause more voters to go to the safety of McCain.
I just went to www.pacer.gov and could not find the lawsuit as described. Maybe it will appear tomorrow. Should be good reading.
Just tried to get to Factcheck.org and it seems their site is down ... hmmmmm ....
BUMP
How does one check to see if such a suit has actually been filed?
That Hillary (and her supporters) is just NOT going to give up, though it’s not surprising. Phil Berg, is really something else. Though, my brother talked to him, I’m glad we didn’t go with him regarding our case against the Teamsters.
Who exactly is the plaintiff in this suit? If it is Berg, it stands a good chance of being dismissed at the outset for lack of standing. If it is HRC herself, it might not be.
As of 11:30pm EDT the complaint is not in the Court’s PACER system.
Don’t hold your breath.
Even setting aside the attorney’s being a full-fledged lunatic (and 9-11 truther), the Court will (1) deny the request for injunctive relief out-of-hand, and (2) either immediately, or with a day or two, dismiss the complaint.
Period.
Why waste so much time and effort on nonesense. Let’s leave the kookiness to the Dems, eh?
Ping!!!
The Berg lawsuit was posted to www.pacer.gov this morning. You have to register to see it and give the Justice dept. a credit card number to view the docs at $0.08 per page.
I do not know if I can legally post the suit.
But, basically, the suit says Barry was born in Kenya. BTW, just about every other theory is included in the suit.
There is also a petition for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO).
Interesting reading...
11:45pm
I just learned that a hearing has been scheduled on the matter for 2:00pm today (8/22/2008). I have no further details at this time, though I know that the hearing is not open to the public.
It should be noted, though, that the judge assigned to the case—the Hon. R. Barclay Surrick—was appointed to the federal bench by President William Jefferson Clinton.”
http://www.americasright.com/2008/08/update-on-berg-v-obama-lawsuit.html
THey don't know him
Who thinks the media will report this? Anyone, anyone?
It's time for Republicans to throw McCain under the bus and nominate a traditional Republican at the convention.
Why waste an Obama opportunity on an angry little liberal like McCain?