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The Great Birth Certificate Scandal/Cover-Up of ‘08
Tulsa Today ^ | Monday, 24 November 2008 | Joan Swirsky

Posted on 11/24/2008 9:38:43 PM PST by ckilmer

The Great Birth Certificate Scandal/Cover-Up of ‘08

By Joan Swirsky   
Monday, 24 November 2008
ImageAnalysis: Last week, newscasters reported that al Qaeda’s #2 terrorist disparaged the election of Barack Obama, and hurled racial slurs at Obama himself. “The report has not been confirmed by the State Department,” they all said, but they reported it anyway.

Fox News reporter Carl Cameron told viewers that three “anonymous” insiders of Sen. McCain’s campaign said that Sarah Palin was, in essence, a diva and a dunce. He – and dozens of others who picked up the story on other channels – never identified, or even verified, the sources of the quotes, but they reported them anyway.

Contrast these shabby examples of “journalism” with the legions of identifiable, verifiable and credible sources who for months have been investigating the disturbing allegation that Barack Obama is ineligible for the presidency because he has failed to meet one of the three requirements that the U.S. Constitution mandates, specifically that he provide proof of his “natural born” U.S. citizenship.

What follows is a partial list of people and organizations that have challenged Obama’s eligibility. Further on I will comment on how egregious the media’s failure to cover this story has been.  And last, I will speculate on the reason for the cover-up of this full-blown scandal.

Attorney Philip J. Berg, former deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania and a longtime Democrat partisan, sued Obama and the Democratic National Committee for what he alleged was the DNC’s failure to vet Obama, and Obama’s failure to provide an authentic and verifiable U.S. birth certificate. The suit was dismissed as "too vague…" Berg filed a writ of certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct.30, to force Obama to produce his birth certificate. On Nov. 3, Justice David Souter rejected Berg’s emergency appeal for the court to halt the tabulation of the 2008 presidential election results, but set a schedule for a response from Obama, the DNC and all co-defendants on or before Dec. 1. Berg claims to have a tape recording of Obama’s Kenyan grandmother saying that she was present at Obama’s birth in Kenya, along with his half-brother and half-sister. Here is his website.

According to WorldNetDaily, blogger Jeff Schreiber said a second case was presented to the Supreme Court on the same issue, i.e., the Federal Election Commission (FEC) has waived its right to respond to a complaint brought by attorney Philip Berg, possibly – among other reasons – because they liked their odds of Berg's petition getting denied. Berg said that if the FEC filed not solely on its own behalf but “on behalf of the DNC and Barack Obama too, it reeks of collusion."

Dr. T.B. Bradley, a forensic psychologist, stated, as part of the Berg case, that, “Upon reading all of the books written by or about Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. aka Barry Soetoro (hereinafter Obama) Applicant discerned that Obama was not a natural born citizen of the United States or if he was a natural born citizen that he had lost his citizenship when his biological mother married Lolo Soetoro, a citizen of Indonesia. Obama then became a citizen of Indonesia as a result of his mother's expatriation of herself and her son, by self declaration on legal public educational records that Obama was formally known as Barry Soetoro, a citizen of Indonesia [and] was not US Constitutionally qualified to hold the Office of the United States Senator from Illinois or the Office of the President of the United States.”

Author, radio host, blogger, and Chicago attorney Andy Martin filed a suit in Hawaii's Supreme Court to compel Gov. Linda Lingle to release a certified copy of Obama's vital statistics record. His request was denied. On Nov. 18, he petitioned a judge in Hawaii for access to Obama’s original 1961 birth certificate, and reported that “the judge reserved judgment.” But when he arrived back in the states, he learned that Judge Bert Ayabe had dismissed the case.

Former presidential candidate Alan Keyes filed a suit with the California Secretary of State asking that the state's 55 Electoral College votes not be cast on December 15 until Obama verifies his eligibility to hold the office. Keyes’ suit was filed by Gary Kreep of the United States Justice Foundation, along with California Electors Wiley S. Drake and Markham Robinson. The action states: "Should Senator Obama be discovered, after he takes office, to be ineligible for the Office of President of the United States, and, thereby, his election declared void….(a) usurper will be sitting as the President of the United States, and none of the treaties, laws, or executive orders signed by him will be valid or legal." Former California Secretaries of State have reviewed background documents to verify the eligibility of candidates. In 1968, the Peace and Freedom Party submitted the name of Eldridge Cleaver as a qualified candidate for POTUS. Then Secretary of State, Frank Jordan, found that according to Cleaver's birth certificate, he was only 34 years old, one year shy of the age needed to be on the ballot. Mr. Jordan removed Mr. Cleaver from the ballot. Cleaver unsuccessfully challenged this decision to the Supreme Court of the State of California and to the Supreme Court.

Lt. Col. Donald Sullivan, a retired 23-year veteran of the Army, National Guard, and Air Force filed another suit in North Carolina, which claimed Obama should not have been on the state's election ballot because his citizenship is in doubt.

David M. Neal of Ohio filed a suit in Warren Common Pleas Court to force the Ohio Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner, to request documents from the Federal Elections Commission, the Democratic National Committee, the Ohio Democratic Party and Obama to show the presidential candidate was born in Hawaii. The case was denied.

Cort Wrotnowski of Connecticut asked the court to order Secretary of State, Susan Bysiewicz, to verify Obama's citizenship before allowing the candidate to appear on the state ballot. The case was denied.

Steven Marquis filed a suit Washington State Superior Court, calling for Secretary of State, Sam Reed, to determine whether Obama is a citizen before Election Day, claiming the Hawaii birth certificate reveals neither the hospital where Obama was born nor a doctor's name the baby's footprint. The case was denied.

Rev. Tom Terry of Georgia appealed to the Georgia Supreme Court the day before the election to determine authenticity of Obama's original birth certificate and his qualifications to be president. Georgia Superior Court Judge Jerry W. Baxter denied Terry's request for an injunction against Secretary of State Karen Handel.

Author Jerome Corsi, who has written extensively about this case, traveled to Hawaii and Kenya. He learned that the Certification of Live Birth that the Obama campaign posted is, according to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, not the same as a Certificate of Live Birth, which authenticates Hawaiian birth.

Obama's half-sister, Maya Soetoro, has named two different Hawaii hospitals where Obama could have been born. In November 2004 she said he was born at Queens Medical Center in Honolulu, but in February 2008, she said he was born in the Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children. Before the election, the Internet site, WorldNetDaily, retained a private investigator in Hawaii to visit both hospitals, but he reported that sheriff's deputies were stationed at both hospitals to fend off inquiries.

Leo C. Donofrio a retired attorney, started a website and filed a suit in New Jersey on November 3, asking Secretary of State, Nina Mitchell Wells, for an emergency stay prohibiting Obama, Sen. McCain, and Socialist Worker’s Party candidate Roger Calero, from appearing on New Jersey's ballot, claiming all three are not “natural born citizens.” On Nov. 6, Supreme Court Justice David Souter denied Donofrio's application. But the case has now entered the docket of the U.S. Supreme Court and Justice Clarence Thomas has decided to send it to conference on December 5th! This means that only 10 days before the Electoral College votes, the nine Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will meet privately to discuss Donofrio’s case.

Douglas J. Hagmann, director of HomelandSecurityUS.com, has reported that 17 lawsuits in 12 states are challenging the eligibility of Obama to become the next President of the United States.

Numerous activist groups have undertaken letter-writing campaigns to the Supreme Court Justices, members of the Electoral College, and elected officials, as well as sending urgent appeals to the White House and the Department of Justice.

Websites like Citizens for the United States Constitution, We The People, , America Must Know, and Faith2Action  have sprung up in passionate defense of our Constitution’s integrity. The last of these has even posted the names and addresses  of Electoral College members from each state, as well as an ad in The Washington Times.  

Dozens of petitions, like this one, have been circulated.

And dozens of mostly-conservative writers (including Devy Kidd and Miichelle Malkin), bloggers and journalists have written about his strange case and potential Constitutional crisis, as I have in a series of articles – here  and here and here and here.

Coverage of the above by the media: Zero.

A DEAFENING SILENCE

It is no mystery that the leftist media have refused to mention this potentially looming Constitutional crisis in virtually all of their print and electronic coverage. Having shilled for Obama for the past two years – dismissing his longtime radical associations, obfuscating his radical voting record, and taking a pass at their jobs of vetting a presidential candidate –  their failure to cover the most explosive story of the 2008 campaign speaks volumes about collusion of the highest order.

Then there are the late-night comics, as well as snarky “humorists” like Bill Maher and Jon Stewart, who take pride in being irreverent and “outing” both people and subjects that others avoid. Not a word.

But what about the failure of the powerful conservative media – how to explain their total blackout of this story? Let’s look at their reactions:

Fox News: Total Silence. Did the healthy shares that Saudi Arabia bought of Fox influence the network’s non-coverage of this story? After all, it’s no secret which candidate the Saudis endorsed!  We know that TV shows, including Fox, are on a seven-second delay, the better to bleep out offensive or inappropriate material. Doesn’t it strike Fox viewers as strange that not one of their outspoken guests, even once, mentioned this story? Who warned them not to?

Rush Limbaugh: Total Silence. Why has the Excellence-in-Broadcasting’s “Dr. of Democracy” – the man who eats sacred cows for breakfast – not touched this story?

Mark Levin: Total Silence. Why has this popular radio host, commonly known as “the Great One,” abandoned his well-deserved reputation as a Constitutional scholar to studiously not address this Constitutional issue?

Laura Ingraham: Total Silence. Here is another radio powerhouse and former clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas taking pains not to mention this case…not a word!

Bill O’Reilly: Total Silence. Yes, the guy who claims he’s “just looking out for the folks”…voiceless!

Sean Hannity: Total Silence. The iconic radio and TV host who tackles every controversial subject under the sun…missing in action!  

I could go on and on, but you get the picture. The very people – the so-called loyal opposition – who should have been shouting this story from the rooftops for months on end went mute. Ordinarily they would be the first to tell you that our Republic has no more precious document than the U.S. Constitution – a document that set the stage for the greatest experiment in human freedom since the beginning of recorded history. People like me – and multi-millions of others – are aware of what happens when the “salami tactics” of tyrants are employed in the service of leftwing ideology.

First, there is a charismatic character promising “change” and “hope,” but who changes his tune once in power. Second there is a whittling down of the laws of the land and the arrogant dismissal of the documents on which the nation was founded. Third there is the blacking-out of all media that disagree with Dear Leader’s message. And fourth there is the rounding-up and incarceration – or worse – of all dissidents.

This is not theory. This is history. But while both left and right media thought it appropriate to comment at length about Obama’s seven-page for those seeking work in his administration – a probing that makes a Pap Test, Questionnaire mammogram, colonoscopy, and endoscopy in one visit seem mild by comparison – not one of these cowardly journalists has asked the simple question: Mr. Obama, where is your birth certificate?

Or were they not cowards but patriots?

SCROUNGING FOR ANSWERS

I’ve written several books, not one of them fictional. And thousands of articles, not one of them based on sinister suspicions or conspiracy theories. But the case of the U.S. media’s complete non-coverage of this major story has gotten me to speculate on what – or who – may be behind this phenomenon. What force could be so powerful as to silence our country’s putative guardians of free speech – the titans of the Fourth Estate?

Perhaps the mystery goes back to 2004, when President Bush won his second term in office and in his first press conference in the White House said that he had "earned political capital and intended to spend it."

Then – suddenly and inexplicably – he went into a year-long hibernation. He rarely appeared in public and gave no major speeches. Finally he reemerged – albeit weakly – in late November or early December of 2005
 
Could it be that shortly after the president’s reelection, he and major government officials received highly credible evidence from America’s ruthless Islamist enemies that they had a number of devastating (probably nuclear suitcase) weapons – set up and ready to be activated in as many as six-to-10 of our major cities – unless he (the president) tacked left and played nice for the following two years?

Was America taken hostage?

The president, one could speculate, had only two choices: (1) play “chicken” and possibly sacrifice the lives of millions of Americans and the destruction of major American cities, or (2) opt for the lesser of two evils, the second being to pave the way for a dangerous Trojan Horse – qualified or not – to capture the White House.

Could it be that the media blackout of the most explosive story of any presidential election in American history has been choreographed by none other than the current POTUS – the most powerful man in the entire world? This would certainly explain why President Bush has not “been himself” since January 20, 2005.  It would also explain why the all-powerful media have taken his marching orders – including the New York Times, which takes particular pleasure in undermining and sabotaging the president, even when it comes to national security issues.

If this happened, it would have had to involve the highest echelon in our intelligence services, who might have paid personal visits to publishers throughout the United States, as well as to top TV and radio executives, who themselves would have passed down iron-clad orders – to their anchors, broadcasters, even comedians – to follow the blackout order or face Draconian consequences.

On November 4 – Election Day – the Dow was above 9,000. It is now plummeting, suggesting that even the “globalists” among us prefer tax cuts and capitalism to tax hikes and not creeping but galloping socialism – or what the esteemed Dr. Jack Wheeler insists is fascism. 

Buyers’ remorse is in the air. America has been hijacked. What a price we will pay if the Supreme Court and the Electoral College abandon their oaths to uphold the U.S. Constitution by capitulating – as the media have – to our enemies. God Save America!


About the author:
Joan Swirsky (www.joanswirsky.com) is a New York-based journalist and author who can be reached at joansharon@aol.com.
 
Last Updated ( Monday, 24 November 2008 )


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; US: Hawaii
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A detroit radio station called the Kenyan embassy after the election of Obama. After a lot of trouble they get

through to the ambassador of Kenya.

The ambassador of Kenya says that obama was born in Kenya and that his birth place has become a

national shrine.

Listen to the recording here

The quote is around 12:35, so if you don’t have time to listen to the whole thing, you can jump ahead.
The transcript reads:

Radio Jockey: President elect Obama's birth place over in Kenya -- is that going to be a national spot where he

was born

Ambassador Peter Ogego: its already an attraction. his paternal grandmother is still alive

Radio Jockey:But his birth place...they'll put up a marker there

Ambassdor Peter Ogego: It would depend on the government. Its already well known.

Here is an abridged Utube version of the

the radio interview. So you can hear just the relevant parts.

It can be reasonably pointed out that the DJ was trying to entrap the Ambassador and that the Ambassador fell into

his trap.
However, if you listen to the long version of the radio interview --you’ll notice he used the same strategy on two

different occasions and the ambassador gently brushed him off.

First, he tried to force the ambassador to sing the Kenyan national anthem. The ambassador referred him to the

kenyan website.

Second he tried to push the ambassador into saying something about maybe Kenya becoming the 51st state. Again

the ambassador said that Kenya was a sovereign country. ie No.

He used the same technique on the question of Obama’s birth place. This time the ambassador said yes.

Because the ambassador answered no in the two previous examples -- you can't say that the ambassdor was either

a fool or ill advised.

Finally, you might ask well doesn't he know that saying Obama is born in Kenya would make trouble for Obama? The answer there is why should he be concerned? He has heard no suggestion in the mainstream media that there might be a problem there. So to say what is already well known--as he says--would be no problem.

Here is a utube video of Ambassador Peter Ogego speaking at a conference. Ambassador of Kenya H.E. Peter

Ogego

To verify that the voice on the radio is Ambassador Ogego-- compare the radio voice with the DJ to the voice

on the Utube that goes with Ambassador Ogego. Ambassador Peter Ogego is introduced a bit after minute 18..

They are the same.


Be sure to download the recording as well. The chances of it remaining online for long are remote.
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The Arnold would have run for president long ago and likely won if he were a "natural born" american. He's not.

He's naturalized. So he can't run. And he knows it. (though there were some trial balloons sent up a couple years

back about changing the law--that went nowhere.)

Like the Arnold, Obama looks to be a naturalized citizen--but maybe he's not even that.

In any case the supreme court--at Justice Thomas instigation-- is taking up the issue Dec 5

1 posted on 11/24/2008 9:38:44 PM PST by ckilmer
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To: ckilmer

If this is all true, the Democrats would logically be prepared to do whatever it takes to keep him in office.


2 posted on 11/24/2008 9:47:36 PM PST by Brian S. Fitzgerald
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To: Brian S. Fitzgerald
"If this is all true, the Democrats would logically be prepared to do whatever it takes to keep him in office."

I don't know if it is true or not. But one thing is for certain. Nothing will happen if it is true. The Constitution got tossed out the window a long time ago.

3 posted on 11/24/2008 9:52:42 PM PST by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
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To: ckilmer

Actually, BOR did give it a mention once on his tee-vee show, and immediately debunked it as “Internet garbage”.

Rush gave it a passing mention once, I recall, probably just to run it up the flagpole to see if others would salute it.


4 posted on 11/24/2008 10:05:57 PM PST by hsrazorback1 (To get what you had, do what you did.)
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To: ckilmer

Thanks for the post but the Link doesn’t work...


5 posted on 11/24/2008 10:06:31 PM PST by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: kellynla

I checked a couple links.

They all seem to work.

What link were you referring to?


6 posted on 11/24/2008 10:30:25 PM PST by ckilmer (Phi)
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To: kellynla

The news is not what they are reporting, but WHERE it is being reported. This seems to be a good source. It is also a great summary of the cases and reports.


7 posted on 11/24/2008 10:32:04 PM PST by Aroostook25
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To: hsrazorback1

Yeah I’ve heard the matter given passing mention here and there from some of the conservative media.

But its too hard to focus on.

To do otherwise in sufficiently inclusive.


8 posted on 11/24/2008 10:32:48 PM PST by ckilmer (Phi)
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To: Aroostook25

There is pretty good case now.

Now the job is to get it moved up.


9 posted on 11/24/2008 10:33:53 PM PST by ckilmer (Phi)
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To: ckilmer

bttt


10 posted on 11/24/2008 10:34:17 PM PST by Born Conservative (Chronic Positivity: http://chronicpositivity.com/)
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To: Brian S. Fitzgerald

Likely you’re right.

But their efforts will break them.


11 posted on 11/24/2008 10:35:31 PM PST by ckilmer (Phi)
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To: hsrazorback1

BOR and Rush think of their own futures first. Loyalty to a cause only goes so far and then the desire for preservation of the bank account kicks in and the cause flies out of the window. Neither one is heroic and does not claim to be so.


12 posted on 11/24/2008 10:37:07 PM PST by 353FMG (The sky is not falling, yet.)
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To: blackbart.223

Nothing will happen if it is true.
...........
Maybe but the suits will grow as the evidence trail grows.


13 posted on 11/24/2008 10:37:08 PM PST by ckilmer (Phi)
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To: 353FMG

I don’t blame Rush at et al. They have to have some pretty bullet proof stuff up.

That said. Some of the new material looks promising.


14 posted on 11/24/2008 10:38:16 PM PST by ckilmer (Phi)
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To: hsrazorback1

I heard Rush broach the issue one Friday but later in a dialog rant he said the birth certificate isn’t going anywhere. I’ve heard it mentioned three times, only the first time was something not in passing.

Why all these guys (Rush, Hannity....) have written off an issue that got the attention of at least ONE Supreme Court justice is open to question.


15 posted on 11/24/2008 10:38:40 PM PST by BILL_C (Jimmy Carter brought us Ronald Regan, Obama's contribution will be equally good. Is it Sarah?)
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To: ckilmer

Kudos to the author for a well written article. What I am observing is so bizarre that it seems somewhat dream-like to me. But the nightmare goes on.


16 posted on 11/24/2008 10:50:12 PM PST by webschooner
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To: BILL_C
"Why all these guys (Rush, Hannity....) have written off an issue that got the attention of at least ONE Supreme Court justice is open to question."

I hope this is followed through with. But I don't think it will be. Don't blame Rush or Sean. They both mentioned it but are realists as I am. Untill enough sheep drop the wool and wake up things don't look good.

17 posted on 11/24/2008 10:54:49 PM PST by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
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To: ckilmer

Great summary of the cases. I check the Supreme Court site every other day for both the Donofrio and the Berg cases.

However, the conjectures by the author about why the media blackout sounds whacko. Can you imagine the New York Times following Bush’s lead?!! Not in your lifetime.

I think the answer is that the mainstream media got caught up with this guy and decided that he would be elected no matter what. (Just like Clinton would not be convicted by the Senate no matter what.)

The conservative media sees it as a poison pill. If anyone jumps on it and Obama steps forward with a valid U.S. birth certificate, they are toast.

BTW: Former U.S. Congressman J.D. Hayworth, AZ, covered the two supreme court cases on his radio program [KFYI 550 AM Phx] over two days at the end of last week. He apologized to a cab driver who brought the subject up after Hayworth checked the story. Hayworth says that Clarence Thomas is first rate and to be trusted.

I believe one problem with the Supreme Court cases is that the filings are to make officials do their job and certify the birth certificate. I do NOT believe that the results of the case will be for the Supreme Court to demand access to the pertinent documents.

I suppose that Roberts could step forward on his own and insist that it is HIS duty to make sure that he is swearing in a person who is eligible. This might be the best result we could hope for.


18 posted on 11/24/2008 11:01:41 PM PST by the_Watchman
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To: BILL_C
Why all these guys (Rush, Hannity....) have written off an issue that got the attention of at least ONE Supreme Court justice is open to question.

Because most of these suits are going nowhere. They were filed in the wrong courts at the wrong time and for the wrong reasons, under the law.

Donofrio is one of the few who followed the correct procedure, battling the judicial bureaucrats with his own money and his own time, and as a result, his suit at least made to Scotus for discussion.  Berg and Martin have been using the issue to solicit money from supporters, making outrageous and incorrect claims and generally making a mockery out of the issue.

If you want to blame someone for this issue being ignored, blame Berg and Martin -- they have no credibility, and no media personality is going to put their own credibility on the line by publicizing their crackpot efforts.

19 posted on 11/24/2008 11:27:19 PM PST by browardchad
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To: webschooner

It is tough to get your arms around.

But the info is what it is.

Obama just makes it worse by stonewalling his birth certificate.


20 posted on 11/24/2008 11:30:52 PM PST by ckilmer (Phi)
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