Posted on 12/05/2008 10:18:12 AM PST by STARWISE
Four days ago, Roger Bredow uploaded a video to YouTube beseeching like-minded people to come to Washington, D.C. and stand with him outside the Supreme Court.
"[Barack] Obama was born a dual citizen," Bredow said, "British, and a citizen of the United States, at birth." This, said Bredow, meant that the president-elect could never take the oath of office.
And on Friday, the Supreme Court would read Donofrio v. Wells, a suit brought by a New Jersey poker player against his state elections officer, which laid out the charges in the hopes of nullifying the election.
Today at 8 a.m., they came.
"If I'm going to be honest with you," said Bredow, sporting a floppy American flag hat that he'd promised on YouTube he'd be wearing, "I thought I might be the only person here."
He had flown in from Georgia. The other fifteen to twenty people who cycled in and out of the small protest had traveled shorter distances—southern Pennsylvania, northern Virginia—but they felt they had to do something.
The "dual born citizen" claim is the latest (and maybe strongest) attempt by Obama conspiracy theorists to argue that he can't be president, but most of the people I talked to had questioned Obama's citizenship long before this.
"I first heard about it from Phil Berg's case," said Julie Menge of Williamsburg, Virginia, referring to a case that alleges, among other things, that a 2007 state of Hawaii reproduction of Obama's birth certification is forged, and that Obama's paternal Kenyan step-grandmother Sarah was in the room when he was born.
One protestor claimed that a mysterious Muslim imam blessed Obama's birth in Kenya, and that this fact would eventually be revealed, somehow. (He cited African Press International, a bizarre web site that claims it has, but will not make public, a tape of Michelle Obama ranting about racist media coverage of her husband.)
At 9 a.m., a black minister who would only give his name as Brother Pittman led a prayer circle and a recitation of the pledge of allegiance. Pittman, who lives in Silver Spring, came as a "representative of the Rev. James David Manning," a Harlem preacher who became an Internet legend for a February sermon in which he called Obama a "long-legged mack daddy" who was "born trash."
"I've been shunned by members of my own family," Pittman said. "I tell them, do the research! Go online and look up the facts! This is all about openness and why Barack Obama won't answer questions about who he is."
There's nothing new at all about small, strange protests outside the court, whether or not the justices are at work.
While the Obama protestors were praying, a group of 16 young Christians walked up to the other side of the Court steps, strumming a guitar and lighting candles before holding a pro-life prayer vigil.
Police and tourists looked on and a very small group of journalists grabbed the Obama protestors for interviews. "This story is writing itself," said a Mother Jones reporter as he filmed the prayer circle.
The Supreme Court will announce whether it will actually consider the Obama lawsuit as early as today and as late as Monday.
If (as expected) the Court tosses the suit, Bredow will start challenging Obama's legitimacy based on "foreign money that went into his campaign."
Other protestors said they'd start contacting members of the Electoral College. Steve Brindle, who drove down from Pennsylvania, said he'd called his senators yesterday.
"There aren't a lot of people out here today," said Brindle. "There are a lot of people talking about this back home. Really, everyone's asking questions."
Thanks for keeping me in the loop today. I could not wait to take a break and check the latest news on the case this evening.
God Bless the people in this country that are brave enough to bring this subject to the attention of the American people. Still reading and still praying. Regardless of whether or not the Supremes punt this case, Obama is hiding something or else he would be more forthcoming with his records. We need to dog him for the next 4 years to release his records. Something is not right with this picture. PERIOD!!
Listening now...thanks.
Thank you, Spunky. I don’t know, but I’ll ping Polarik, and frmail it to him. He mentioned he would be out of town until Tuesday.
Oops, didn’t ping Polarik to #204.
Polarik, check this out:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2143540/posts?page=204#204
I figure if God truly has a plan for each of us, then what we do has to be part of His plan...whether it makes sense or not.
Thanks joy. Will check it out in a minute. Right now I am reading this excellent article at Texas Darlin:
http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/2008/12/05/stand-by-me/
A MUST READ!! Listening to plains radio too. A military man is calling in to say he is concerned about his oath to defend the constitution and what happens if Obama is breaking the constitution as a poser for CIC!
Sit down to read this:
A few days ago, three freepers said they want to hug 0bama because almost everyone on FR is picking on him.
McCain is a natural born citizen. He was born to American citizens while deployed outside the country at the time his father worked for the U.S. Government - the military.
Obama’s situation is significantly different.
Sorry, I have to differ.
http://www.rallycongress.com/constitutional-qualification/1244
LOL...OBAMA BROWNSHIRTS POSING AS FREEPERS.
For the record...I will be the first one to concede the argument of Obama’s eligibilty, if he releases his records and the constitutional issues are addressed CONSTITUTIONALLY. If he shows the American people proof positive that he is eligible..we go back to fighting him on the issues.
As a result of a statute, we're to believe that John McCain suddenly became a natural born citizen, at age 16?
Hey, what about me? I think I’m the winner!
Obama Birth Certificate Protest at SCOTUS
Friday, December 05, 2008 5:49:46 PM · 186 of 212
Velveeta to LucyT; Polarik
http://www.google.com/search?q=www.polarik.blogtownhall.com+%22greater+evil%22&hl=en&filter=0
Yeah!
Better ping Polarik to #214, however, he said he will be out of town until Tuesday.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2143540/posts?page=214#214
A few days ago, three freepers said they want to hug 0bama because almost everyone on FR is picking on him.
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Some folks Drink too much...;0)
I lost my Plains Radio audio. Are you still listening? Heard Ed say the chat room went out just before I lost my audio. Thanks!
Thanks, LucyT
Ping.
No..I switched to the Roth show because someone said Donofrio was going to be on this show. I am being played...lol. Haven’t heard Donofrio yet.
http://therothshow.com/home07.htm
Many thanks, LucyT
Polarik, thanks for your excellent work!!
Ping.
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