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."
"Wherever two or three are gathered in My Name, there am I in the midst."
God is still on His throne, and He has the ultimate veto. He is a majority of One.
The real Supreme Court isn't in that fine building back there.
God bless every single individual who made their way to Washington today.
May God frustrate and disempower every individual who despises their sworn oath to protect, uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Not according to Donofrio. It makes McCain a citizen, but in order to be a Natural Born citizen one must be born on US soil, not a US military base.
AMEN!!!!
Sad to say, the conservatives are wearing out and caving....
Should we know for a fact that our President-elect is a true citizen of the USA? YES!
Should the USSC visit the issue?
YES!
If President elect Obama is sworn in, and wrongfully so, those 24 sets of " legs" will be known as the couragous ones who stood up for our Contstituiton when no one else did!! We all need to be on those steps,but sadly the Conservatives are much like the frog placed in cold water....gradually the heat was turned up and ......well you know the end of the story.
Polly
AMEN AND AMEN EV!!!!!and again I say AMEN!!!!!
That would apply to the SOS in every state. Apparently none of them did their duty. As of now, there are law suits in almost every state.
They really need to address that issue for the long run, because it would seem the height of unfairness for the son of two US citizens, one whom is serving his country in the military, to be denied the opportunity to be President. It’s a lot more concerning a situation than Obama’s situation, quite frankly. Obama either was born in Kenya or not, but McCain was born in Panama and technically he isn’t “natural born” either, even if he was the son of two US citizens.
So I won’t be too surprised if in fact the US Supreme Ct looks at the case but more for McCain’s than for Obama’s situation.
Excuse me?
Why am I pinging a bunch of people?
Now I’m going to Ping about 115 freepers to your comment.
“It makes McCain a citizen...”
No it doesn’t. McCain was born in Colon, Republic of Panama (Panamanian soil) and not in the Canal Zone.
Panamanian law has him as a Panamanian citizen since he was born on their soil. (Panamanians can’t stop laughing about it.)
Please excuse me.
You are correct. I misread what you had said.
A thousand (and more) appologies.
Please forgive me.
This is false. He was born in Colon, Panama, just across the way from Coco Solo. The Coco Solo hospital wasn’t built until 1941. Wikipedia prints lies.
I believe that if God, as the ultimate veto and majority of one, had wanted McCain to win, he would have.
“Not according to Donofrio. It makes McCain a citizen, but in order to be a Natural Born citizen one must be born on US soil, not a US military base. “
Even less in a foreign city a mile away from said military base, which is mccain’s case.
The press doesn't notice.
Most Americans are not aware of this story.
The Supreme Court knows that if they rule against the Obamessiah, most of America's cities will burn for a long time.
It's not going to go our way.
So that means, that the President only obeyed laws that he agreed with.
So the American people should follow his example. Only obey the laws you agree with or find convenient.
I find the 16th amendment rather inconvenient and bothersome.
If the Kenyan does not have to worry about the Constitution, why should I?
My belief is that God gave America a very clear choice between good and evil,
and enough of the _wilfully_ ignorant voted for evil over good.
Obviously, our beliefs differ.
Only libs let this affect their rulings. "What will be the social outcome if I rule this way?" instead of "What does the law/Constitution say about this issue?"
Thank you, WoofDog123.
I depend on you.
How about those folks who think the PRC is in charge of and running the Panama Canal?
I don’t know whether to scream or laugh.
>>I believe that if God, as the ultimate veto and majority of one, had wanted McCain to win, he would have.
But often God turns His face away from a nation who rejects Him over and over as America has done. So in essence He wipes His hands of an immoral and idolatrous nation and let’s Satan have his way with them. So it’s Satan’s candidate who gets picked, by a sinful nation who has turned away from God. So that nation gets what it deserves.
They are convinced that if they vote against the Liberal Obamessiah, blacks will riot and foment a Civil War.
They are convinced that if they let him take office, whites will sit back and take it and do nothing.
now, that is funny....regardless of how anyone feels about this issue, you gotta admit your post was hularious.
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