Obama's Citizenship Issues: October Surprise or April Fools Joke?

God help me, but this is getting tiresome and, at the very least, tedious. The Obama citizenship issue - here's the basic run-down.

Phillip Berg, a Democrat and Hillary Clinton supporter, has filed a lawsuit in a Philadelphia Federal Court, demanding a summary judgment be made regarding Obama's citizenship. Here is the pro-forma document waiting to be signed:



This was filed as a result of Obama, et al failing to respond within 30 days to the original suit filed on August 22 which essentially means that, by default, he has admitted to all the allegations. It is expected that Judge Barclay Surrick will make a ruling in the next day or so. What has been largely overlooked is that Phillip Berg is also a "9/11 Truther" who has filed suit against President Bush for the attack on the WTC on Sept 11, 2001.

Philip J. Berg represented Ellen Mariani and later William Rodriguez in two separate RICO lawsuits, both of which were withdrawn without prejudice. Part of Rodriguez suit was dismissed. Philip J. Berg has not represented William Rodriguez for over two years. Because of personal reasons, Philip J. Berg has not proceeded with any 911 litigation in two years.

While it has no bearing on whether or not the allegations are found to be true, at this point that fact raises questions regarding Berg's credibility, not to mention his ties to Hillary, sour grapes, and the Clinton machine.

Furthermore, Obama has gone to Hawaii to visit his ailing grandmother (so he claims), but he is also facing a hearing there, set for Nov 7, on a subpoena for production of his birth certificate. I think he is doing some damage control, making a stop at grandma's house for some milk and cookies along the way. He is facing similar court proceedings in 5 other states, as well.

Obama supporters often cite an analysis of Obama's birth certificate by the folks at FactCheck.org, attesting to its validity, but the credibility of FactCheck also comes into question due to their affiliation with and funding from the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania which falls under the wings of the Annenberg Foundation. The connection here lies in the fact that the founder, Walter H. Annenberg, initiated the Annenberg Challenge.

Announced in December 1993 at the White House, Ambassador Walter H. Annenberg's $500 million "Challenge to the Nation" became the largest public/private endeavor in U.S. history dedicated to improving public schools.

Eighteen locally designed Challenge projects operated in 35 states, funding 2,400 public schools that served more than 1.5 million students and 80,000 teachers. Over 1,600 businesses, foundations, colleges, and universities, and individuals contributed $600 million in private matching funds.

Each Challenge project fit unique local conditions and was planned collaboratively by educators, foundation officers, and community, civic, and business leaders.

Grants ranged from $1 million to $53 million.

One such project was in Chicago, and on the board which organized that project were none other than Obama and Bill Ayers, the infamous Weather Underground militant domestic bomber and murderer turned community organizer turned educator (hey, only in America can you get education credentials with a resume like that; just ask Angela Davis). I know it's a stretch, but you know what they say: Follow the money.

So, what does all this mean? First, the mainstream media has been silent on most of it, and when they haven't been silent they have circled the wagons in defense of the Anointed One, dismissing most anything critical or negative about him as right wing folly or conspiracy. Yet let Joe the plumber ask one question, and they're telling the world that Joe is not his first but, rather, his middle name (and so is mine, too)! That is typical and to be expected.

Second, and more important, is Obama's silence on this. FactCheck says they actually held the original birth certificate in their hands. They held the sacred birth certificate - actually held it (and probably fondled it as though it were a surrogate penis, too). I wonder if they got a tingle up their thighs. But I digress. If they could get it and examine it as they say, why is it so hard to have it produced in court? If that had happened, this all goes away. Sometimes people can be their own worst enemies.

Third, and most important, is how did this get so far gone? Let's say for the sake of argument that it is proven to be undeniable, irrefutable, 100% FACT that Obama is not a US citizen and therefore not eligible to hold the office of President of the United States. Does not that call into question the integrity of the entire system, that it is corrupt beyond anything we could ever have imagined? I mean the fate of the credibility of our system of government could lie in the hands of a lawyer and a judge? (shiver)

Look, I don't want Obama to become president; I am very clear about that. But the timing here just stinks. Cynical, skeptical, mistrusting, curmudgeonly bastard that I am, I still have a hard time fathoming that somebody could get this far in the political system - one heartbeat away from the presidency - and none of this had been vetted well before now.

I am suspending any judgment on the issue until it has been resolved one way or another. If these allegations are proven false, then this will have been the worst kind of smear campaign, and it will further ruin the reputation of the GOP. It will also embolden and galvanize the Left. If proven true, things will get VERY interesting.

I stand by my prediction (and I'm not the only one) that if McCain wins by a close margin, this election will be held-up in court for months, and there will be violence in our streets.