Posted on 09/06/2008 6:57:37 AM PDT by solfour
Illinois Sen. Barack Obama was served with papers yesterday connected with the lawsuit filed more than two weeks ago in federal court in Philadelphia questioning his constitutional eligibility for the American presidency. Service was made at his Washington, D.C. Senate office at approximately 1:00 p.m.
From a press release provided by filing attorney Philip Berg and available on his Web site:
Philip J. Berg, Esquire, the Attorney who filed suit against Barack H. Obama challenging Senator Obama’s eligibility to serve as President of the United States, has received confirmation from his Process Service Company that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Senator Barack Obama were served today, September 4, 2008, with the legal documents pertaining to Berg vs. Obama, Civil Action No. 08-cv-4083.
The DNC was served at 12:00 p.m. and Senator Obama was served at 1:00 p.m. The U.S. Attorney’s Office accepted service on behalf of the Federal Elections Committee (FEC) on or about August 22, 2008.
A telephone call to Obama's Senate office in Washington, D.C. yielded no official comment, as his staffer maintained that she was "not familiar with any legal action" and, even though I mentioned that service was made in D.C. to that office, it was "probably a campaign-related issue."
The subsequent call to the senator's campaign headquarters, however, yielded the same result but in a more entertaining fashion.
"That's very interesting," said a campaign official who declined to provide a name and admitted that this was the first he had heard of Berg's lawsuit. He asked whether anything about the civil action had appeared in the newspapers, and when told that the story had appeared in the Washington Times, he laughed.
"Has the story appeared in the New York Times? How about the Washington Post? Or the Los Angeles Times? The Chicago Tribune?" he asked. "Those are all more trustworthy papers than the Washington Times. When the story appears there, then we might have something to say about it."
"If Sen. Obama were ineligible to run for president," he said, "I think we would have heard about it by now."
Berg, over the phone, mentioned that he has received phone calls and advice from dozens of lawyers across the country, and was currently working on preparing a motion for expedited discovery to be filed before the next conference with Judge Surrick. While he was unable to provide a copy of the affidavit of service--as soon as I get a copy, it will be posted here--he was more than happy to offer his perspective on the predictable response I received from Obama's senate office and campaign headquarters.
"They know about it," he said, noting that the story has catapulted across the Internet and radiowaves, citing 7.9 million hits on his Web site and mentioning that he is booked for a pair of radio interviews this evening, and will be sitting with a newspaper photographer for another story to appear in the [Norristown, PA] Times-Herald. "Too many times, a lawsuit can be filed and nobody knows about it. This time, the political people must know for sure."
"The silence is proving me right," he said, wondering why no doctor or nurse has come forward to claim the inevitable publicity which would accompany an admission that they were in attendance for the Illinois senator's birth. "I think it's an insult to the American public and even more so to his campaign supporters who have worked so hard and donated so much money. All they're doing is prolonging the agony. If I'm right and they stay quiet, they could sit on it for 60 days, get elected, and the only way out would be impeachment by this do-nothing Congress."
"What does that do for America?" He asked. "This deserves a comment one way or another."
Obama is a real mystery man, hoping to maintain the mystery with the help of our easily duped MSM, so we don't find out he isn't American and is really a closet Muslim, just like the principals in his "Christian Church", which IMHO was set up as a front to mainstream former radical black muslims.
He’s waiting for his seditious handlers to tell him what to do next.......
I don’t want to disqualify him. I want him to stay in the race so we can beat him.
Do I smell Hillary’s hand in this?
The MSM should be raving about this ‘right wing witch hunt’; unless it makes them real nervous. The silence is a curious reation.
The Manchurian Candidate ?
Uh huh.
The MSM should be raving about this ‘right wing witch hunt’; unless it makes them real nervous. The silence is a curious reation....
Philip Berg has stated publicly that he is a Clinton supporter.
Barak H. Obama was born in Honolullu, Hawaii, U.S. A.. Get over it.
I wish the RNC would get on the ball! Is it too late to spare the country from possibly electing a president who is not constitutionally qualified to serve?
No, you're forgetting your Diversity TrainingTM.
Wouldn't he be our first INDONESIAN President?
Cheers!
You ought to send that picture to Campbell Brown and Keith Olbermann
I would certainly like to know the DNC rules on this. If he drops out, does Biden step up or does the person with the next highest delegate count get it? She has already officially released her delegates when he was nominated by acclamation. That court battle between RATS would be fun.
Amen to that!
Not only do I want him disqualified, I want to make sure this marxist NEVER has an ability to run again. I would feel much safer.
Your screen name has reminded me that the Juanita Broderick story was never pursued by the media so intent on “vetting” Sarah Palin.
“Has the story appeared in the New York Times? How about the Washington Post? Or the Los Angeles Times? The Chicago Tribune?” he asked. “Those are all more trustworthy papers than the Washington Times.”
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!
Truly the laugh of the day, so far.
Maybe he has a birth certificate forged in China.
Yeah, but maybe he’d name me the worst photoshopper in the world that night.
Come on! It’s been all over the internet. His father was Kenyan and the mother was too young to automatically confer US citizenship to Obama. That makes him a naturalized citizen at best (anybody’s seen his naturalization papers? no? hmmm). Hey, if he can be president, so can I. How do I go about running for vp next election, with Sarah running for president?
Well now that’s an interesting photo I hadn’t seen before. Are we certain it hasn’t been shopped? Any way to know the date of the photo? Is the plaque still there?
Because of all the murkiness involved in this issue- I’ve gone on the assumption that he was, in fact, born in Hawaii and the whole COLB mess has been an attempt to hide some possibly embarrassing info- but not his actual birthplace.
I do have questions about whether he was a citizen of Indonesia at one time- how and when it was changed to American.
The man is a mystery- a dangerous mystery.
The lawyer is a Hillary supporter.
ROTFL! That’s funny!
LOVE your name!!!
That is soooo photoshopped. You ought to be ashamed of yourself.
Yes dear....you do.
And we need for the little "o" to stay just right where he is so that we can stomp him into oblivion. ;-)
Knowing how corrupt some of the courts are, this could take several years to settle. I don’t think obama will be off any ballot,. But it could cost him 25% of the votes he would have had otherwise. Defeated. Gone! Good riddence!
It's completely and crudely 'Shopped, and I don't believe DfU is pretending otherwise—it's just a joke.
The copy of his birth certificate is on the internet. It has the raised seal and the certification number. He was born in Hawaii making him a U.S. citizen regardless of the age or citizenship of his parents.
You guys have the investigation skills of a gnat.
I have probably a stupid question... but I thought that a child born to a US citizen is, in fact, a US citizen no matter where he or she is born. Is that correct or not? Otherwise, wouldn’t children born in foreign countries to military families not be US citizens? Is the difference that Obama’s dad was not a US citizen?
I am just curious about this.
He did a great job. I thought it was real! I assumed it was his father’s home town taking credit for giving us the great and powerful Obama by putting up a plaque in his honor. LOL
*snicker*
Makes sense since almost everything is made in China anyway.
Whether or not that would be true, Obama's "church" is adherent to Liberation Theology, which is thoroughly known to be Marxism -- using hand-picked Bible passages out of context.
The silence isn’t surprising. The first line of defense to to find some defect in the service of process. Even if process service was all right, usually a party has at least thirty days to respond from the date of service so nothing is required until at least October 3. Then the defendants can request an extension to answer, dragging it out even further. If they answer within the 30 days, they can submit enough affirmative defenses to the action and to jurisdiction by Berg’s chosen forum that it will drag it out further. No way will anything happen before the election because Obama can argue irreparable damage would occur, if Berg turns out to be wrong and Obama right, by causing him to forfeit the election. Then the lawsuit would be dragged out further in discovery until, if Obama were to win the election, at least inauguration, after which it will either be dismissed or Obama would be impeached or whatever and Biden would be president. Best to work on defeating him in November and disqualifying him later on if it appears he really is disqualified.
I am new at this so please forgive me if I’m not doing things correctly. Does anyone know where Obama’s mother is?
Another bad performance on the O’Reilly Factor, it’s coming out in dribbles so your forced to return to see Bill, but Obama getting angry, and not being able to define his positions again(Saddleback), is going to have to be revisited by the Obama campaign, again.
Barak H. Obama was born in Honolullu, Hawaii, U.S. A.. Get over it.”:
Find the hospital where he was born.
Nobama states two different hospitals in his writings, which is unusual be itself. Neither hospital has any record of Stanley Ann Dunham Obama ever being there, much less giving birth. Almost every American knows where and when they were born. It is nothing for us to get a copy of a legal document stating same.
If you are so sure about your statement: Produce the correct records.
“I am new at this so please forgive me if I’m not doing things correctly. Does anyone know where Obama’s mother is?”
Deceased.
The link (americasright) seems to be down. Fascinating narrative though. The fact that the Obama people have not produced a copy of his actual birth certificate from 1961, with confirmation by Hawaii state officials of its authenticity compared to the original, is VERY telling. I don’t think this story will go away without that document being examined.
It does look shopped - so I hang my head:)
What is amazing is the resourcefulness of the MSM when attempting to vet Sarah Palin, and their apparent inability to perform with equal intensity and focus to discover the facts on Barry.
- Thesis from Columbia..
- documents, schedules and papers from his time as a state legislator..
- more than a ONE PAGE medical summary from his doctor..
- An open and transparent explanation of his school years in Indonesia- whether he was or was not a dual-citizen.
- Any kind of explanation- other than his lie- about the length and depth of his friendship with Bill Ayers and Frank Marshall Davis.
As we’ve all observed- if these details were unknown about a Republican POTUS candidate ...imagine the uproar.
Like I said, you guys have the investigation skills of a gnat. No wonder FR believes in the grassy knoll, controlled demolitions in the Twin Towers, no plane hit the Pentagon... should I go on?
bttt
Far better for committed Democrats to push this;it would be karmic justice if Obama were stricken from a ballot in somewhat like manner as he has caused his former opponents to be.
I would certainly like to know the DNC rules on this. “
The high mucky-mucks of the Dimorat party get together and pick a replacement.
It should be a pay for view event!! they will need the money after wasting all these funds on Nobama.
Nope...not automatic if one parent is not a citizen..
“For persons born on or after November 14, 1986, a person is a U.S. citizen if all of the following are true:[4]
1. One of the person’s parents was a U.S. citizen when the person in question was born;
2. The citizen parent lived at least 5 years in the United States before his or her child’s birth; and
3. At least 2 of these 5 years in the United States were after the citizen parent’s 14th birthday.
A person’s record of birth abroad, if registered with a U.S. consulate or embassy, is proof of his or her citizenship. Such a person may also apply for a passport or a Certificate of Citizenship to have a record of his or her citizenship. Such documentation is often useful to prove citizenship in lieu of the availability of an American birth certificate.
Different rules apply for persons born abroad to one U.S. citizen before November 14, 1986. United States law on this subject changed multiple times throughout the twentieth century, and the law as it existed at the time of the individual’s birth controls.”
an attempt to hide some possibly embarrassing info
like being treated for Attention Deficit, still don’t think we’ve seen Obama or Biden medical records
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