Posted on 10/20/2008 7:29:23 AM PDT by Danae
Not if he is taken off the Ballot.
Thats what this is all about.
LOL! Is that Crazy Glue or Gorilla Glue?
I wonder if that is Ed Hale with the Baltimore sun?
LOL...now I have to go rent the movie. After today's news I need the laughs!
I think it is big that Berg is representing them because he is the same guy suing Obama and the DNC to force Obama to provide a certified birth certificate. I personally am starting to believe the tapes exist. If they do and Berg is handling the legal representation part, Obamas are in big trouble.
One can only hope.
Any word, the hour has passed?
Thank you for the update.
Now they have posted an open letter to Michelle, saying please admit we had the conversation so we don’t have to release the full unedited tape.
Thanks! I will post it!
CIA official in Oslo?? This just gets wierder.
open letter to Michelle Obama after API’s discussion with a CIA official in Oslo
Posted by africanpress on October 20, 2008
To: Michelle Obama,
Wife to the Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama, US Senator
I have decided to write this open letter and to refer you to our telephone conversation the day your husband was having a debate with his opponent in New York. This has to be an open letter because the story is already out there and many Americans are crying for the truth about what we discussed.
I know our discussion was not meant to harm your husband’s candidacy nor was it meant to derail the US Presidential elections in any way. We both know that our talk was - a sister to brother talk - black to black person talk - in the African perspective. The problem came later when we listened to the taped recording of our talk. API thought it wise to publish some of the contents that are not inflammatory. API did the best to select that which could not cause any chaos and we in API did not expect that waht we chose to publish would have the impact it now has had in the last five days.
Many Americans have surprised us in the way they take the interview very seriously. We want to respect them - as we have promised from day one - to let them know the truth in what transpired between yourself and us. We have realised that the American people want to know you well before you probably become their first Lady.
The intention of writing to you this open letter is to appeal to you to confirm that we had a talk because it is the only right thing to do now, so that we avoid any embarrassment should the whole tape be aired unedited. You are well aware of our discussions touching on thorny issues like Iran’s good trade relationship with Kenya and the fact Kenya may play a role in mending the relationship between Iran and the US so that healthy trade relationship may be achieved if your husband gets the presidency. Remember the length and the depth of our talk on other issues of importance in this hotly contested election where as you have stated - is an opportunity for the black people to start being proud of America and to be patriotic.
API was disappointed that one of your husband’s spokespersons rushed to the press to deny that you had called API. It is best that they check with you first before jumping to conclusions as if they control your private calls everyday.
API is interested in handling this matter in a good and reasonable way so that we may not be forced to release the tapes in its entirety. We do not want to be party to causing unnecessary chaos before the elections. If you just come forward and confirm that there was a call you placed to API, that will enable API to be out of it and nobody will continue to demand that we air unedited tape, but that we can release the one with information that is already known to the public.
We will appreciate solving this matter this way in order to avoid unnecessary law suits that may come about.
It is my apology to you that we did not let you know that the conversation was being taped, and yet I expect you to know that being a public figure, such may happen.
We have decided to write to you after our discussion today with a US CIA official in Oslo.
Regards
Monday, October 20, 2008
Obama, DNC File Motion to Dismiss Berg’s First Amended Complaint
Just a few minutes ago, attorneys for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and the Democratic National Committee filed a motion to dismiss the first amended complaint, a motion for leave for which was filed by Philip Berg on Monday, October 6.
An amended complaint cannot simply be filed by an attorney — the attorney must file a motion with the court, called a motion for leave to file an amended complaint, essentially asking that the court permit the amended complaint to be filed. That motion, the October 6 motion, is one of more than ten pending pleadings and still has not been addressed by the Hon. R. Barclay Surrick.
I am just now taking a look at it, but from a quick glance it appears as though Obama and the DNC are moving to dismiss the amended complaint on the same grounds for which they moved to dismiss the original complaint, chief among them Berg’s lack of standing.
On September 24, 2008, Defendants Democratic National Committee (“DNC”) and Senator Barack Obama filed a motion to dismiss the original Complaint filed in this case, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6), on the grounds that the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over the claims asserted and that the Complaint fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. On October 6, 2008, plaintiff Philip Berg filed a Motion for Leave to File a First Am ended Complaint, together with a First Amended Complaint for Declarator y and Injunctive Relief (“Amended Complaint”). Assuming that no leave to amend is required under Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a) because defendants have not filed a responsive pleading,1 the First Amended Complaint should nevertheless be dismissed, on the same grounds. No amendment to the Complaint can possibl y cure its fundamental defects. Not onl y are the allegations patently false, but plaintiff lacks standing and there is no federal cause of action for enforcem ent of Article II of the Constitution. Nor has plaintiff set forth, i n the Amended Complaint, any other viable federal cause of action.
Once I finish my duties for my actual day job, I’ll be able to take a better look at this, speak to Phil Berg, and add more detail here.
Posted by Jeff Schreiber 0 comments
Still stonewalling. This smells.
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