2nd Lawsuit Filed Re: Obama’s Birth Certificate

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Update 10/22:: 3rd Lawsuit Now Filed Questioning Obama’s Citizenship.

As a follow up to the possible news that Obama was adopted by his Indonesian step-father, comes info that there has been a second lawsuit filed questioning Obama’s status as a natural born citizen.

This comes via Sooshisoo where you can find links to the actual court docs.

Press Release

Seattle WA. 10/9/2008 — Steven Marquis, a resident of Fall City WA today filed suit in Washington State Superior Court against Secretary of State Sam Reed demanding verification of Barack Obama’s citizenship status.

The complaint seeks specifically that the office of the Washington Secretary of State verify and certify that Mr. Obama is or is not a “natural born” citizen by producing original or certified verifiable official documents. The lawsuit argues that this certification should take place before the election to preclude a constitutional crisis and likely civil unrest should such certification, after the election, prove that Mr. Obama was not qualified for office.

The Complaint argues that the Secretary of State has the authority and duty to not only certify the voters but also and most importantly the candidates and in so doing prevent the wholesale disenfranchisement of voters who would had had an opportunity to choose from qualified candidates had the certification preceded the election process.

At this point, Mr. Obama has not allowed independent or official access to his birth records nor supporting hospital records. The Hawaii Health Department has violated Federal law by ignoring formal Freedom of Information requests for the same. Due to the facts and numerous other allegations that would challenge Mr. Obama’s fundamental qualifications for office, a Federal lawsuit was filed and is currently being heard in District Court, Pennsylvania.

Mr. Obama failed to respond to the District Court’s request to produce or allow access to the official documents (should they exist) and instead filed a motion to dismiss arguing the Plaintiff had no “standing” or right to know. This non-response as of 9/24/2008 in Federal court casts doubt on the veracity of the electoral system and is the principal reason for this lawsuit. The late entry of this suit is due in principal part to Mr. Obama’s delay and subsequent non response to reasonable request for valid certificates. Multiple requests for early certification to the Office of the Secretary of State has been rejected.

[clarification: The district court process itself demands a response from Mr. Obama. When a complaint is filed, the defendant has an opportunity to respond to the judge regarding the plaintiffs request for a preliminary injunction. Obama did respond, but not with the requested documentation, not even minimally so. He responded with a motion for dismissal based on “standing” rather than the merits of the case]

The Washington Secretary of State Office is specifically charged with certifying and guaranteeing the veracity of official documents and overseeing the elections to wit the people’s confidence in the fundamental aspect of democracy is maintained. To date, in this regard, Secretary of State Sam Reed has not carried out that fundamental duty.

This lawsuit demands injunctive relief directing Sam Reed, Secretary of State, carry out the duty of his office in this regard answering the formal complaints for verification of Mr. Obama and any other candidate appearing on the ballots issues through his office for which formal complaints have been received.

This is in addition to Mr. Berg’s Lawsuit which can be followed at Obamacrimes

Interesting that these lawsuits keep popping up…  why so many questions???  I guess it’s because Obama doesn’t friggin answer them honestly…  first the Kenyan citizenship, now possible adoption by an Indonesian citizen…

Wonder what’s next?

It’s All About Leadership – McCain Steps Up, Obama Fails

As a follow up to this mornings article about how Obama has failed the leadership test yet again…  yeah, 3 times now, we find out today that John McCain steps up to the leadership plate once again.

From CNN,

Republican presidential candidate John McCain announced Wednesday that he is suspending his campaign to return to Washington and focus on the “historic” crisis facing the U.S. economy….

He also urged organizers of Friday’s presidential debate at the University of Mississippi to postpone the event….

“I am calling on the president to convene a meeting with the leadership from both houses of Congress, including Senator Obama and myself,” McCain told reporters in New York. “It is time for both parties to come together to solve this problem.”

So once again, John McCain is putting off parts of his campaign that are traditionally essential to winning the race to the White House.

The first was when McCain decided to cut short the Republican National Convention in the face of Hurricane Gustav and was even prepared to go down to the gulf coast, skipping the convention all together and giving his acceptance speech by satellite. (Here)

And now, he is calling for the delay of the debate that was scheduled this Friday, a debate whose topic was to surround Foreign Policy (McCain’s strong suit and the debate where he was expected to shine), so that he can return to Washington, DC and lead the debate on the Bailout legislation.

Contrast this with Barack Obama’s statement yesterday…

Although Barack Obama argues that the financial meltdown is an “emergency situation”, he said today that he may remain on the campaign trail, rather than returning to the Capitol, to vote on the $700 billion plan.

And let’s looks at how he characterizes the rationalization

“Look if we get a consensus and everybody is popping champagne – then I will probably be going back to campaign with folks who are having a tough time in places like Ohio, and Michigan and Pennsylvania,” Obama said adding, “If this ends up being a close vote or a vote where the outcome is an open question then obviously this is a top priority.”

Popping Champagne?  Really?  While the country is going bankrupt, when Obama thinks about legislation getting passed, he thinks of people “popping champagne?”

Is the champagne served with a side of arugula maybe?

Like I said yesterday,

We don’t need someone to hold our hands. We don’t need you in our high school gym telling us that our lives suck and we all need some sort of ambiguous “change” that apparently only you can bring.

We need someone to LEAD US, to DO SOMETHING, to STAND UP FOR WHAT’S RIGHT.

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Well, apparently John McCain heard me…  and yet again, as Hillary Clinton put it, John McCain proved that he has passed the leadership threshold, while Barack has not.

John McCain FTW.

Barack Obama Teh Fail.

That is all.

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BTW – I am testing out a Blogger blog…  please go vist and let me know what you think.  HERE
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UPDATE: Obama responds to McCain… nothing new.

From CNN

But he disagreed with McCain’s call for postponing Friday’s first presidential debate in Oxford, Mississippi.

“It’s my belief that this is exactly the time when the American people need to hear from the person will be the next president,” Obama said. “It is going to be part of the president’s job to deal with more than one thing at once. It’s more important than ever to present ourselves to the American people.”

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This is an interesting spin on the situation, so let’s talk about the reality.  This is political positioning.

Barack Obama has pulled ahead a bit in the polls for one reason and one reason only…  the economy.

The economy is THE most important issue to voters, getting like 40% polling as the number one issue, as opposed to things like foreign policy and the war on terror, which only gets about 10%.

So when John McCain makes a move like calling off a debate and suspending his campaign to deal with the bailout, he is trying to change the narrative…  trying to show leadership on the economy.

Obama must prevent this from happening.

If Obama agreed with McCain and went back to Washington, that opens up the possible perception that Obama is following McCain’s lead, and that it is McCain and not Obama that is really leading on the economy, that McCain is the real leader. It also allows McCain to have some economic problem solving spotlight, which could potentially help John McCain.

So what does Obama do?  He moves to prevent McCain from being able to move into that economic problem solver mode by attempting to force him to keep the scheduled debate, a debate whose topic is Foreign Policy, keeping McCain out of Washington and forcing him off the subject of the economy.

This is not about Obama not thinking that he is not needed…  it is about keeping McCain from gaining points, and possibly at the expense of the American people.

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We need leadership, Mr. Obama. Not political positioning.
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UPDATE #2

President Bush called Barack Obama and gave him the good old “Dude…WTF? Get back here and take some damned responsibility!”

Obama is now on his way to Washington.
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Way to be a leader Barry…

Man… you suck. Seriously.

Wait… Change? What Change?

WAPO

Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) on Friday sent the center a letter saying he was “troubled” by recent news reports about the hospital’s efforts to steer patients with non-urgent complaints away from the center’ emergency room to local clinics. Michelle Obama was a key figure behind the initiative.

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The letter also asked the center for details on its payments to PR firms and documentation on how they were selected. In 2006, the center retained ASK Public Strategies to help build support for the Urban Health Initiative. ASK is co-owned by Obama’s chief campaign strategist, David Axelrod.

Without naming a specific company, Grassley also asked for documentation showing how the center selected a contractor to upgrade its internal computer network. A center annual report shows computer contracts went to Blackwell Consulting, a company run by Obama contributor Robert Blackwell Sr.

SNIP

In a prepared statement, Grassley referred to a letter he sent earlier to the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and said, “I keep hearing that tax-exempt hospitals are changing their ways…It’s troubling then to hear about two world-renowned hospitals engaging in questionable practices…”

Ok, so….

1.  Michelle got a promotion at the hospital she worked and a 250% raise 2 months after Obama became a Senator, and was also named to the board of trustees at Treehouse foods with a big raise too. (here)

2.  Obama tried to get the hospital $1,000,000 in Federal Funds not long after that…. (here)

3.  Michelle starts a program that keeps low income people from coming to her hospital…

4.  She hires Axelrod to help her with the public relations side of such a move

5.  Gets Blackwell, who is a campaign contributor, a huge contract to re-do the computer systems at the hospital….

I am not saying there was any wrong doing…  at all.  This is all above board.  But the question is, is it right?  Is that change?  Is that different than “Washington politics as usual”?

Doesn’t sound like change to me?

And so, on the other hand, I have a guy named McCain and a woman named Palin that are well known for being anti-pork, anti-corruption, anti-fraud, and are even willing to stand strong against their own Party to do what is right….

Ok, wait…  so who is the one that represents change?