Obama's Trip to Grandma's House Has a Detour thru the Hawaii Supreme Court?? - UPDATE 2
By Informed Lawyer
[If you are deeply saddened by Obama's need to take two days off from a VERY close and heated election race to visit his deathly ill grandmother, fear no more!]
[Word has it that grandma will indeed recuperate from her 'recently' broken hip, especially since she has already returned home from the hospital. Obama's uncle notes that his grandmother had previously had a hip replacement also requiring hospital stay, but did not mention any surgery having been performed during this recent hospital stay. After all, elderly people of 85 years of age require intensive care and attention and there are greater concerns about health complications developing as the result of broken bones and other impacts, especially following surgery. It would not make sense to release Obama's grandmother from the hospital if she had 'broken' her hip given the amount of pain and discomfort she would have likely experienced. I know, having had a 94 year-old relative go through a broken hip and subsequent hip replacement. The Obama campaign's story about his grandmother's grave illness simply does NOT stand up to scrutiny.]
[See: Relative: Obama's grandmother has broken hip Candidate scheduled to fly to Hawaii Thursday and Friday to visit her, MSNBC.com (Oct. 21, 2008) at: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27287222 ].
[See: Obama's Grandmother Is 'Gravely Ill', Associated Press (Oct. 21, 2008) at: http://news.aol.com/elections/article/obamas-grandmother-is-gravely-ill/218843 ] .
[The problem actually lies with Barack Obama and his campaign, as the news and blog reports seem to indicate. They seem to be hiding something VERY important, namely, that he may be INeligible to run for the Office of the President of the United States of America!]
[It appears that] "An hour or so before Obama’s announcement of his trip to grandma's house, conservative commentator and Obama critic Andy Martin was scheduled to file an emergency petition with the Hawaii Supreme Court to “release Barack Obama’s family records,” including his “birth certificate and related records.” (No additional information at this time.)".
[THIS IS ONE DETOUR THAT OBAMA IS LIKELY TO TAKE DURING HIS HAWAIIAN TRIP BEFORE OR AFTER HE REACHES GRANDMA'S HOUSE]
[See: Curmudgeonly Skeptical Blog at: http://curmudgeonlyskeptical.blogspot.com/2008/10/colb.html .]
"Martin alleges that the public should have access to the complete file of Barack Obama’s birth records, that we have a constitutional right to satisify ourselves as to a candidate’s qualifications for public office. In his emergency motion to the Hawaii
Supreme Court Monday, Martin, representing himself, argues two valid points: First, that “the authenticity and contents of a presidential candidate’s birth certificate is at the apex of First Amendment concerns.” And second: “….If Obama has posted a version of his birth certificate (on his website), it would appear he has waived any privacy issues…”
[See: TD Blog at: http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/obama-goes-to-hawaii/ ]
[However, it gets more complicated than this. There are actually two legal actions underway at the same time to compel Barack Obama to produce true and accurate birth certificates that reveal his true birth place, which is alleged to be Kenya, NOT Hawaii. One case is being litigated in the Federal District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, while the Hawaii case has been litigated in the state courts of Hawaii - previously the First Circuit Court of the State of Hawaii and now the Hawaii State Supreme Court. Details concerning each are provided below.]
[An interesting summary describing these legal actions is set forth on Jewishblogger.com:]
"Depending on who you ask Senator Barack Obama is going to Hawaii to visit his ailing grandma or to work the Hawaiian courts to prevent the release of his birth certificate. Purveyors of the second theory point to the fact that when Obama was in Hawaii two months ago he spent so little time with the woman he threw under the bus during his race speech. They also mention that granny just isn't that sick.
Andy Martin recently filed suit in Hawaii demanding that the State turn over Obama's Birth Certificate, His claim is that Obama is really in Hawaii to fight the suit. More Below
"Source Israel Insider: "Barack H. Obama II has suspended his involvement in his campaign for at least two days to go to Hawaii, purportedly to visit his ailing grandmother.""
"But the sudden trip to the 50th state coincides with an aggressive campaign by Obama nemesis Andy Martin to legally compel Hawaiian authorities to release birth records that Obama has refused to make public."
"And, in a separate Federal Circuit Court case filed by Philip Berg in Pennsylvania to force Obama and the Democratic National Committee to prove that the candidate is in fact a "natural born citizen," Obama and the DNC have failed to respond within a federally-mandated 30 day period, opening the door to a procedural argument that failure to respond represents an admission of the plaintiff's claims that the Democratic nominee is a Kenyan and/or Indonesian citizen, but not a "natural born" citizen of the United States."
"The sudden Obama decision to visit Hawaii has triggered broad skepticism, coming as it does in the critical last two week of the close election campaign. Obama's 85-year-old maternal grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, was first brought into the campaign when he sought to show that she, as a "typical white woman", held what the candidate claimed were racist fears of aggressive black men. He brought her up in the context of saying that he could not disown her -- despite her alleged racism -- any more than he could disown his pastor of twenty years, Jeremiah Wright. Obama visited her only very briefly during his summer vacation in Hawaii, and he didn't visit her when she was in a Honolulu hospital last week. There is no indication that her condition is life-threatening."
"But Andy Martin, an anti-Obama columnist, says the real reason for Obama's emergency trip is to stop his own pursuit of birth records, including an emergency writ to the Hawaii Supreme Court to request expedited handling after a previous filing to demand that the State's Department of Health release the records. "Obama did not pay any attention to his grandmother until I showed up in Honolulu," he wrote in an email. "Suddenly she is the center of his attention. She is so central to his campaign that he has suspended it! But when Obama was here last summer he only visited his grandmother for an hour. One hour! Now he suspends his campaign for her?""
"The Berg-initiated legal action is also pressing the Obama campaign. On September 15, as part of his federal lawsuit contending that the Illinois senator is ineligible, pursuant to the U.S. Constitution, to serve as president of the United States, Philadelphia attorney Philip Berg served Barack Obama and the Democratic National Committee with a request for admission, which, on October 6, Barack Obama and the DNC acknowledged getting but then attempted to persuade the court to stay discovery and to dismiss the suit. However, Federal Rules require that a response to a request for admissions be served within the 30-day time limit, and Barack Obama and the DNC have not done so."
"Therefore, this morning, Berg is filing two motions in district court in Philadelphia: a motion requesting an immediate order deeming his request for admissions served upon Barack Obama and the DNC on September 15 admitted by default, and a motion requesting an expedited ruling and/or hearing on Berg’s motion deeming the request for admissions served upon Obama and the DNC admitted. Berg contends that the failure to respond and serve the response within the time limit is "damning."
“They did not file answers or objections or anything else to the request for admissions we served upon them on September 15,” Berg said. “They knew the admissions were due. They knew they must object or answer specifically in 30 days. Here, they did nothing.”"
"The admissions that Berg asserts Barack Obama and the DNC have, at least procedurally, admitted to, include the following:
-Admit you were born in Kenya.
-Admit you are a Kenya “natural born” citizen.
-Admit your foreign birth was registered in the State of Hawaii.
-Admit your father, Barrack Hussein Obama, Sr., admitted Paternity of you.
-Admit your mother gave birth to you in Mombasa, Kenya.
-Admit your mother’s maiden name is Stanley Ann Dunham a/k/a Ann Dunham.
-Admit the COLB [Certification of Live Birth] posted on the website “Fightthesmears.com” is a forgery.
-Admit you were adopted by a Foreign Citizen.
-Admit you were adopted by Lolo Soetoro, M.A. a citizen of Indonesia.
-Admit you were not born in Hawaii.
-Admit you are a citizen of Indonesia.
-Admit you never took the “Oath of Allegiance” to regain your U.S. Citizenship status.
-Admit you are not a “natural born” United States citizen.
-Admit your senior campaign staff is aware you are not a “natural born” United States Citizen.
-Admit the United States Constitution does not allow for a Person to hold the office of President of the United States unless that person is a “natural born” United States citizen.
-Admit you are ineligible pursuant to the United States Constitution to serve as President and/or Vice President of the United States."
"It is not at all clear that the actions by Berg in Federal court and Martin in Hawaii will be ruled on before the election, but both men have vowed to pursue their cases even after the election if necessary. Berg has said that he would drop his case if Obama simply provides documentary proof of his birth, but to date the candidate has not done so, instead releasing only images of a purported "certification of live birth" to the partisan Daily Kos blog and the sympathetic FactCheck web site."
[See:] Is Obama Going To Hawaii to Protect His Birth Certificate?, By blogger YidWithLid, (10/21/08), Jewishblogger.com at: http://www.jewishblogging.com/blog.php?bid=163894 ].
[As concerns the central facts of the case, this much is certain: 1) They are being vigorously disputed. However, statements made earlier this month by Obama's Kenyan paternal grandmother and his half-siblings, that Obama was born in Kenya, strongly suggest a legal AND political outcome that is adverse to Obama; 2) The New York Times has vigorously contested Andy Martin's credibility. See: Jim Rutenberg,, The Man Behind the Whispers About Obama, New York Times (10/12/08), at: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/us/politics/13martin.html?em . Also, at least one blog has devoted its efforts to discredit Andy Martin. See: On Fox News, Hannity hosted Andy Martin — who has called judge a “crooked, slimy Jew,” accused African-Americans in public office of corruption — in Obama smear-fest", Barack Obama - Sharpy News
Barack Obama News, cache at: http://sharpynews.com/politics/barack-obama/barack-obama-news/on-fox-news-hannity-hosted-andy-martin-who-has-called-judge-a-crooked-slimy-jew-accused-african-americans-in-public-office-of-corruption-in-obama-smear-fest-obamabarack/. ]
[See, also:] "Obama Born In Kenya? His Grandmother Says Yes, Israel NationalNews.com
13 Tishrei 5769, (10/12/08), at: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Blogs/Message.aspx/3074 "
"Someone is lying. According to Obama's Kenyan (paternal) grandmother, as well as his half-brother and half-sister, Barack Hussein Obama was born in Kenya, not in Hawaii as the Democratic candidate for president claims. His grandmother bragged that her grandson is about to be President of the United States and is so proud because she was present DURING HIS BIRTH IN KENYA, in the delivery room....A few months back, a birth certificate WAS posted on the internet which shows that Obama was born in Hawaii. Yet some say this birth certificate is a forgery and again, his grandmother states that she was present at the birth, in Kenya. So what is the truth?"
"One explanation is that Obama's mother Ann Dunham, flew to Kenya in 1961 with Obama's father to meet his family. According to some news reports, Ann Dunham, was not accepted well by her husband's family because she was white: "Obama's family did not take to Stanley Ann Dunham Obama very well, because she was white, according to Sarah Obama. Shortly after she arrived in Kenya Stanley Ann decided to return to Hawaii because she later said, she did not like how Muslim men treated their wives in Kenya. However, because she was near term the airline would not let her fly until after the birth of her baby. Obama's grandmother said the baby—Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.—was born in Kenya and that shortly after he was born, Stanley Ann returned to Hawaii."
"However, by the time she wanted to leave Kenya, it was during the late stages of her pregnancy. She was not able to board a plane because the airlines wouldn't allow women so close to birth to fly. It is instead believed, that Barack Hussein Obama was born in Kenya as his grandmother apparently stated. Then, after he was born, his mother returned with him to Hawaii where his birth was REGISTERED on or about August 8th, 1961, in the public records office in Hawaii."
"There is also a discrepancy in what hospital Barack Hussein Obama was born in, even if he was born in Hawaii. Reports by his own sister in two separate interviews state that he was born at two different hospitals -- Kapiolani Hospital and Queens Hospital--in Honolulu."
"The Times Herald even reports: "the senator's grandmother, brother and sister, who live in Kenya, believe they were present during Obama's birth in the African country." Here, the Times Herald uses the word that his family 'believe' he was born in Kenya (perhaps to avoid possible law suits by Obama's Truth Squad?)."
[What are the US laws concerning citizenship and how do they affect a person's eligibility to run for the highest of the Office of the Land?]
[See:] "Michelle Kaminsky, Esq., Is Your Child a U.S. Citizen if Born Abroad?, at: LegalZoom.com at: http://www.legalzoom.com/legal-articles/born-abroad-child-still-citizen%20.html "
"It is estimated that between 4 and 10 million U.S. citizens live abroad. And, some of these Americans have children in their current home country. Does being born in a foreign country mean these children can never fully enjoy Fourth of July fireworks, the right to vote, or the chance to become President?
Like many things, it depends on the circumstances. Typically, a child born in a foreign country with one U.S. citizen parent is entitled to American citizenship. Of course, Uncle Sam has set up more hoops in some situations than in others. Your local embassy or consulate is the best resource for answers about this bureaucratic circus.
And for those of you who think you aren't affected by the information that follows, consider that you just may find be enjoying a nice overseas vacation when your new diaper-wearing traveling companion decides to join you.
First, let's start off with a quick lesson on U.S. citizenship. America follows the English common law rule of "right of soil." In short, citizenship is determined by one's place of birth. As such, those born in the U.S. or its territories (like Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam), are American citizens regardless of their parents' citizenship status.
What you might not know is the borders for citizenship. Those born within U.S. ports and harbors or within 12 nautical miles of U.S. borders are also American citizens. Even babies born on planes flying over the U.S. or its territories acquire U.S. citizenship. The ship or plane's country of origin makes no difference regarding citizenship.
However, U.S. installations in foreign countries are not considered part of the United States. So, delivering a baby at a U.S. naval base or embassy in a foreign country does not entitle the baby to U.S. citizenship.
Although the "citizenship by birth" rules have been complex, the February 2001 Child Citizenship Act (CCA) simplified the process. Now, a child who is under the age of 18, was born outside the U.S., and has at least one U.S. citizen parent automatically acquires U.S. citizenship upon entry into the country as an immigrant. No further paperwork is necessary. The parent may request a Certificate of Citizenship and U.S. Passport for the child if proof of the baby's American-ness is desired.
But this process only applies to children permanently residing in the U.S. If the child is under 18, was born outside the United States, but lives abroad in the physical and legal custody of a U.S. citizen parent or U.S. citizen grandparent, the parent or grandparent must apply for naturalization of the child. In addition, more criteria must be met.
The U.S. citizen parent or grandparent must have been physically present in the U.S. for five years before the child's birth, at least two of which were after age fourteen. Further, the child must be temporarily present in the U.S. for the naturalization process and to recite the oath of allegiance. Of course, if the child is too young to understand the oath, this requirement may be waived.
At this naturalization ceremony, the foreign-born, foreign-resident babies gain not only a certificate of citizenship but also membership into an exclusive club. THE CONSTITUTION RULES THAT ONLY "NATURAL BORN" CITIZENS CAN HOLDER OUR HIGHEST OFFICE, SO IT SEEMS THESE NEW AMERICANS WON'T GROW UP TO BE PRESIDENT EITHER. THE REGULATIONS SUGGEST PARENTS WHO CONTEMPLATE BABY'S FUTURE RUN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE MAY WANT TO CONSIDER PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN THE UNITED STATES AFTER THE BIRTH OF LITTLE FOERGE OR HILARY.
As with other areas of immigration and naturalization in this post-9/11 world, the guidelines change often. As such, these rules only apply to those children born on or after the effective date of the CCA. The law in place at the time of the child's birth governs immigration, so research carefully.
If you are expecting a child abroad and want to be sure of your baby's citizenship, check with your local embassy for the latest laws. In any case, you should register your child's birth with the embassy as soon as possible as the first step in establishing your child's claim to U.S. citizenship at birth.
Also, you'll be on your way to making sure you and your child can wave the Stars and Stripes next Fourth of July, vote together when the little one is 18, and perhaps, if you've thought ahead, tread the campaign trail."
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A) The Pennyslvania Case: Filed by Philip J. Berg against Obama - The Scent of Hillary
Background:
"Berg was a supporter of Senator Hillary Clinton who lost the Democratic nomination for president to Obama during the 2008 presidential primary season. Berg immediately filed [during August 2008] for a temporary restraining order with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to bar Senator Obama from running for president, claiming the Democratic candidate was actually born in Africa. Although that might not have affected Obama's citizenship because of his American mother, it would have disqualified him from running for president because of not being a "natural born citizen," meaning that he was not born on American soil."
[See: Lawyer files court challenge to Obama's status as a "natural born citizen"-Truth! , TruthOrFiction.com, at: http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/l/lawyersues.htm ]
[See: Judge in Berg vs. Obama Orders Obama To Produce Birth Certificate-Fiction!, TruthORFiction.com, at: http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/o/obama-ordered-by-judge.htm .]
[An interesting article explains that the case was filed during August 2008. It reveals that] "The suit was filed in Philadelphia five days prior to the Democratic Convention" [and that] " Philip Berg is close to Hillary Clinton...A prominent Philadelphia attorney and Hillary Clinton supporter...a former gubernatorial and senatorial candidate, former chair of the Democratic Party in Montgomery (PA) County, former member of the Democratic State Committee, and former Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania. According to Berg, he filed the suit--just days before the DNC is to hold its nominating convention in Denver--for the health of the Democratic Party." [The article also questions,] "Will the lawsuit be used by the McCain campaign?"
See: Jeff Schreiber, Obama Sued in Philadelphia Federal Court on Grounds he is Constitutionally Ineligible for the Presidency, Global Researcher.ca (Aug. 23, 2008), at: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=9920 .
[The case is entitled, PHILIP J. BERG v. BARACK OBAMA, THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION and DOES 1-50 INCLUSIVE (BERG v. OBAMA et al), Case Number: 2:2008cv04083, and it was filed in the Federal District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on August 21, 2008.]
"The court web site showed that there have been many motions and some additional filings of evidence in this case". [Honorable R. Barclay Surrick is presiding over this case, but has not yet rendered a judgment.]
See: "BERG v. OBAMA et al", Justia News & Commentary at: http://news.justia.com/cases/featured/pennsylvania/paedce/2:2008cv04083/281573/ .
[On October 20, 2008, Barack Obama and the DNC filed a] MOTION OF DEFENDANTS DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE AND SENATOR BARACK OBAMA TO DISMISS
FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT, at: http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/pennsylvania/paedce/2:2008cv04083/281573/20/0.pdf .
[Three documents were recently filed on October 21, 2008. They include:]
1) ORDER DEEMING REQUESTS FOR ADMISSIONS – ADMITTED as to DEFENDANTS, BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA and THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, at: http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/pennsylvania/paedce/2:2008cv04083/281573/21/0.pdf .
2) PLAINTIFF’S MOTION REQUESTING AN EXPEDITED RULING ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION DEEMING PLAINTIFFS REQUESTS FOR ADMISSIONS SERVED UPON DEFENDANTS - ADMITTED, at: http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/pennsylvania/paedce/2:2008cv04083/281573/22/
3) DEFENDANT FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION’S MOTION TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 12(b)(1), at: http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/pennsylvania/paedce/2:2008cv04083/281573/24/0.pdf .
[FOR AN INTERESTING VIDEO IN WHICH ATTORNEY PHILIP BERG IS INTERVIEWED ABOUT THE PENNSYLVANIA CASE, See Obama Citizenship: I Invented The Internet (Ep. 6: October Surprise), YOUTUBE, at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA6_k3NtXZs ]
B) The Hawaii Case: Filed by Andrew Martin - The Lingle-Palin Vice Grip
Background:
[It is quite apparent that Obama's Hawaii trip was NOT scheduled for the purpose of visiting his ailing grandmother. That was the story fed to the media and the public by an embarassed and perhaps alarmed Obama campaign. This was confirmed by a number of sources. However, it is also quite clear that Attorney Andy Martin is not working with all of his cylinders.]
[Nevertheless, there may be sufficient truth to his allegations which a court of law must be given the opportunity to sort out. The question remains whether the facts alleged should be decided BEFORE rather than AFTER the U.S. presidential election given the important impact that the election outcome will have on the interpretation and application of the U.S. constitution, the credibility of and the respect for the 'rule of law' within the United States in the eyes of the American people and the impression that will be cast before the world at large.]
"Anthony Robert Martin-Trigona, usually known as Andy Martin (born 1945 in Middletown, Connecticut) is an American journalist, perennial candidate, and vexatious litigant. Known for anti-semitic remarks, he once ran for Congress as a Democrat of Connecticut in 1986...On October 17, 2008, Martin filed a lawsuit in a state circuit court of Hawaii against Governor Linda Lingle and health department director Dr. Chiyome Fukino seeking to verify the state's official birth certificate of Barack Obama. Months before this suit, Barack Obama had posted a scanned image of his birth certificate on one of his websites called Fight the Smears, showing his date of birth as August 4, 1961, his place of birth as Honolulu, Hawaii, and other details. Andy Martin rejects this and retorts that "I want to see a certified copy issued by the state of Hawai'i, not one issued by the state of Obama.""
"Hawaii State Department and Health spokeswoman Janice Okubo states that only people with a "tangible relationship" to Barack Obama can access a copy of his birth certificate, adding that a 1949 law "was enacted primarily to protect your private information, especially in these days where there's ID theft." Attorney General Mark Bennett states that he has not seen the lawsuit and cannot comment on it, but says that according to Hawaii Revised Statutes it is unlawful to release vital records to anyone except individuals listed in state records as having close relations with Obama (i.e. a spouse, parents, descendants, or someone with a common ancestor). In regards to a designee representing Obama, Okubo says "If someone from Obama's campaign gave us permission in person and presented some kind of verification that he or she was Obama's designee, we could release the vital record.""
"...Martin grew up as a Democrat, and served as an intern to Senator Paul Douglas in the summer of 1966. In 1977, he ran in a special election for mayor of Chicago, losing to acting mayor Michael Bilandic. Over the years, he has run for various offices in Connecticut, Florida and Illinois as a Democrat, a Republican and an independent...His 1996 run for the Florida State Senate came unraveled when it was revealed that he'd named his campaign committee for his 1986 congressional run "The Anthony R. Martin-Trigona Congressional Campaign to Exterminate Jew Power in America." The revelation led the state Republican Party to renounce him."
"...Martin has been labeled a vexatious litigant by numerous federal and state courts. As early as 1982, Edward Weinfeld, a federal judge for the Southern District of New York, observed that he had a tendency to file "a substantial number of lawsuits of a vexatious, frivolous and scandalous nature."
"In 1983, Jose Cabranes, a federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, issued a sweeping injunction barring Martin or anyone acting "at his behest, at his direction or instigation, or in concert with him" from filing any new action or proceeding in any federal or state court without first seeking permission from the court in which he wished to file that action or proceeding.[10] In his ruling, Cabranes noted that Martin had a tendency to file legal actions with "persistence, viciousness, and general disregard for decency and logic." According to Cabranes, Martin's practice was to file "an incessant stream of frivolous or meritless motions, demands, letters to the court and other documents," as well as "vexatious lawsuits" against anyone who dared cross him. On appeal by Martin, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals limited the scope of the injunction to federal courts, but stated that the federal courts were constitutionally obligated to protect themselves and the administration of justice from vexatious litigants."
[See:] Andy Martin (U.S. politician), Wikipedia, at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Martin_(U.S._politician) ."
[Also, there is mention of this lawsuit in a recently prepared blog entry for a Hillary Clinton blog forum called the "Hillary Clinton Forum - Independent Discussion Forum For Supporters of Hillary Clinton". Forum blogger 'lynfreedom', a Presidential Member, took responsibility for reporting the lawsuit and reproducing the correspondence received by Andy Martin:]
"As said on the other thread, I hope his Grandmother is ok; however, I did not believe her illnes is the reason to go to Hawaii; otherwise, he would have gone when she went into the hospital, not days after she was released. I had written Andy and told him earlier and asked him what he knew about the Grandmother. this is what I have so far. The email address I use for his personal has a tendency not to get me a reply for awhile if he is not in it."
[Lynfreedom proceeds to quote Andy Martin's message to her and perhaps also a press release:]
"Quote:
Martin's Hawai'i investigaiton causes Obama to panic and suspend his presidential campaign to head off Andy's stories.
NOTE: Today's scheduled column has been preempted because of the suspension of the Obama campaign. "Obama and Islam, Again" will appear next Monday. (Part Two of the Hawai'i series will appear as scheduled on Tuesday the 21st. Our calendar was thrown off schedule by the birth certificate litigation.)
Chicago crusader Andy Martin is on the verge of taking down the Obama campaign
(HONOLULU, HI)(October 20, 2008) You have to turn to Hollywood and "High Noon" to find more drama than the confrontation building in Hawai'i. The good sheriff stands alone against the Obama Gang. Eliot Ness and the Untouchables? The Long Ranger? Pick your own hero. Martin vs. Obama explodes into a Hollywood classic.
I will do my best to defeat Obama even though I essentially stand alone. I stand tall. All of the protagonists are from Chicago. Despite ridicule and envy from Chicago's corrupt mainstream media, I have spent over forty years successfully fighting crooked politicians like Barack Obama and his Daley Machine cronies.
But take a look at one of the most dramatic time lines in recent political history.
Two weeks ago on October 5th Sean Hannity aired a program that terrified the Obama campaign. You can probably see my role at FoxNews.com or on YouTube. The New York Times itself reported that the morning after Hannity's program, I became the target of a massive liberal assault at the Times. On October 6th I wrote a column predicting that Hannity's show would become the most important political program of 2008. On direct orders from the Emperor Obama, the New York Times then unleashed its smear machine on me.
One week ago, on October 13th, the Times tried to destroy me with a front-page package of lies, distortions and outright fraud. The Times failed. My investigative team arrived in Hawai'i and began to dig, dig, dig.
I also predicted in a column that attacking me was the first big mistake Obama and the Times had committed. You be the judge of whether I am being proven correct.
I am still standing and the Times' credibility is going into the toilet.
Before my team left for Hawai'i I predicted we would bring down Obama. By sheer coincidence, one TV network was interested in my mission and has been tagging along with a camera crew.
Monday (today) we petitioned the Hawai'i Supreme Court to order Obama's secret birth records released.
How did Obama respond? He suddenly discovered that his grandmother, who had supposedly been released from her hospital a week ago, when he showed no interest in her, needed his immediate attention. Cool, calm, collected Obama suddenly suspended his campaign and headed for Hawai'i.
High Noon.
I have been issuing reports from Hawaii and we are on the streets digging for the truth. This weekend we issued our story list for Monday-Wednesday (Monday has been rescheduled—see above).
What has Obama done? Cancelled his campaign and announced he is jumping on a plane to join Andy Martin in Hawai'i. Welcome home, Barry (Obama's grandmother calls him "Barry.")
High Noon in Hawaii.
Barack Obama vs. Andy Martin. The drama builds as we move closer and closer to disclosing the dramatic truth about Barack Obama.
Was I right when I predicted Obama made a classic mistake when he attacked me? Will Jim Rutenberg and all of the other Times slimeballs regret their malicious attacks? You betcha.
Obama did not pay any attention to his grandmother until I showed up in Honolulu. Suddenly she is the center of his attention. She is so central to his campaign that he has suspended it! But when Obama was here last summer he only visited his grandmother for an hour. One hour! Now he suspends his campaign for her?
Could anyone have predicted a more dramatic series of developing events? Hannity puts me on the air as the Chicago expert who confirms the links between Obama and his longstanding anti-American, terror network. Obama's goon squads immediately try to smear me in retaliation. The New York Times creates a front-page story out of 25 and 35 year-old nonsense in a desperate attempt to discredit and derail my upcoming Hawai'i investigation.
And Andy Martin's investigative team lands in Honolulu and goes where no mainstream media have gone before, on the streets of Honolulu to dig out the secret truths about Barack Obama.
Hawai'i Five-O looks tame by comparison.
I am still standing, fighting, and investigating, right here in Obamaland. And Hannity's dramatic show on October 5th will prove to be the turning point in the fight to retake America from the Obamabots and their crooked clandestine campaign cash (Without Andy, Hannity's second show on October 19th was dull by comparison and provoked no response from the Times or Obama).
The day we landed in Honolulu was Obama's D-Day. He can't scare us. He can't stop us. He can't intimidate us and the New York Times can't smear us with lies, half-truths and distortions.
The irony in all of this television drama is that Fox News is not the network following me around Hawaii. I will leave it to the network to disclose which one it is.
Barack Obama is looking increasingly like a desperate, doomed candidate whose Big Lie is about to be exposed.
The New York Times tried to suggest I exaggerate. Do I exaggerate? Apparently Barack Obama doesn't think so. He knows what I know. And soon you will know what Obama and I know.
What Obama fears most is that I search for the truth not because I am associated with McCain (I am not) or because I am a partisan Republican (I am not a right-winger). Rather I search for the truth for the sake of the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I took an oath as an 18 year old to defend the Constitution of the United States from its enemies.
Barack Obama is an enemy of the Constitution. He is using tens of millions of dollars in clandestine campaign cash from unknown sources to stage an electoral coup d'etat in our nation. That is why I keep fighting for the truth.
Barack Obama has been lying to the American people. And his Big Lie is about to be exposed.
Now that his secrets are on the verge of being revealed he has panicked and suspended his campaign to visit Hawai'i. Do you believe Obama's explanation for the sudden trip?
Or do you believe me?
Do you believe the smear merchants at the New York Times? Or my truthful words on Sean Hannity's America?
If Barack Obama is defeated, he will have two people to blame: me and Sean Hannity.
It doesn't get any better than this.
Stay tuned for High Noon in Honolulu."
[See:] "Andy Martin in Hawaii update: Obama suspended campaign to go to Hawaii (Discussion Thread) (Oct. 21, 2008), at: http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net/discussion/showthread.php?p=464855#post464855 ".
[See also: http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net/discussion/showthread.php?p=464973 ].
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[The Hawaii Case:]
[See: SUIT FILED AGAINST HAWAII TO PRODUCE ORIGINAL OBAMA BIRTH RECORDS - case number 08-1-2147-10 and assigned to Circuit Judge Bert Ayabe, US Politics, MarketWatch Community website at: http://community.marketwatch.com/groups/us-politics/topics/suit-filed-against-hawaii-produce ].
[October 21, Hawaiian Supreme Court filing by Andy Martin, accessible at: http://mitchell-langbert.blogspot.com/2008/10/andy-martins-legal-honolulu-legal.html .]
"ANDY MARTIN
Post Office Box 1851
New York, NY 10150-1851
Toll-free tel. (866) 70-6-2639
Toll-free fax (866) 707-2639
Temporary Hawai'i contact:
Cell phone (917) 664-9329
Petitioner Pro Se
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HAWAII
SUPREME COURT DOCKET NUMBER: 29414
ANDY MARTIN,
Petitioner,
HON. LINDA LINGLE, in her
official capacity as Governor;
DR. CHIYOME FUKINO, in her
official capacity as Director
of the Department of Health,
HON. BERT AYABE, in his official
capacity as Circuit Judge,
Respondents.
___________________________________
LEGAL PAPERS OF ANDY MARTIN - OBAMA HAWAII BIRTH CERTIFICATE ACTION:
MARTIN v. LINGLE
EMERGENCY PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
INTRODUCTION AND PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The question of the authenticity and public availability of the birth certificate of Senator Barack Obama (hereinafter "Obama") has become a source of increasing embarrassment for Hawai'i Government.
Although Obama has purportedly posted a copy of his birth certificate on his own web site, and others claim to have posted other versions, Obama refuses to allow public access to the official records of the State of Hawaii.
Petitioner is an author and columnist who came to Hawai'i to do research on Obama's years in Hawai'i. After arriving in Honolulu, Petitioner decided he needed a copy of the original birth certificate, as well as any official files relating to the issuance of said certificate.
The Executive Branch Department of Health has repeatedly and egregiously mischaracterized the Hawai'i statute governing access to birth certificates, and did so again on October 17th in a statement to the Honolulu Advertiser.
Petitioner applies to this Court for an appropriate writ, and offers two separate avenues of potential relief for the Court to consider.
I. JURISDICTION
This court has jurisdiction of this Petition pursuant to HRS § 602-5 (a)(3).
II. FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS
1. The Petitioner
Petitioner Andy Martin has been writing about Obama for over four years. Petitioner is the author of the best selling book "Obama: The Man Behind The Mask."
Petitioner publishes an Internet newspaper, http://ContrarianCommentary.com, as well as related blogs, http://Contrariancommentary.wordpress.com and http://ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com.
Although Petitioner is not a practicing attorney, he is a respected public interest and consumer rights litigator, see http://www.AndyMartin.com. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law.
For example, in 2003 the Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted Petitioner special leave of court to represent a U.S. Marine in a landmark case arising under the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940, see http://www.firstrespondersonline.us/director.htm (see attached).
Petitioner is also highly controversial. His corruption-fighting efforts in the Illinois courts and federal courts have provoked intense hostility and counter-reactions from judges who were the targets of his exposures see http://www.AndyMartin.com. These judges have sought to vilify and demonize petitioner, and Obama has sought to use these corrupt techniques to divert attention from Obama's own questionable personal history.
Petitioner is undaunted.
In Hawai'i, petitioner is accompanied by a network television camera crew. Thus the bona fide news value of his current litigation activity is not subject to question.
2. The Respondents
A. Respondent Linda Lingle is named in her official capacity as Governor and Chief Executive of the Executive Branch of Hawai'i government.
B. Respondent Dr. Chiyome Fukino is joined in her official capacity as Director of the Hawai'i Department of Health.
C. The Hon. Bert Ayabe is named in his official capacity as a Circuit Judge of the First Circuit. As will be shown below, Judge Ayabe's joinder in this petition does not necessarily involve any criticism of the judge and reflects the absence of any local rules to govern the judge's authority.
3. The birth certificate (certificate of live birth)
A. For the convenience of this court, Petitioner has submitted a copy of the Circuit Court proceedings as a separate Appendix. Those documents are incorporated by reference in this petition.
B. In summary, Petitioner applied for and was denied a copy of Obama's birth certificate. Petitioner then commenced a proceeding in the First Circuit on October 17, 2008 while still physically present in Honolulu.
C. Petitioner notified Judge Ayabe of Petitioner's limited availability in Hawaii, and requested or suggested an emergency hearing.
D. Judge Ayabe responded promptly through his judicial assistant with a hearing date after the 2008 election on November 7th. Petitioner was also notified that in order to exercise his rights and pursue his petition he would have to return from Chicago to Honolulu, as there was no provision for telephone hearings. (It was not clear whether the judge viewed the absence of telephone rules as a preclusion of telephone hearings, or was imposing his own individual rules of practice).
E. Petitioner was required to file his lawsuit in Hawai'i. No other court system has jurisdiction of local Hawai'i officials. Petitioner should be as welcome in the Hawai'i court system as a Hawai'i citizen would be on the mainland. There are no artificial boundaries or distinctions under the Privileges and Immunities Clause of the U. S. Constitution. If Petitioner must be present in Hawai'i in order to vindicate rights and remedies under the Hawai'i Constitution and statutes he will be precluded from doing so.
F. Hawai'i is a sophisticated international business center. It is simply impractical for parties to be physically present in the State as a precondition of access to Hawai'i government or the judicial system.
G. Rule 11 of the Probate Rules provides for "Telephone Conference Call Hearings." On information and belief there is no parallel provision in the Civil Rules.
H. Petitioner remains present in Hawai'i through October 22nd and available for emergency hearings in person.
I. This Court can take its own judicial or official notice that numerous state and federal court systems provide for telephonic participation, see e.g. Florida Rules of Judicial Administration 2.530.
III. RELIEF REQUESTED
This Court can deal with this petition by either one of two separate approaches.
First, the Court could decide that the Executive Branch's misapplication and misinterpretation of the relevant statute (see Exhibit 1 to the Circuit Court Complaint) raises issues of sufficiently great public and national importance that the Court will entertain the issues presented as a matter of the exercise of this Court's original jurisdiction. In that case the writ of mandamus, if granted, would issue directly to the executive branch and Judge Ayabe's role would become moot and coram non judice.
Second, this Court could decide that the Circuit Court should conduct an expedited hearing, and do so either while Petitioner is still physically present in Hawai'i or while Petitioner is allowed to participate on the telephone, directing that the Circuit Judge either schedule a prompt hearing or ask that the case be reassigned to a judge who can conduct a hearing before the 2008 election. In that case the writ, if granted, would issue to the Circuit Judge.
The approach which this Court prefers to adopt is entirely at the discretion of the tribunal.
IV. BASIS FOR GRANTING RELIEF
A. The constitutional issue
In Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347, 373, 96 S. Ct. 2673, (1976) the Supreme Court stated "The loss of First Amendment freedoms, for even minimal periods of time, unquestionably constitutes irreparable injury." The authenticity and contents of a presidential candidate's birth certificate is at the apex of First Amendment concerns, Monitor Patriot v. Roy, 401 U.S. 265, 91 S.Ct. 621 (1971)("[I]t can hardly be doubted that the constitutional guarantee has its fullest and most urgent application precisely to the conduct of campaigns for political office.")
To say that a proceeding will not be convened until after the election is to create the very type of unconstitutional delay precluded by Elrod, and creates a justifiable public suspicion of a conspiracy and cover-up by Hawai'i officials.
Elrod does not appear to have been cited by any Hawai'i court but has been cited numerous times by federal judges in Honolulu, see e.g. Rapp v. Disciplinary Board, 916 F. Supp. 1525, 1539 (D. Hawai'i 1996); Walsh v. Honolulu, 423 F.Supp.2d 1094, 1108 (D. Hawai'i 2006); Swanson v. University, 269 F. Supp. 1252, 1260 (D. Hawai'i 2003); Legal Aid v. Legal Services, 961 F. Supp. 1402, 1417 (D. Hawai'i 1997). Although Petitioner filed his Circuit Court lawsuit under the Hawai'i Constitution and not the First Amendment, this Court has previously interpreted those rights to be coextensive.
B. The procedural issue
There is an anomaly under Hawai'i procedure where probate rules provide for telephone hearings but civil rules do not. Perhaps this gap motivated the circuit judge to deny a hearing, or to adhere to such procedures as a general practice.
Certainly in the modern commercial age, with Hawai'i at the crossroads of international business, antiquated notions of physical presence as a precondition for access to Hawai'i government should be reconsidered. The Privileges and Immunities Clause of the U.S. Constitution would also appear to lean in favor of allowing out-of-state litigants from the mainland to be heard by telephone.
C. The substantive issue
a. The statute
HRS § 338-18 (b) limits disclosure of records to persons having "a direct and tangible interest in the record." The statute then provides thirteen (13) examples as illustrative, but not exclusive, including number (9): "A person whose right to inspect or obtain a certified copy of the record is established by an order of a court of competent jurisdiction."
The Respondents have steadfastly misinterpreted the "direct and tangible interest" standard into one requiring a direct and tangible "relationship" between the party and the record. Thus there is a serious abuse of discretion and statutory misinterpretation by the executive branch. The Respondents have persisted in this misinterpretation despite notice that their interpretation of the statute was a misinterpretation, and will no doubt proffer the same misinterpretation to this Court as their initial response to this petition.
Researchers, scholars, writers and news media—and Petitioner has attributes of all of the foregoing—have a "tangible interest" in many public citizens without any "relationship" to those persons. Petitioner is sensitive to privacy issues and identity theft issues. But no one is likely to try to hold themselves out to be "Barack Obama" using a birth certificate issued by Respondents.
Nevertheless, the very vehemence with which Hawai'i officials have misconstrued a state statue, and the manner in which Obama has attempted to manipulate and control access to his personal records (see infra), raise legitimate suspicions in the mind of the public.
b. The waiver and admission issues
Obama claims that he has posted a conformed copy of his birth certificate on a web site. It is impossible to say whether this assertion is true, because Petitioner has no official copy to compare to the Internet version. Obama has not posted any of the source information or supporting data. If Obama has posted a version of his birth certificate, it would appear he has waived any privacy issues and the statutory restrictions on issuance of a copy to Petitioner no longer apply.
It is indeed a very peculiar state as now exists where Obama claims he has released his birth certificate or at least his latest version of the document, and yet claims that no one should be able to obtain an official copy of the same document from the State of Hawai'i or review the source information for the certificate. Waiver would appear to be applicable and render nugatory any privacy concerns.
Obama has claimed he was born in a Honolulu hospital, but there is no verifiable evidence to sustain that claim. An examination of birth records is thus essential to resolve the lingering doubts.
As judges, certainly the members of this Court are aware that punctilious concern for accuracy would mandate that any counsel preparing a case in which the birth certificate was an issue, must obtain a certified copy and not a copy grabbed off an Internet web site. As an author and columnist, Petitioner adheres to the same high standards of accuracy in the search for original truth.
The fact that Obama has in fact posted his birth certificate on the Internet is a confirmation that he believes that issue is a topic of legitimate public interest.
D. The common law writ of mandamus
Petitioner has reviewed this Court's jurisprudence concerning and construing the common law writ of mandamus. Petitioner submits that the extraordinary facts of this Petition provide a basis for extraordinary and emergency action. As the attached docket sheet from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court attests, Petitioner is experienced in preparing, filing and obtaining relief through extraordinary writs on an emergency basis.
CONCLUSION
Most respectfully, Petitioner asks this Court to take emergency action and to grant one of the alternative forms of relief outlined in this petition.
DATED: October 20, 2008
Honolulu, HI
Respectfully submitted,
ANDY MARTIN
Post Office Box 1851
New York, NY 10150-1851
Toll-free tel. (866) 70-6-2639
Toll-free fax (866) 707-2639
Temporary Hawai'i contact:
Cell phone (917) 664-9329
Petitioner Pro Se"
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[Now, as Andy Martin recently discussed in the blog entry noted above, Barack Obama and the Obama Campaign are justifiably concerned that the Hawaii Supreme Court may rule in the favor of Andy Martin. Yet, it would not seem logical for the Hawaii Supreme Court, or even the Federal District Court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to rule on the motions filed UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION, lest they be viewed as having rendered a 'political' decision. The US Supreme Court, was intensely criticized as the result of the decision it rendered in the case of Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000), which effectively decided the presidential election in favor of George W. Bush.]
[See: Bush v. Gore, Wikipedia, at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_v._Gore ].
No, it is likely that the Hawaii Supreme Court will try some way to 'hand off' the case to the 'politically elected' and 'accountable' Executive Branch of the Hawaiian State Government whose chief executive is Linda Lingle.]
[The facts reveal that Ms. Lingle is the first Jewish, female, Republican governor of the State of the Hawaii.] "Lingle holds a number of distinctions: first Republican elected governor of Hawaii since the departure of William F. Quinn in 1962, first county mayor elected governor of Hawaii, first female governor of Hawaii, first Jewish governor of Hawaii; the second Jewish woman elected governor of a U.S. state; and the first governor of Hawaii not to have any children. During the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City, Lingle served as chairperson of the convention during the absence of permanent chairperson Dennis Hastert from the convention floor.
Prior to her gubernatorial administration, Lingle served as Maui County mayor, councilmember, and chaired the Hawaii Republican Party. On November 20, 2006, her approval rating stood at 71% with only 24% disapproval..."
[See: Linda Lingle, Wikipedia, at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Lingle ].
[The facts also reveal that Governor Lingle is a strong supporter of Vice Presidential nominee, Sarah Palin, a strong proponent of Israel and also harkens from a family of Democrats, which has enabled her to operate effectively in Hawaii politics. THIS PEDIGREE STRONGLY SUGGESTS THAT BARACK OBAMA TRULY HAS SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT, WHICH HAS CAUSED HIM TO TRAVEL TO HAWAII DURING THE FINAL LEG OF THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION!!! Not only is Obama going to address the Hawaii Supreme Court, but he is also probably going to meet with Governor Lingle to negotiate a settlement - nondisclosure by the Hawaii Health Department, an executive agency within Lingle's state government.]
[The facts also reveal that Ms. Lingle is a senior Republican Party official possessing professional experience and background similar to that of Republican Vice Presidential nominee, Sarah Palin.]
"Hawaii's 1st Jewish governor: Palin more experienced than Obama
By Natasha Mozgovaya, Haaretz Correspondent
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Republican Governor Linda Lingle, the first Jewish chief executive of the Aloha State, knows something about being the woman governor of a state which is isolated, relatively new and, in the eyes of many Americans, almost mythical in nature.
So when she comes to the defense of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin - declaring that Palin has more on-the-job experience than Barack Obama - Lingle, like the Republican vice-presidential candidate a former mayor of a small community, speaks with unique authority.
"As another woman Republican Governor, we know each other very well, and I can tell people in America and all over the world, that she is the unique combination of toughness and grace," says Lingle, in St. Paul to attend the Republican National Convention, which has been put on hold pending the outcome of Hurrican Gustav in the Gulf Coast.
She acknowledges that that many dismiss John McCain's running mate as "only a mayor of a small town" and "governor of a distant state." However, counters the former mayor of the island county of Maui, "the Democrats' presidential candidate has zero experience. He's never led any city, never led any state. So our vice-presidential candidate has more experience than their presidential candidate has."
Palin "is a proven leader on local level as well as the state level, she's had a balanced budget, she's had to deal with every issue from the environment to energy and healthcare to education and public safety, and she's done it in a way that every governor does, which is: you make the final decision for which you'll be accountable.
"It's not like being in Congress, where no one might know you're responsible," she told Haaretz. "When you're a governor you're the one to make a decision. It's a great, great preparation for a job such as vice president."
Lingle says she has never discussed Israel-related issues with Palin. "But Senator McCain's commitment to Israel is strong and well-known, and I assure your readers that he would not put someone on that ticket who did not have the same feelings. Certainly he has discussed those issues. Government Palin is a very religious person, and the religious Christians are the greatest supporters of Israel."
According to Lingle, the Republican Party is likely to attract growing numbers of Jewish voters because "the Republicans have a much stronger position on Israel than the Democrats, and that's why I think more people will be seen on the Republican side.
"It takes time, but when people start really looking for issues, and not on the traditional family party affiliation, I think Republicans have a good chance at the Jewish community."
One factor, she continues, has been President George Bush's "unwavering support for Israel, I think that made a big difference, but also I think being fiscally conservative makes a difference, and a focus on education makes a difference for the Jewish community."
Like the majority of U.S. Jews of her generation, Lingle, 55, comes from a family of Democrats. "When I came to run for office in my state of Hawaii, where Democrats have [held] power for decades, I felt there were ethical questions about them, and that I couldn't be part of them. I ran as a Republican, and I got elected."
Asked about the recent revelation that Palin's 17-year-old daughter is pregnant, Lingle remarks, "It's one of the issues that face families all over America and all over the world. Families have tough things happen to them, and what you need to judge people by, is how they deal with those tough situations occurring to them.
"That can happen to anyone, and they decided to stick around as family. And because I know Sarah and Todd Palin, I know that they will do the right thing for their family, as it should be. Senator Obama, to his credit, said today that it should not be a part of a political campaign, and I admire him for saying that."
Although early polls have not indicated that women voters have gravitated to the McCain ticket in the wake of Palin's nomination, Lingle says that the more that Americans get to know Sarah Palin, "the more they'll get excited about her."
Calling the Alaska governor a reformer, and noting that Palin has taken on her own party on occasion, Lingle says that "What she and John McCain have in common is that they would do what's right for their country, even if it hurts them politically. They've done it throughout their careers."
Regardless of party affiliation, "her nomination gives inspiration to the women of America. Women all across the country are excited about this. Since the announcement was made, money has been coming in so strongly for this ticket, and volunteers who have never been involved are coming, and they are so excited by her story, by her experience and her vision for America.""
[ http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1017469.html ]
[Based on the above, it becomes quite apparent that Barack Obama is now under the thumb of three smart and strong female politicians on both sides of the political aisle who do not view his candidacy for the President of the United States of America very positively. This is not a position that any man would envy!]