Hold the Phone: Obama Sued For What Now?

Please bear with me,  folks. This story is apparently a week-plus old, but I'm just now learning about it ... as we speak I'm on the horn with my Information Czar, Mr. Gutierrez ...

Wait a second. You're saying that LAST WEEK, Barack Obama was sued for being ineligible to run for president? On grounds that he is NOT, in fact, a United States citizen? Sounds fishy to me. Why would the mainstream media have ignored this?

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Touche! Well, has Obama not furnished a copy of his Hawaiian birth certificate?

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A forgery you say? Three independent sources you say? Are any of these so-called analyses available for public scrutiny?

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Huh. Really spent some time on that, didn't they.

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I know, this could be huge. But tell me again who filed the suit.

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The plot thickens! Philip Berg, prominent Philadelphia attorney and Hillary Clinton supporter. Okay, Gutierrez. Well done sir. I'll take it from here.

Okay folks, sorry about that -- but again, I'm still trying to wrap my teeny tiny brain around this one. There is a rather complex allegation stated in this lawsuit, which involves various technicalities in citizenship laws, as well as inconsistencies in Obama's record. If this interests you, I'd recommend reading this article, which seems to spell it all out fairly well.

Again, there's nary an article to be found in the so-called mainstream media about this, apart from the Philadelphia Times Herald. Of course, that should come as no surprise since, indeed, Obama appears to be the tacit endorsee of all the major media outside of the Faux News and "conservative talk radio" crowd. But it does seem odd that the GOP shill mudslinger media haven't jumped all over this. Perhaps they know something we don't, and are content to let the situation play itself out.

With all that said, here's my take:

From a legal standpoint, I don't think anything will come of this. The Obama machine will succeed in quashing the suit one way or the other -- by hook or by crook, as they say. I think the remainder of the Dem convention will go by the script, without major incident, and Barack Obama will emerge as the nominee.

However, I think the adversaries of Obama will indeed pick up on this after the conventions are over. And while they may not succeed in taking Obama out of the race altogether, they very well might succeed in raising more doubts about his patriotism.

Basically, if this does turn into a big story and Obama is not able to prove -- beyond a reasonable doubt, in the court of public opinion -- that he is a bona fide American citizen, that's all she wrote. Barring any major scandals/bombshells of his own, John McCain will win in November and he'll win HUGE.

Meanwhile, all eyes will certainly be on Hillary tonight -- to look for any subtle winks and/or nods to her followers.

I still contend that this election is largely political theater, due to both sides being owned and operated by the same interests. Besides, for all we know the "powers that be" have already decided the outcome. And yet, you really have to hand it to these people.

They know how to put on a show.