In contrast to others, however, Martin's goal is not to prove Obama's ineligibility to be president. “I've never treated this as a journalism experiment. I've treated this as a law case and I'm gonna go and find out who this guy is. I want to have stuff that's credible.” A standard he finds lacking in Berg's approach but praises in Keyes' case under the representation of Taitz.
Even though many Obama supporters breathed a sigh of relief after Donofrio's case was rejected, Taitz said the battle is far from over. She is preparing to take Keyes' case to the top court and is also now representing several who ran as vice presidential candidates for various parties and even some state electors.
Polly Baca is one of Colorado's nine electors and she is disgusted by the efforts to tarnish Obama's historic victory. She has received several letters regarding the eligibility controversy but has not read most of them, having concluded they are from people “obviously uninformed and ignorant of the political process and the qualifications to run for the presidency.” She declared Obama would not have made it as far as he did were he not born in the U.S. and also said she has no concerns about the original birth certificate not being released; an act McCain submitted to earlier this year when doubts were raised about his status. Instead, Baca views the letter writers and those leading the effort against Obama as “foolish” and mentally imbalanced.
Others categorize Obama's critics as angry, racist or waging a battle based on “sour grapes” because their candidate did not win. In response, Taitz says those who disapprove of the effort to involve the USSC in upholding the Constitution should sue Obama or [House Speaker Nancy] Pelosi. The Speaker, Taitz continued, was aware of the controversy but certified Obama as the DNC candidate anyway; an act the attorney called “reckless, arrogant, and a travesty of justice.” She indicated that lawsuit after lawsuit will be filed and it is inevitable that eventually the Court will act. She finds there are no legal grounds to keep Obama's name on the ballot since even he, through his website, admitted dual citizenship at birth. Taitz ended by saying Obama had the opportunity to “do the right thing” but refused to do so and and now he owes the entire nation an answer.
The country is in suspense because, just as Obama's election made history, Taitz notes the eligibility controversy will be historic as well since the USSC has never been presented with this dilemma before and it is unknown how they will rule. Whether they will call for a new election allowing the DNC to select new candidates; or if McCain will be declared the winner by default; or if both candidates will be deemed constitutionally ineligible; or if the Court will refuse to overturn the millions of votes for Obama since doing so might result in massive unrest. Whatever the ruling, it will be yet another first for this history making election year.
Adeeba Folami is a freelance journalist residing in Denver, Colorado. She can be contacted via her website http://bhonline.org.
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