For months, the mainstream media have totally stonewalled the controversy raging in the Blogosphere over Obama’s eligibility to run for president. Today, the first crack in the MSM appeared, as Greta van Susteren wrote a blog post about it on GretaWire.

October 24th, 2008 9:20 AM Eastern
OK … the internet rumors about the birth certificate: let’s end the rumors and the viral nature of them!
by Greta Van Susteren

Of course I know about all the internet gossip about Senator Obama’s birth. Many of you (thousands?) have written me saying he was not born in the USA (a Constitutional requirement for President) …. the rumors are flying around the internet and overloading my inbox and is viral. It doesn’t stop! I have thought the emails a waste of keyboard time and have ignored them.

However, since the emails just won’t stop…and since it really is a topic that should be put to rest and can be done with such ease, I now think Senator Obama should release his birth certificate but I also think, to be fair, so should the other 3 …. yes, all 4.

So, let’s have it! All 4 need to release their birth certificates to prove each was born in the USA and thus constitutionally able to serve as President. Let’s insist that all 4 release birth certificates and put the matter to rest! (and yes, stop the emails to me!)

Until this is done, the rumors simply will not stop and rumors are not fair … it is not fair to Senator Obama and he also should not be blackmailed into producing the records … so, if all 4 must produce, that seems fair.

Let’s see them …. and then let’s move on.

Greta recently moved her hour-long cable television show from CNN to Fox News, where she seems to feel freer to pursue balanced coverage. A couple of points here. First, John McCain voluntarily produced his birth certificate, to allay concerns about his birth in a US military hospital outside the continental US.

Second, and VERY TELLING, Greta is not covering this subject as a diligent journalist. By her own admission, she is simply trying to relieve immense pressure on her inbox. Which proves two things — there is still no real honest journalist in the MSM and intense pressure from all of us can make a difference.

As of this past Wednesday Friday, lawsuits are being pursued in eight nine ten states regarding Obama’s birth status:

1. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — Plaintiff, Philip Berg
   

   Philip J. Berg, Esquire
   555 Andorra Glen Court, Suite 12
   Lafayette Hill, PA 19444-2531
   Cell (610) 662-3005
   (610) 825-3134
   (800) 993-PHIL [7445]
   Fax (610) 834-7659
   Email: philjberg@obamacrimes.com
   Web site: Obama Crimes

   UPDATE, Saturday, October 25  4AM EST — Philadelphia Daily News reports:

   Judge rejects Montco lawyer’s bid to have Obama removed from ballot

   A federal judge in Philadelphia last night threw out a complaint by a Montgomery County lawyer who claimed that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was not qualified to be president and that his name should be removed from the Nov. 4 ballot.

   Philip J. Berg alleged in a complaint filed in federal district court on Aug. 21 against Obama, the Democratic National Committee and the Federal Election Commission, that Obama was born in Mombasa, Kenya.

   Berg claimed that the Democratic presidential standardbearer is not even an American citizen but a citizen of Indonesia and therefore ineligible to be president….

   In a 34-page memorandum and opinion, the judge said Berg’s allegations of harm were “too vague and too attenuated” to confer standing on him or any other voters….

   Berg plans to file an appeal.
    

2. Seattle, Washington — Plaintiff, Steve Marquis
   

   Steve Marquis
   Fall City, WA
   (425) 698-7084
   Email: peoplesvoice@peoplespassions.org
   Web site: People’s Voice

3. Honolulu, Hawaii — Plaintiff, Andy Martin
   

   Email: AndyMart20@aol.com

4. California — David Archbold
   

   Email: darchbo1@gmail.com

5. Florida
   

   Email:

6. Georgia — Tom Terry
   

   Email: kingdommatters@gmail.com

7. New York — Dan Smith
   

   Email: Dansmith1954@aol.com

8. Connecticut — Cort Wrotnowski
   

   Email: Metaqubit@aol.com

9. Richmond, Virginia — A Petition for Writ of Mandamus was filed in Richmond, Virginia on Wednesday, October 22 before the Honorable Walter W. Stout III. We’ll try to find out more and keep our readers posted.
    
10. Ohio — From the Cincinnati Enquirer
    

    Suit challenges Obama’s birth place
    By Janice Morse

    TURTLECREEK TWP. – A Warren County man is taking the long-simmering dispute over Barack Obama’s birthplace – Hawaii or Kenya? – to court.

    David M. Neal of Turtlecreek Township plunked down a $200 fee to file a lawsuit Friday in Warren Common Pleas Court in Lebanon.

    The suit seeks to force state and federal officials to take more steps to settle, once and for all, the question of Obama’s legitimacy as a potential president.

    The U.S. Constitution requires presidents to be natural-born citizens who are at least 35 years old. “Mr. Obama has failed to demonstrate that he is a ‘natural-born’ citizen,” Neal declares.

    He asserts that Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, the Democratic National Committee, the Ohio Democratic Party and U.S. Sen. Diane Feinstein all ought to be held responsible for verifying that Obama meets the constitutional requirements for president….

On the evening of October 23, Philip Berg was interviewed on the Michael Savage talk radio show. Berg stated that he had in his possession an audiotape of Obama’s Kenyan grandmother insisting that she was present at Obama’s birth in the hospital in Mombassa, Kenya, as well as sworn affidavits. Here’s the recording:

Philip J. Berg/Michael Savage Interview (Part 1 of 2)

Philip J. Berg/Michael Savage Interview (Part 2 of 2)

References:

America’s Right — Jeff Schreiber, legal writer by day and exhausted law student by night, is providing continuing coverage.

Citizen Wells is also providing continuing coverage.

October 24, 2008 — Finally we have coverage of the Philip J Berg lawsuit by major media players. Rush Limbaugh has mentioned the lawsuit and now Greta Van Sustern has a proposal to address the birth certificate issue….

Steve Marquis Press Release — from the plaintiff in the Washington state filing.