He’s already broached the eligibility issue twice on his most-listened-to radio show, and we have already seen how the press has recently become fascinated with the question. And today, thanks to a news tip from a concerned citizen, this time a caller into Mr. Limbaugh’s radio show brought up the subject along with an overall discussion on Mr. Obama’s policies:

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RUSH: John in Punta Gorda, Florida. How are you? Nice to have you with us.

CALLER: Hi, Rush. How are you doing today?

RUSH: Very well, sir, thanks much.

CALLER: Rush, I’d like to talk to you from couple of minutes about honesty and integrity versus the culture or the spirit of deception that we seem to see with Obama. I’m a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and I have three sons who also attend service academies — either the Naval Academy or the Air Force Academy — and we all each in our term have come to understand that lying is an intent to deceive. And any intent to deceive at the service academies is considered to be an honor offense. When I look at Obama — who rides a cult not only of personality but also a culture of deception; when I look at the Saul Alinsky connection deceptions, the Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn and Jeremiah Wright; more recently the birth certificate falsification question; the stimulus lies; the health care results lies; the ACORN connection lies; the firing of the inspector general; and his agenda for us, which he’s just not being forthcoming about — all of these things fall into, in my opinion, this culture of deception.

It’s very difficult to listen to our president without feeling that he is either out-and-out lying or he is posturing something, getting ready to lie. I believe polls are falling not only because the economy is not responding to the stimulus, but also because people are sensing that this cult of deception and lying is, in fact, a big part of who this guy is. I think his moral authority is going fast. And now when he needs to advance his own agenda, he’s in fact reaching a tipping point, and people will not have anything to do with what he says because they simply don’t trust him. When you’re at one of these service academies here, you’re an officer in the service. When you lose your honor and you lose your integrity, you simply lose other people’s trust. And you’re of no use to anybody. Integrity is a mind-set. It’s a mind-set the same way deception is a mind-set. And people who deceive have a pattern of deceiving over and over and over again. I think in his case that this stuff is directly related to a highly dysfunctional family background where he was abandoned by both parents, and his radical early influences. But I also think that this cult of deception on his part is approaching a word that I have not heard relative to this administration, and that is “treason.” I believe that this inability of his to be honest and to be forthcoming and rather to be devious, constitutes serious acts of disloyalty to our sovereign nation. What do you think of that, Rush?

RUSH: Well, I think that you are well spoken, you’re articulate, and I think you’re very honorable. And I think you mean everything you said, and I don’t think you’re making it up, and you’re certainly not trying to deceive anybody. I don’t know. You know, I get a little worn out on the family-made-me-do-it excuse. I have a much simpler explanation, and I am with you. He has to be deceptive. If he were to tell everybody who he really is, what he really thinks and what his agenda really is, he woulda never gotten the Democrat Party nomination, much less been elected president. All liberalism is deceit. All communism is lies. All of socialism is lies. The promises, I should say. The promises of communism, the promises of socialism, the promises of liberalism, are all lies. And it’s all out there to see. But we don’t examine the results of these people. We give them credit for great big hearts and for having wonderful intentions.

One of the interesting things that’s happening now, however, John — and I addressed this elegantly yesterday. The liberal Democrats over in the House and Senate, they are so cocky, they are so arrogant that they are more open about who they are and what they think than ever before — and this will be their undoing. Liberalism has always had to be disguised to win national elections in this country. It’s always had to have been disguised, and Obama knows it. So I think this guy has been well taught. You talk about service academies. I think he’s been groomed for this. I think he’s been taught, groomed, mentored to be able to reach this height in the middle of deception by pretending and convincing people he’s something other than what he is. For example, he’s not a moderate; he’s not unique; he’s not above politics; he’s not postpartisan; he’s not postracial.

He’s just the most radical liberal Democrat that has ever attained the White House. Now, he is still practicing the deception. The liberal Democrats over in the House and Senate, not so much. The Barney Franks are pretty out in the open about what they want to do and what they want to say. The Barbara Boxers, ditto; and a lot of his cabinet people, ditto. But he is still practicing the art of deception. When you get into “treason,” that’s a specific criminal charge. I wouldn’t go there. I think this is just politics. He’s supposed to be above politics. But I agree with you that his agenda, his designs on this country are nothing — nothing anywhere close — to his stated designs, desires, agenda, or what have you. It is why I say (to the shock and chagrin of many) that rising unemployment is something being done purposefully. … [emphasis mine]

Mr. Limbaugh goes on further with more of the transcript at the referenced link.

NBC’s Nightly News recently covered the eligibility issue (video link) and NewsBusters responded.

The LibertarianRepublican blog featured a video by Liz Cheney who suggested that those who question the eligibility issue have legitimate concerns:

And reporter Linda Bentley at Sonoran News reports that Chris Strunk has filed a complaint in USDC for DC over the 2010 census:

WASHINGTON – Last week, Brooklyn, N.Y. resident Christopher Earl Strunk filed a complaint in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia requesting a three-judge panel hear his complaint seeking a temporary restraining order with injunctive relief against defendants’ conduct of the 2010 Decennial Census.

Named defendants include the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census; Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez; New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg; New York Province of the Society of Jesus; Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano; House of Representatives; Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi; Barry Soetoro (AKA Barack Hussein Obama); the states of California, Texas, Maryland and Hawaii.

Struck believes the federal defendants, including Barry Soetoro, a.k.a Barack Hussein Obama, whom he also refers to as “the Usurper,” are acting in concert with state defendants as a matter of fraud connected to the “use of tourists as if citizens for unjust enrichment.”
By counting “tourists” as if they were permanent residents, Strunk accuses the Census Bureau of disproportionately diminishing and diluting his voting strength, speech and associated representation in elections and in Congress.

More details are at the referenced link.

Update: The Associated Press has written on the “New burst of attention,” and CBS News asks, “Who Are the Birthers?”

And after having brought up the issue once before, Lou Dobbs goes after the birth certificate issue again, this time with my most recently analyzed Roland “S.” Martin:

Be sure to see the final link, below, as I have received updates on a number of eligibility lawsuits.

See the following links regarding the eligibility saga:

• Obama’s Presidential Eligibility: What You Need to Know
• Obama’s Sealed Background Documentation
• What’s the Difference Between a Birth Certification Versus a Birth Certificate?
• Keyes v. Lingle: Forensic Examiner and IT Expert Disprove Certification of Live Birth
• Obama Citizenship Facts
• The State Department and Sen. Patrick Leahy’s (D-VT) Natural Born Citizen Resolution (April 10, 2008)
• Citizen Grand Jury Updates and Eligibility Lawsuit Listing

-Phil

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