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Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Andy Martin discloses Barack Obama’s “family secrets”

U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin, the mere mention of whose name sends President Obama into fist-clenching rage, comments on the new “novel” by Barack Obama’s putative “half-brother.” The “war” between the two men, Barack Obama and Andy Martin, may escalate if Martin is elected to Obama’s former U. S. Senate seat and ends up in Washington challenging the president Martin has done so much to expose over the past five years.


U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin explains the myths about Barack Obama’s origins, and the enduring pain of Obama’s birth

ANDY MARTIN
Executive Editor
ContrarianCommentary.com

“Factually Correct, Not
Politically Correct”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Andy Martin says that for Barack Obama, the ignominy of his birth endures, the lack of identity shadows his every moment

Senate candidate Martin is Obama’s strongest and most persistent adversary on political matters; but Martin sympathizes with the man Andy calls “Barry O” as a human being

(CHICAGO)(November 5, 2009) Although I am currently a U. S. Senate candidate, and primarily focused of being nominated for the senate from Illinois, I can’t help commenting on the latest book by Barack Obama’s half brother:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/
content/article/2009/11/04/
AR2009110401214.html?hpid=moreheadlines

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/
world/asia/04brother.html?_
r=1&scp=1&sq=Obama%20+%20brother&st=cse

Although Obama has done everything he can to destroy me personally and politically, I consider that a compliment. For some mysterious reason, I am the only person outside his immediate family who seems to have stumbled on the deep, emotional truth about his origins. Barack Obama’s “family secrets.” Obama hopes that by abusing and harassing me, he can rid himself of his demons. But the demons endure. They always will.

Barack Obama’s half brother, born of Obama’s “father’s" second "wife" in the United States, has produced a “novel” of extreme cruelty and abuse by his father.

Unfortunately, Obama won’t admit the truth about his parentage. He continues to harbor an extreme sense of personal shame. I explored Obama’s inner conflicts in columns which became my first book, “Obama: The Man Behind The Mask.”

The more I write the truth about Obama, and pursue a lawsuit in Hawai’i seeking release of his original, typewritten 1961 birth certificate, the more angry and anguished Obama becomes.

But while I am Obama’s leading political opponent in the current election cycle, and he fears my presence sitting in his former U. S. Senate seat from Illinois more than any other candidate, I have never been a personal opponent of the man.

If you read an Internet interview concerning my views, you will probably agree I share Obama’s sense of frustration at his origins.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZwON6dKHks

Now that Obama is the president, it is Obama's inner demons that make him so reluctant to lead, so obsessed with “show” because his entire life has been a “show,” designed to deflect the truth about himself from himself, as well as from the public.

What are the facts about Barack Obama? What are his “family secrets?”

First, the man generally considered Barack Obama’s “father,”Barack Hussein Obama, Senior” is probably not Obama’s biological father. I want to label and underscore this paragraph as my opinion; I have not yet established the underlying DNA evidence to confirm my beliefs. I think Obama will some day admit to the world that, yes, Frank Marshall Davis was his biological father.

Obama’s book “Dreams From My Father” was not based on “dreams” about or from his “father” because Barack Obama was never a genuine father figure.

On the contrary, Barack Obama, Sr. was a lecher who moved from woman to woman, fathering children whose legal status remains questionable to this day. Obama, Sr. is supposed to have fathered eight children by four women.

Whether Frank Marshall Davis was the biological father, or not, “Frank” became Obama’s real father. Frank was the man to whom Obama has dedicated his life. Frank was a communist. Well, you get the picture.

Obama came to Chicago, where Frank was a close friend of journalist Vernon Jarrett and Louie Farrakhan, and other Black leaders. Frank’s “shining city on a hill" was Chicago, not Honolulu. It was to Chicago that Obama came to achieve fame and fortune, and it was Frank’s network of old friends who advanced Barack’s career.

In Hawaiian we would say that at a minimum Frank was “ohana.” “Ohana” is a concept that recognizes the impact and influence of “a village” on a person’s development. Ohana is extended family, including persons who are not necessarily blood relatives.

Even if you disagree with me that Frank Marshall Davis is the biological father (no one can disagree that Frank was Obama’s spiritual father), things get worse, not better, when we turn back to Barack, Sr.

The reality of Obama’s birth explains his enduring shame and frustration.

Obama was illegitimate or, as we say today, “nonmarital.” In 1961, the term was “illegitimate.” That was the word Barack eventually harbored inside himself. No doubt children at Punahou in Honolulu teased young Barack about his origins. Those painful memories endure.

Why was Obama illegitimate? Because his “father,” Barack Sr. was married to another women.

Barack, Sr. was married to Kezia Obama, with whom Obama had already fathered children before he left Kenya for Honolulu and Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Obama’s publicity agents and supporters pretend that Barack, Sr.’s first marriage was a Kenyan “tribal” marriage and thus not entitled to respect and recognition in the United States. That is simply untrue as a matter of U. S. law.

Barack Obama, Sr. was married in Kenya at a time when British law prevailed. When Kenya became a free nation in 1963, the new government recognized the prior efficacy of British law. British law respected and acknowledged tribal marriages. So while Obama tries to minimize or ignore his “father’s” “tribal" marriage, under British law the Kenyan marriage of Barack, Sr. was entirely legal and controlled his matrimonial status in Hawai'i. He had never divorced Kezia.

When Barack, Sr. entered into, or may have purported to enter into, a “marriage” in Honolulu with Ann Dunham, he was a bigamist. Barack Obama was the product of a bigamous relationship.

Under Hawaiian law, there is no way “Obama” could have been born an “Obama” if his mother was never legally married to his father. That may be one of the secrets Obama is hiding on his original 1961 birth certificate. Only the document itself will speak the truth.

As a lawyer, if not a great one, Obama knows and understands these basic legal principles. American law recognizes and generally gives “full faith and credit” to British law and marriages in U. S. Courts. A married man in Britain or Kenya could not have come to the United States in 1960 and lawfully claimed he was “unmarried.”

In defense of Obama's mother, she was 18 years old and probably too unsophisticated to understand what was happening to her.

So the Obama marriage in Honolulu, whether papered over with bogus documents and licenses or not, was a bigamous relationship in which Obama’s mother Ann Dunham never legally became Mrs. Barack Obama.

Under Hawai’i law, Obama is illegitimate, because his parents were never legally married, see Tagupa v. Tagupa, 108 Hawai’i 459, 121 P.3rd 924, 926 (Hawai’i ICA 2005). The relationship was void.

Obama’s half-brother may be in the same limbo. His mother also tried to ignore the “tribal” marriage; Barack, Sr. remained loyal to Kezia until his death. We can’t say for sure whether the first marriage was ever legally dissolved.

When stripped of all of his evasions and prevarications, the truth about Barack Obama is painfully straightforward, and painful nonetheless. Obama has lived with these inner demons all of his life, and they are the key to unlocking his personality.

And so, you can pick your theory. Either, as I believe, Frank Marshall Davis is Barack Obama’s father. The fact that Frank’s “secret” was never disclosed to his son while Frank was alive is an immense burden on Barack’s soul. Or, Barack Obama’s father was a bigamist, his mother was never legally married and he was born illegitimate. Under either approach, Obama was born into pain, and has endured that pain his entire life.

Obama has desperately attempted to shield the truth from the public, although the reality is that most Americans wouldn’t care about Obama’s unfortunate origins. We are too big a nation to blame a baby for the acts of his parents. But, still, Obama will not allow the truth about him to escape. He cannot release the inner pain. Obama cannot accept his inner shame.

And in the meantime, Obama unleashes his operatives to smear and harass my campaign for the U. S. Senate. Will Obama succeed in defeating me? Republicans will decide.

That is also why in October, 2008, as I was walking down a Honolulu street working on an interview with his grandmother, I learned Obama was on his way to Hawai’I to join me. Coincidence? You be the judge.

I had unlocked the family secrets of Barack Obama in Honolulu . And he will never forgive me for knowing the truth and telling the truth about him.

Of course, that is why the dynamics of a “U. S. Senator Andy Martin” in Washington provides such explosive potential for a dramatic confrontation between truth and fantasy in Obamaland.

I will always be deeply sympathetic to Barack Obama’s plight as a human being. But I lead the efforts to defeat and destroy his political programs and anti-American agenda.

Unless I end up like Saint Thomas à Becket.

And now back to the 2010 Republican Party primary election for U. S. Senator from Illinois. Wish me well.
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Readers of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask, say the book is still the only gold standard and practical handbook on Barack Obama's unfitness for the presidency. Buy it.Book orders: Amazon.com or http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from Amazon.com or signed copies (delayed for signing) from the publisher are available.
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URGENT APPEAL: The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama raises money to oppose President Barack Obama's radical agenda and also to support www.BoycottHawaii.com.www.CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama's political agenda is directly dependent on the generosity of every American."The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to almost everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised a billion dollar slush fund, his opponents lack sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
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Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask and producing the new Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com. Martin comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York.
UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSAwww.facebook.com/AndyMartin Andy's columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com. [NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.] © Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.

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Saturday, September 19, 2009

Andy Martin on the Fall of the House of Obama: Part Three

Martin says an “acorn” is bringing down the great oak Obama. In Illinois, politicians Roland Burris and Dick Durbin grovel to ACORN. The State of Illinois is controlled by organized crime and organized labor.

Andy Martin says the vote by U. S. Senators Dick Durbin and Roland Burris to continue funding ACORN is a disgrace to the State of Illinois

NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com

www.MarkKirk.us

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF OBAMA: PART THREE

SENATORS DICK DURBIN AND ROLAND BURRIS VOTE TO CONTINUE FINANCIAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITY BY ACORN

ACORN’S BLATANT CRIMINALITY IS HELPING TO HASTEN THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF OBAMA

(CHICAGO)(September 20, 2009) Barack Obama has received incalculable help from ACORN over the years. In fact Obama’s political career, from his earliest days in Chicago, was linked to ACORN.

Obama “flirted” with socialists and radicals as a student at Occidental College, at Columbia University and after his arrival in Chicago. In 2008 the media pretended not to see Obama’s radical history and avoided asking probing questions about his radical associations. Sean Hannity was alone in exposing Obama.

This week two Illinois U. S. Senators were among the “Sinful Seven” that voted against denying federal funds to ACORN. Senators Dick Durbin and Roland Burris voted “no” on the suspension. The good People of Illinois have been shamed by the votes of their senators.

Why do Durbin and Burris grovel to ACORN? Because ACORN’S parent/affiliate, the Service Employees International Union (“SEIU”) is the largest union in Illinois. Period. And the SEIU is an increasingly radical and unprincipled union. Period, again.

The Democratic Party’s public officials are in a SEIU chokehold.

SEIU is also strangling the City of Chicago’s economic life. SEIU campaigns have been waged to elect radical socialists to the Chicago City Council. The SEIU has tried to make it all but impossible for Wal-Mart to open stores within the city limits despite the obvious public demand for low prices.

And yet, and yet despite the SEIU’S chokehold and ACORN’S criminality, time is running out for Barack Obama. He can delay the inevitable fall of ACORN, but it is doubtful he can prevent the organization from being prosecuted and eventually disbanded.

ACORN’S criminality has become too pervasive and public to sweep under any carpet, even Obama’s.

ACORN and I go back along way. I tried the first bank holding company case at the Federal Reserve Board in 1973. I often petitioned on behalf of the public interest in Federal Reserve Matters. Eventually, I saw the name of a new group start to appear in filings with the Fed: ACORN.

I came to find out that ACORN was petitioning to be heard so that the organization could ultimately extort money from bank holding companies. I kept my distance from ACORN. Their “public interest” was purely an interest in “private profit,” for ACORN.

In 2008 ACORN became notorious for vote fraud in major states such as Ohio. There is no secrecy about the group’s goals: de facto socialist revolution in America, something which I predicted on Sean Hannity’s America during the 2008 campaign:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=
j8zj_Fj3QpY&annotation_id
=annotation_259119&feature=iv

And so nothing that Obama & Co. are now doing surprises me. I predicted it all last year. I was criticized for my predictions last year; no one is criticizing me now.

Still, the enormity of the fraud being orchestrated by ACORN, and the blatant and brazen efforts to loot federal funds for their own operations, are no secret. So why did Durbin and Burris blind themselves to ACORN’S abuses and surrender to the ACORN “bordello?”

Because Durbin and Burris are both political prostitutes.

And because Illinois has become America’s rogue’s gallery of radicalism.

The Chicago Way? A disgrace to the People of Illinois.

SATURDAY: THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF OBAMA: PART FOUR
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Readers of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask, say the book is still the only gold standard and practical handbook on Barack Obama's unfitness for the presidency. Buy it.Book orders: Amazon.com or http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from Amazon.com or signed copies (delayed for signing) from the publisher are available.
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URGENT APPEAL: The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama raises money to oppose President Barack Obama's radical agenda and also to support www.BoycottHawaii.com.www.CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama's political agenda is directly dependent on the generosity of every American."The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to almost everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised a billion dollar slush fund, his opponents lack sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
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Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask and producing the new Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com. Martin comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York. UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSAwww.facebook.com/AndyMartin Andy's columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com. [NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]
MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (cell not always on)E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.

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Andy Martin on the Fall of the House of Obama: Part Two

Barack Obama suffers a Caesarean blow as N. Y. Timesman Bob Herbert sticks the fork in Obamacare

Barack Obama suffers a Shakespearean blow as his African-American admirer Bob Herbert sticks the fork in Obamacare

NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com

www.MarkKirk.us

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF OBAMA: PART TWO

OBAMA SUFFERS A SHAKESPEAREAN “ET TU, BRUTE,” MOMENT AS NEW YORK TIMESMAN BOB HERBERT DELIVERS AN “ET TU, HERBERT” STABBING

(CHICAGO)(September 20, 2009) Bob Herbert is one of the most accomplished African-Americans in journalism. He writes an Op-Ed column for the New York Times and appears regularly on MSNBC and other media outlets. Of course he is a liberal. And of course he is a “friend” and admirer of Barack Obama.

One of the most dramatic moments in Shakespeare comes when Julius Caesar is stabbed by members of the conspiracy to remove him. Caesar turns and sees his loyal friend Brutus with a knife in hand. Caesar laments “Et tu, Brute,” which is more lyrically translated from the Latin as “Even thou, Brutus?” My closest friend has abandoned me? Caesar knows all is lost.

On September 12th Herbert wrote a column in which he demolished Obamacare:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/
opinion/12herbert.html

Republicans, of course, have been critical of Obama’s “health” plans from the gitgo.

To protect his backside, Herbert begins his column by calling conservative opponents “crazies.” But then he goes on to undermine his own use of the pejorative term by showing that almost everyone has legitimate doubts about Obamascare. In reality, the “crazies” do not exist, unless, of course, the real crazies are in the Obama administration.

It is one thing to be seared by your political opponents. Public officials expect to be challenged by the opposition.

But it is quite another thing to have Obamacare (scare?) eviscerated by one of your closest associates in the media.

No Republican has been as vicious and brutal as Obama's Brutus, Bob Herbert, in demolishing the house of cards Obama created to sell his bogus health reform schemes.

Herbert calls “ordinary citizens” the “wild card” leading the opposition to Obama’s proposal:
But there’s a wild card out there undermining the chances for real reform, and it’s not the crazies who have been disrupting health care forums or the disrespectful space cadet legislators like the South Carolina Congressman Joe (“You lie!”) Wilson. It’s the ordinary working men and women of America who are struggling with the worst economic downturn they have ever seen and who are worried that the big new plans that the Democrats have in store may not be in their best interests — and may not be affordable.
Many of those folks already have health insurance, and many voted for Barack Obama. But they’re scared to death now as the economy continues to hemorrhage jobs and the budget deficits unfolding before their eyes are being counted in the trillions.
To get meaningful health care reform this time around, the Democrats will have to get that constituency on board. They haven’t yet.
Herbert says ordinary people, “ordinary working men and women of America,” are the real “doubters” challenging Obamacare. They don’t understand the Obama proposal: “For one thing, the various proposals are not at all clear to the general public and the average citizen is clueless as to how any of them would be paid for. To say that people are skeptical is the grossest understatement.”

Herbert then sticks the fork in Obama when he concludes:
The president also said, as he estimated the cost of his proposal at $900 billion over 10 years, that he “will not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits — either now or in the future.”
I’m sure he means it. But I have not spoken to anyone, either on Capitol Hill or elsewhere, who believes that is doable. Now it may be that the public should not be so worried about the deficits. They had to be jacked up to get the country through this terrible economic crisis. And health care reform — real reform — is essential if long-term deficits are to be brought under control.
But people are worried about it. And just saying that health care reform will not add to the deficits is not enough to allay those fears.
If Obama can’t convince his friends and admirers he is on the right track, how can Republicans be expected to follow the Pied Piper of Chicago into the financial and medical abyss he is creating?

Herbert is not a conservative; quite the contrary. He wants a “strong public insurance option.” He sees Obama abandoning the left-wing base to salvage “something.” Frustrated by Obama’s de facto surrender to Republicans, Herbert in effect cries out, “You haven’t convinced us your plan can work!” Because it can’t.

Obama lies.

If Obama’s friends feel frustrated and abandoned, can the gradual decline and eventual fall of the House of Obama be far behind?

MONDAY: THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF OBAMA: PART FOUR
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Readers of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask, say the book is still the only gold standard and practical handbook on Barack Obama's unfitness for the presidency. Buy it.Book orders: Amazon.com or http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from Amazon.com or signed copies (delayed for signing) from the publisher are available.
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URGENT APPEAL: The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama raises money to oppose President Barack Obama's radical agenda and also to support www.BoycottHawaii.com.www.CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama's political agenda is directly dependent on the generosity of every American."The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to almost everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised a billion dollar slush fund, his opponents lack sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
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Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask and producing the new Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com. Martin comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York.
UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSAwww.facebook.com/AndyMartin Andy's columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com. [NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]
MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (cell not always on)E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.

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Monday, August 17, 2009

Andy Martin bucks Illinois governor on ‘clout crisis’

Martin opposes calls for the resignation of the University of Illinois President, Chancellor and Board of Trustees. Andy says that as a candidate for United States Senator, he would normally avoid a controversy involving state officials. But as a graduate of the U of I, with extensive academic experience, he is prepared to assist faculty, staff, students and alumni in the healing process arising from the university’s admissions scandal.

U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin opposes firing University of Illinois Trustees and management

Martin says Governor Quinn’s demands could inflict permanent damage on the University

NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com

www.MarkKirk.us

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

ATTENTION DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS

ANNOUNCEMENT OF MONDAY NEWS CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO

ANDY MARTIN SAYS THE U. OF I ADMISSIONS SCANDAL IS NOT “ILLINIGATE”; HE CHARGES THAT ILLINOIS “POLS” ARE SEEKING TO REMOVE THE UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP TO DRAW ATTENTION AWAY FROM THE
POLITICAL CLIMATE THAT CREATED THE “CLOUT” SCANDAL

MARTIN OFFERS TO MEDIATE “APPROPRIATE PUNISHMENTS” FOR UNIVERSITY LEADERS

(CHICAGO)(August 17, 2009) Republican U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin will hold a Chicago news conference Monday, August 17th to announce that he has asked Governor Pat Quinn to stop calling for the resignations of University of Illinois Trustees. Martin also opposes removal of the U of I president and chancellor. Finally, Martin will offer to mediate a quiet resolution of the controversy.

“This is a plan of action based on a three-part analysis of the problem,” Martin states. “First, the basis for my intervention; second a review of the Chicago Tribune claims and the Mikva panel; finally, a decision based on what is best for the University, not the political class in this state.

“My initial reaction was the same as most people, namely that individuals who were involved should be fired as part of a ritual ‘cleansing’ of the University. But after study and reflection, I am convinced that current demands for removal of the Trustees and leaders will inflict more damage on the University that they will alleviate. The conventional wisdom about how to proceed is wrong. We need to adopt an unconventional approach to healing the wounds of past misconduct.

“First, I have a unique background to intercede in the University of Illinois ‘clout’ scandal. My mother and I hold a total of three degrees from the U of I. She is a retired college professor and AAUP representative; I grew up on a college campus. I have been an adjunct professor of law in another public university system, the City University of New York. And I have personal knowledge of the U. I. admissions process because a close personal friend served in that office.

“Because I am a candidate for federal office, normally I would not get involved in a ‘state’ matter, unlike my opponent Mark Kirk, who has also announced for the senate, but is running on a platform that mirrors issues in the gubernatorial race. Nevertheless, I am convinced that I can be of help to the Governor, to the University and to the healing process among alumni and students.

“I can never repay the people of Illinois for their generosity to my family in providing us with superior educations. My only ‘conflict of interest’ in this controversy is that I once asked former Law Dean Hurd tongue-in-cheek whether the law school planned to award me special recognition as the law school’s most notorious graduate in history. I am not expecting that recognition any time soon.

“Second, I congratulate the Chicago Tribune for an extraordinary act of journalism. The Tribune’s series on ‘Clout U’ should win a Pulitzer. The Tribune did an outstanding job. But I respectfully disagree with the Tribune editorial board’s call for the removal of the university’s hierarchy.

“Likewise, I met Abner Mika during the 1965 ‘bedsheet ballot’ session of the General Assembly. I helped in his campaigns and he has been an inspiration on integrity to me. The last time I saw Ab I recruited him to be a witness before a U. S. Senate committee in 1972. I can’t say enough good words about Judge Mikva even though today I don’t agree with him on public policy issues. I respectfully disagree with Judge Mikva on his call for the removal of the Trustees and UI leadership.

“Finally, I start from the obvious, but somewhat ignored, point of view that we must ‘first, do no harm’ to the University of Illinois’ future. Why do I oppose removing the President and Chancellor, and trustees?

“First let me address the question of firing President White and Chancellor Herman. White and Herman have sinned. And we are entitled to and should extract a reasonable and measured punishment for their surrender to the culture of corruption in this state. But I am not aware of any evidence that White and Herman profited personally, or put anything in their pockets as a result of their unfortunate deeds.

“Their sole interest was the protection and advancement of the University’s interests. Were this a case of ‘kickbacks’ or cash or other benefits for White and Herman personally, I would weigh the issues and resolve the matter differently.

“Their fall from grace is almost biblical. They were the servants who sought to serve their master, and served too well. But these men were not blinded by personal greed; they were blinded by loyalty to their institution and the growth and advancement of our University. This is not a ‘Watergate’ situation. This is not an ‘Illinigate’ scandal.

“Second, I am convinced that ‘firing’ the leadership of the U of I will make it more difficult to obtain high-quality replacements. The best potential replacements will only be lured to the U of I if we deal with this ‘clout crisis’ in a mature and intelligent way. If we fire the Trustees and fire the President and Chancellor, the search to find replacements will be made immeasurably more difficult.

“White and Herman can and should play a limited role in the selection of their replacements if the university’s tradition of excellence is to be continued. I would expect them to make further apologies and sacrifices, however, as part of the healing process.

“Third, no one is calling for punishment of the ‘johns’ in this case, the actual politicians who sought special favors. The political class was caught red-handed by the Tribune, and now our ‘leaders’ would love to see university officials offered up as blood sacrifice for the culture of corruption in this state.

“President White and Chancellor Herman did not create the culture of corruption in this state; they tried to accommodate their institution to the prevailing morality of Illinois, which is rotten to the core.

“Punishment which is imposed on only one party to an illicit transaction is always suspect. I would have felt more comfortable with the inflammatorily rhetoric directed at the University staff if it was accompanied by an equally sonorous call for resignations of the politicians who are still in office that sought special treatment.

“Corruption has proven resilient in this state. The bad guys that Ab Mikva and I were fighting in the mid-60’s are all gone. Today the children and grandchildren of the crooks we battled are now—what else—crooks themselves. I do not see that President White initiated the ‘clout’ program, or that Chancellor Herman likewise began the processes that ultimately compromised his outstanding contributions to the University. These men inherited a ‘policy’ that was in place before they arrived; they unfortunately failed to achieve a termination of the unconscionable advantages offered to the favored few.

“Fourth, I am convinced that if the Tribune and Governor succeed in ‘shooting’ the leadership of the University, the taint will be greater in the long run than if we honestly acknowledge that horrible deeds were accomplished, make amends, and get on with life. In that sense, Mikva’s committee functioned as a ‘Truth Commission;’ the Commission did an admirable job of exposing a disgraceful process.

“For Governor Quinn to fire the Trustees or senior staff would be akin to making a Casablanca-style discovery that there is ‘gambling’ going on in the Illinois state government cabaret. More mendacity will only prolong the injury inflicted on the University. Acts of revenge against individuals would be grossly political and totally insincere.

“If the Governor asks me to assist in a resolution, I am prepared to mediate with each of the individuals who have been consumed by the controversy, to see what further atonement they are prepared to offer. I think we should ask each of them to search their consciences, and to work towards an acceptable expiation of their role in the scandal.

“I would like to see President White and Chancellor Herman leave the University under their own steam, and not because mendacious politicians pushed them out to save their own skins.

“There may be additional remedies that we can extend to the victims of the scandal. I don’t know.

“In over forty years of fighting corruption in this state, I have never believed that hypocrisy is an acceptable substitute for integrity. But hypocrisy is what is being offered up now as a resolution of the e`mbarrassment. I dissent.

“The ‘ultimate disinfectant’ of sunlight has exposed gross abuses. I salute Mikva and the Tribune. Ab is still the same outstanding public servant he was when we met in 1965; I have had my difference with the Trib but I would endorse the Trib's application for a Pulitzer. They did an award-winning job in researching and publishing the embarrassing truths about our great university.

“But my independent judgment and academic experience tell me that those who are crying 'off with their heads' may not realize that when those heads are chopped off, putting new 'heads' in place may become much more difficult. I condemn the barbaric political deeds that were effectively imposed on the management of the U of I. but I propose a Lincolnesque resolution, 'with charity for all, with malice toward none,' except perhaps the 'pols' that have ruined this great state of ours.

“Our national culture is quite at variance with Illinois’ slimy traditions. Nationally, we look for reconciliation and forgiveness as essential antidotes for unfortunate acts. If the NFL can pardon the unpardonable Michael Vick, I think wise public policy would be for the General Assembly to pass remedial legislation protecting the independence of the U of I, for the individuals concerned to come forward with their own ongoing atonements, and for the people of this state to get off their fat asses and vote for a wholesale change in the political leadership on February 2nd.

“Unless we get rid of crooked politicians, ‘clout’ scandals will continue to be a regular fact of life in Illinois.

“I am willing to help the Governor, so long as he reconsiders his current approach and adopts measured and fit retribution for the sins which were committed. Professional ‘execution’ is not the right resolution for the individuals, and it is certainly not the right approach to safeguard the future and stability of the University of Illinois,” Martin will state. “If present trends continue, and calls for wholesale resignations succeed, the University will have been raped all over again by an inappropriate resolution to the ‘clout crisis.’”

August 17th news conference details:

WHO:

U. S. Senate candidate and Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin

WHERE:

Sidewalk news conference, SE corner of Huron and Wabash,
Chicago

WHEN:

Monday, August 17, 2009 2:00 P.M.

WHAT:

Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin opposes the dismissal of the University of Illinois President and Chancellor, says Trustees should not be forced out

MEDIA
CONTACT:

(866) 706-2639; Cell (917) 664-9329 (not always turned on)

WEBSITE:

http://www.AndyforUSSenator.com

E-MAIL:

AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
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Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask and producing the new Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com. Martin comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York.
UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSAwww.facebook.com/AndyMartin Andy's columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com. [NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]
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Thursday, August 06, 2009

Andy Martin says it’s time to bring down the curtain on Orly Taitz’ "birther" circus

Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin says Orly Taitz has shown she is neither a “birther” nor a “doubter;” she is a nut case and an incompetent lawyer. Martin says he may be the “Godfather” of the “birther” movement but he disassociates himself from forged documents and delusional claims.

Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin says two people created the “birther” movement; Barack Obama and Martin

Martin suggests that an Israeli dentist is destroying rational discussion over Obama’s birth certificate and says it is time to “shut down the Orly Taitz circus”

NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator

“He works for
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
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Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com

www.MarkKirk.us


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

ANDY MARTIN SAYS THE MEATHEAD MEDIA (FORMERLY MAINSTREAM MEDIA) LOVE ORLY TAITZ AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BIRTHER MOVEMENT BECAUSE TAITZ IS AN OBVIOUS CRACKPOT

TAITZ’ LATEST OUTBURST ON MSNBC DISQUALIFIES HER AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF ANYONE, MARTIN SUGGESTS

(CHICAGO)(August 5, 2009) Two people are responsible for the “birther” movement: Barack Obama and me. As the dogged investigator, over the past five years I have researched Barack Obama’s family history, and written columns and a bestselling book raising questions about Obama’s family. I stand by all of my research.

Barack Obama, in turn, believes that toying with Americans who question his provenance benefits him. In the short run Obama might profit from the excesses of fringe elements of the birther movement; in the long run Obama is destroying his presidential legacy by playing games with the truth.

The evidence is undisputed that there have been as many imaginary and incendiary conspiracies hatched by left-wing media as there have been by right-wing conspiracy theorists. Neither the right not the left has a monopoly on crackpotism where Obama is concerned. I do not fall into either camp. From Day One my goal has been to seek the truth and find the facts; nothing more, nothing less.

In mid-August, 2008 I received a call from a Pennsylvania attorney named Philip Berg. Berg said he was planning to file a lawsuit questioning Obama’s legitimacy and he sought my advice as the recognized expert on Obama. I agreed to review his draft document.

I look a look at Berg’s complaint and realized immediately his claims were gibberish. I told Berg he should not file his lawsuit because it would be quickly dismissed and would actually help, not hurt, Obama. (That is exactly what happened.)

Berg spoke to me in terms that demonstrated psychiatric ideation and I had no further contact with him. Berg apparently made a small fortune collecting money from people who were desperate to believe anything negative about Barack Obama. Eventually I reported him as a fraud artist.

In mid-October 2008 I landed in Honolulu to investigate Obama's past and began to assemble a team. We were the first investigators to look into Obama’s past. The meathead media had completely ignored Hawai’i. (I am happy to report a film we produced in is final production, finally, and will be available shortly. Patience please. We do not have the financial resources of a movie studio.)

While in Hawai’i, I filed a lawsuit in the local state courts seeking access to Barack Obama’s original, typewritten 1961 birth certificate. Obama was promoting a computerized, laser-printed document as a “copy” of his original certificate. Obviously the modern database output was not a “copy” anything but the limited information in the database itself.

Although a trial judge disagreed with my interpretation of Hawai’i law, my case is still pending both in the trial court and in the Hawai’i Supreme Court. (Litigation ain't beanbag, and confusion and delay are staples of every court system everywhere.)

I have every expectation that my legal claims are meritorious.
My lawsuit simply claims that scholars and archivists have a right to see original Hawai’i documents. No one who writes a book or does historical research does so without seeking access to the original material. Two thousand years after Jesus, people still search for original "scrolls" and texts to analyze. Before computers, we used to call these “ribbon” copies because they were typed on a typewriter (or tablet).

On February 8, 2007 I also raised the question of Obama’s citizenship at birth. Obama was born a dual national because his father was British. Obama initially denied and subsequently admitted I was correct.

Throughout all of the attacks that Obama and his media darlings directed at me, I stood fast because my fundamental factual claims were correct. Indeed during the 2008 campaign, I was the only “opponent” that Obama attacked in national television, because I was the only writer who was raising serious questions about him and presenting them in a coherent manner on television (click on Part Two):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
UKSq2oJ0W1c&feature=related

In 2009, I am still working on the Hawai’i birth certificate lawsuit, and Obama is still concealing access to the original “ribbon” copy. Likewise he has placed a cordon sanitaire around his college materials.

In April, 2009 I convened a National Conference on Barack Obama’s Missing Birth Certificate and college records. I also believe that Obama is being disingenuous about his college files because he is concealing something. What he is concealing, I am not sure. Why won’t he make his records public? He is sitting in the White House as our president, and his college activity is a natural target of scholarly research and popular authors.

Enter Orly Taitz.

I am not quite sure when Orly Taitz popped up. Ms. Taitz was born in the former Soviet Union, now Moldova, and became a dentist in Israel. She eventually ended up in California (doesn't everyone?) where she obtained a “law degree.”

California is one of a handful of states that still permits unapproved “law schools” to confer law degrees. These institutions are a relic of the past when most lawyers interned with practicing lawyers and “read” law in law offices. Despite the fact that the “law” has become incredibly complex, California persists in licensing unqualified and incompetent lawyers such as Taitz.

One of Taitz’ first crusades was the allegation that the U. S. Supreme Court was conspiring to deny “birthers” review of their claims. (That argument was also a profitable cash machine for Phil Berg.) As I pointed out, most of the birther lawsuits were untimely, poorly drafted and lacked adequate legal “standing” to proceed. Ironically, birther “conservatives” believed that “conservative judges” on the Supreme Court would attack Obama. The reality is that a judge's loyalty is first to his or her institution, not to a “cause.”

Taitz continued to spin conspiracy theories.

Recently she made claims about a California lawsuit she had filed. For the first time, I actually downloaded one of her legal documents. The arguments she made were gibberish. Her writing was incoherent and her presentation was nonsense. Taitz has no experience as a federal litigator. Her legal education was clearly deficient. Other than obtaining a degree” from a Cracker Jack box “law school,” she has no relevant legal experience. Yet she was wading into the most complex legal questions imaginable. Taitz substituted conspiracies for her lack of knowledge or competence.

I have been biting my lip because it looks bad for me, as someone who has my own lawsuit pending, to denigrate another lawyer’s filing. But in the past several weeks, Taitz has become intoxicated with her own nonsense. Last month she issued a release that said a federal judge had agreed to hear her case. The judge had “agreed" to no such thing. He had merely agreed to proceed with motions. Was Taitz the victim of her broken English? Or was she misleading the public? Or was she a nut? You be the judge. Her claims about the court’s action were incorrect.

The leftist media love Taitz. She is increasingly acting like a crackpot; what's not to like for the leftist media, portraying her as the “Queen” of a "crackpot movement." What could better serve the left than a right-wing nut with an accent, spinning out-of-control conspiracy theories and becoming increasingly oppositional and paranoid.

It is time for the “father” of the birther movement, me, to exercise some parental discipline. Orly is being grounded.

The Orly Taitz circus must be shut down.

First, Taitz is professionally incompetent. She is a dentist with a questionable law degree. She knows as much about law as I know about filling teeth (because she was trained in Israel, I assume she is an excellent dentist; but who knows?).

Second, most of Taitz’ conspiracy claims originate in disinformation. I don’t know who creates all of this disinformation, but I have a strong suspicion.

Third, Taitz exercises no professional discipline, and manifests professional incompetence, by filing claims and documents with courts when these claims and documents have no arguable validity.

Finally, Taitz has now turned on the media that are using her; she accuses people such as David Shuster (who is a distant relative of some sort of a close friend of mine) of being proto-Nazis. Enough. Taitz’ latest performance on MSNBC is an embarrassment to birthers, perhaps even to lawyers, since she is a licensed California attorney.

Here are the unavoidable factual issues, and the legal basis for the birther movement to move forward if it is able to disentangle itself from Orly Taitz and her crackpot behavior.

First, although I have not physically seen the "Kenyan birth certificate” (“KBC”) (and birthers have attacked me for "commenting without seeing"), the likelihood is that the KBC is a forgery. Who forged that document is a legitimate avenue of inquiry. Ironically, by inadvertently filing her forged document in a federal court, Taitz created FBI jurisdiction for a criminal investigation of the KBC.

Second, Obama is in fact concealing his college records from Occidental College, Columbia College and Harvard law school. I received an e-mail a few hours ago claiming the Occidental records had been released; those “records” were another hoax.

Third, Obama is still concealing his original, typewritten 1961 Hawai’i birth certificate and everyone—even meathead media-agree and admit that the original document has on it information which is not contained on the laser-printed database output Obama offers as a “copy” of the typewritten 1961 original. As a published author who is writing a second book on Obama, I am pursuing access to that historical record in the Hawai’i courts.

In April, 2009 I convened a National Conference on Barack Obama’s Missing Birth Certificate and college records. I believe that Obama is also being disingenuous about his college files because he is concealing something. What he is concealing, I am not sure. Why won’t he make his records public? He is sitting in the White House as our president, and his college activity is a natural topic for scholarly research and popular authors.

The Conference was recorded and the expectation was that it conference would be on the internet in short order. The tape appears to have been stolen, and I am seeking to recover it. I apologize for this confusion. I believed the conference provided a very valuable oversight of all of the issues which trouble birthers. I apologize for trusting someone who is apparently dishonest to edit the tape. Legal action is imminent.

I would like to convene a second birth certificate conference (see http://nationalconferenceonobama.blogspot.com/ for background on the original) and I am going to start raising funds to cover the cost of the conference. This time I will maintain custody of the tapes myself, so they are not stolen. Because of my political campaign, the conference probably will not be convened until December.

The media have concocted the term “birther” to disparage Americans who have reasonable doubts about Barack Obama’s eligibility to be president.

I originally scoffed at the “natural born citizen” language of the Constitution, and I stated at the April conference that I do not believe a modern court would bar Obama from eligibility. But there is language in old case law from which an argument can be crafted that Obama in fact does not meet the constitutional test. His father was indisputably not an American citizen.

There is a great deal more gibberish out there about Obama, and many more seeds of doubt about who he really is. We are witnessing a historical dance of death. Obama has created these gaps both by his lies and distortions, and by his concealment. Despite media ridicule, public concern is not going to go away. The “birther movement,” is not going to disappear because at its core it presents legitimate doubts about who Barack Obama really is.

In fact, as soon as the crackpots such as Taitz are silenced, the birther movement will gain renewed energy. Why is Obama hiding his college files? Why is he obstructing access to his 1961 Hawai’i original? Who paid for Obama’s law school? Was it Khalid Al-Mansour? These are completely legitimate questions that are being obscured by Taitz' histrionics. There are many more legitimate questions that scholars and authors can and will continue to ask about Obama in the days, weeks, months and years ahead.

Orly Taitz has become an impediment to reasoned discussion concerning the gaps in Obama’s family and personal history. It is time for responsible birthers to shut down her circus before she does further damage to the legitimate cause of historical inquiry. It is time for Orly to go back to filling teeth instead of claiming she is tryign to fill in the blanks in Obama’s resume. She is not professionally competent to do so.

Orly Taitz has become the left-wing media's favorite birther for a reason. Taitz is a nut case even if the investigation she claims to be pursuing has limited but legitimate grounds to proceed.

Footnote: in what must be some in of perverse justice, Taitz and Berg are suing each other. I do my own independent research for a reason. I can keep my distance from the Taitz’ and Bergs out there.

[To be continued}
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Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask and producing the new Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com. Martin comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York.
UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSAwww.facebook.com/AndyMartin Andy's columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com. [NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]
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Monday, July 27, 2009

Law professor/author Andy Martin makes a personal appeal to Barack Obama: release the secret files in Hawai’i State custody!

Martin says Monday’s admission by Hawai’i health officials that the state still maintains secret files on Obama makes asses out of Bill O’Reilly, CNN “researchers” and the CNN news managers that tried to intimidate Lou Dobbs. Hawai’i officials admitted (confessed?) on July 27th they still maintain secret files on Obama that have not been opened to the public. Martin has a pending lawsuit seeking public access to these historical archives in Hawai’i State custody. Martin says the latest disclosure by Hawai’i that the secret files still exist is going to explode the controversy and corrode support for Obama’s presidency. Since filing his lawsuit in 2008, Martin has become a candidate for U. S. Senator in Illinois in 2010.

Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin says “the Obama birth certificate circus has now spun out of media control”

The legal expert whose columns and lawsuits created the birth certificate frenzy says the opposition to disclosure will be undermined by the latest admission that Hawai’i still maintains secret files on Barack Obama

Martin says Obama’s secret files in Hawai’i are increasingly corroding public support for his presidency

NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com

www.MarkKirk.us

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

ANDY MARTIN SAYS DR. CHIYOME FUKINO’S LATEST ADMISSION ADDS FUEL TO THE FIRE, AND MAKES BILL O’REILLY LOOK LIKE A JERK.

CNN NEWS MANAGEMENT IS ONCE AGAIN EMBARRASSED; LOU DOBBS IS A WINNER

ANDY PLANS MORE LEGAL ACTION IN THE HAWAI’I SUPREME COURT
TO “STOP THE CIRCUS”

MAINSTREAM MEDIA (CNN, MSNBC, NBC, NEW YORK TIMES) LOOK LIKE OBAMA LACKEYS FOR PRESENTING THE “OBAMA PARTY LINE" ON THE SECRET BIRTH FILES.

“WHEN DID THE NEW YORK TIMES EVER STOP TRYING TO DISCOVER THE CONTENTS OF SECRET FILES?” ASKS MARTIN. “WHEN THEY CONCERNED OBAMA’S BIRTH RECORDS.”

(PALM BEACH)(July 28, 2009) Just when you thought the anti-birth certificate wackos in the mainstream media (Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, Brian Williams, Chris Matthews, Bill O’Reilly and others) could not get any wackier, they were torpedoed Monday, July 27th by a new confirmation that Hawai’i state officials still maintain secret birth records on Barack Obama

“Last week, CNN threatened Lou Dobbs and denigrated his professionalism for being right about Obama’s missing birth records,” law professor and Obama author Andy Martin announced Tuesday morning. “Dobbs has said (we paraphrase) ‘I think Obama is a citizen, but why won’t he release the original documentation?’ CNN ‘news managers’ have said the issue is ‘dead.’ July 27th Hawai’i officials rendered those claims ‘dead’ when they confirmed the issue of the secret files is very much alive.

“I know how CNN can save some money,” says Martin. “They can fire the jerks in the ‘research’ department who said the Obama birth documents had been destroyed. Chiyome Fukino has just made assess out of CNN ‘research.’ She proved that Lou Dobbs is on the right track.

“Bill O’Reilly, who likes to think of himself as a restrained intellectual, proved that when it comes to Obama’s birth records, the opponents of release always end up making themselves look like asses. O’Reilly said Monday that Hawai’i officials sent his staff the birth certificate last year. That is a lie. Pure nonsense. Hawai’i has not distributed even the COLB without Obama’s permission. There is no evidence Obama gave permission to O’Reilly or Hawai’i to send O’Reilly a copy. To be polite about it, O’Reilly is full of crap. O’Reilly took a cheap shot at Lou Dobbs and ended up shooting himself in the foot.

“Then there is ‘Dr.’ Chiyome Fukino. She is another ‘ring’ in the Obama birth certificate three-ring circus. In October, 2008 Fukino tried to rig the election in Obama’s favor (despite the fact she works for a Republican governor) by releasing remarks confirming she had personally examined Obama’s original paperwork. How could she have done that if CNN says the records were destroyed six years earlier?

“At the time, I said Fukino had validated the claims in my lawsuit. I was correct. Fukino repeated her remarks Monday, July 27th.

“Monday’s ‘statement’ by Fukino will energize the controversy. Fukino again confirmed she had examined (caps for emphasis) ‘the ORIGINAL VITAL RECORDS MAINTAINED ON FILE by the Hawai’i State Department of Health…’ ‘Original…records’ are clearly something different than mere data stored in a DOH computer.

“Just when the mainstream media were trying to cover-up the controversy, Fukino poured new fuel on the fire and ensured the Obama 'Birth Certificate Circus' will not end until Hawai'i's secret files are made public. Fukino’s latest remarks are going to send the ‘Free the birth certificate’ movement into the media mainstream.

“If Fukino has a secret ‘original file’ which she repeatedly references and examines, she makes asses out of CNN who claim the file was destroyed. Embarrassing for CNN? Yup. Validation for Lou Dobbs? Yup.

“I would like to claim the role of ringmaster in this birth certificate circus,” Martin says. “I did what any competent law professor would do in 2008. I cracked the whip in Honolulu and filed a lawsuit to obtain access to the secret files containing the historic information. Hawai’i officials are still keeping these American archives secret. Outrageous. Hawaii’s action is asinine.

“My complaint is on the Internet (October, 2008 archives). The Hawaii’ courts have tried to delay and obstruct my access to the ‘original vital records.’ How can you hide history? Obama’s documentation is now part of history. Plain and simple.

“My case is currently pending in both the Hawai’i Supreme Court and the Honolulu District Court. I do not believe my Petition for Certiorari in the Hawai’i Supreme Court is online at the Court, but I put my papers online on my blogs (see below). The title of the lawsuit is Martin v. Lingle.

“From the first day I began writing about Barack Obama’s secret life five years ago, Obama has obstructed access to the truth about himself. Obama’s sycophants in the media and government have tried to protect him from the truth and the facts of his life.

“But the truth won't die, because the truth cannot die. The truth is in the documents.

“What secrets do the secret files contain? Americans have a right to know. Historians and authors have a right to know.

“The search for the truth is being obstructed by Barack Obama himself. He could put an end to the 'Circus' by authorizing Hawai'i to release the secret files. What is he hiding? My search for the facts and truth continues, and will continue. The American people have a right to see the ‘original vital records’ of their president.

“I will shortly announce new legal action. Fukino has confirmed that ‘the original vital records’ on file with the Hawai’i Department’ exist and she has access to them. Therefore, I have a meritorious legal claim. I will continue to press that claim.

“Those who claim, as Bill O’Reilly does falsely, that they have already received these documents are liars. Those who claim, as CNN does, that these documents have been destroyed, are also liars. Fukino's latest disclosure that the secret files exist has made liars out of all of them.

“Luckily, one person, me, is seeking the truth in the proper forum (Hawai’i state courts) with a lawsuit against the proper officials (Hawai’i state officials), for the secret documents which they admitted again on July 27th they have on file. I will continue to press my claims.

Lou Dobbs, who does not have my level of legal expertise, but who has a practical understanding that ‘something is wrong’ with the way Obama’s ‘vital records’ are being manipulated and concealed, is also right. The boobs at CNN who denigrated and intimidated Dobbs also end up looking like asses.

“Dobbs and I look pretty good.

“Finally, I issue this sincere appeal to Barack Obama: Stop the Circus! Stop manipulating and concealing the truth about yourself. Public doubts are growing. As long as you maintain secret files in Hawai’i these files are going to corrode public support for your presidency.

“In the wake of Fukino's July 27th remarks, public doubts are going to skyrocket. Authorize Hawai’i to release all of your secret files. With Fukino’s confirmation that these files exist, the controversy is not going to die and is not going to disappear unless and until Fukino’s secret files, all of them, not just some of them, are made public.

“You are abusing the American people by playing games with your birth records. Stop the Circus. Tell the truth! Open the files!” Martin said.

Professor Martin is preparing new legal action.

Earlier this year he became a candidate for U. S. Senator from Illinois in 2010. [Martin is currently visiting his mother, who lives in Florida, before the senate race formally opens on August 4th.]

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Readers of “Obama: The Man Behind The Mask,” say the book is still the only gold standard and practical handbook on Barack Obama's unfitness for the presidency. Buy it.Book orders: Amazon.com or http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from Amazon.com or signed copies (delayed for signing) from the publisher are available.
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URGENT APPEAL: The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama raises money to oppose President Barack Obama's radical agenda and also to support www.BoycottHawaii.com.www.CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama's political agenda is directly dependent on the generosity of every American."The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to almost everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised a billion dollar slush fund, his opponents lack sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
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Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask and producing the new Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com. Martin comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York.

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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

A notice to our readers and blog subscribers:

Because Andy Martin is currently a candidate for United States Senator from Illinois [www.AndyforUSSenator.com], some of his commentary has been shifted to separate senatorial platforms:

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You may want to check those blogs for additional commentary written by Andy; the senate blogs are sizzlers.

The Editors

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Andy Martin remembers Walter Cronkite and yesterday's media

Walter Cronkite's passing prompts a reflection and reminiscence by the dean of Illinois' media and communications

ContrarianCommentary.com
Andy Martin
Executive Editor

“Factually Correct, Not
Politically Correct”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Walter Cronkite's passing reminds us how much our own news media have changed since the 1960's

Andy Martin began in a world that was remarkably similar to Walter Cronkite's formative years; with his 42 years of news and information gathering experience, Andy connects Cronkite's world to our own modern media

(NEW YORK)(July 18, 2009) At the bottom of most of our columns we usually refer to me as the "dean" of Illinois media and communications. Watching the coverage of Walter Cronkite's death was enough to make me feel older, and once again remember the 1960's.

NBC News offered me a job 42 years ago. Ultimately I turned the position down. I spent part of 1967 and 1968 in Viet-Nam as part of fly-on-the-wall efforts to create a back channel in Washington (see www.AndyMartin.com for pictures). In 1968 I became an FCC-approved TV station owner. "Video tape" was two inches wide. It all seems so long ago.

News then. News now. Cronkite's news-gathering world has long since passed. But today we still crave the authenticity and experience that Cronkite offered his audience. Here are my thoughts about then and now.

Despite the fact I am closing in on a half century of broadcasting experience, and therefore entitled to be called a "dean" (or perhaps something more sinister), I did not come into my own until the Internet era. And so in the age of today's blow-dried mannequins, I approach commentary and communications just as energetically as the most fresh-faced college graduate.

Cronkite started out when video "news" traveled slowly, by film and propeller airplane, and was displayed in move theaters. Transatlantic telephone service was still a new medium in World War II. When I arrived in Viet-Nam in 1967, "news" was little changed from the Second World War.

We look back and think of Viet-Nam as the "first television war." In some ways it ways; in others not. When you left Saigon or DaNang you were in another world. The war was real. You were alone.

Camera crews in Viet-Nam still used film; that film had to go to Hong Kong or the West Coast for processing. Associated Press and United Press International sent still pictures by wire; and newspaper stories left Saigon by wire. But TV film could not be transmitted directly from Saigon to New York.

Network correspondents and cameramen went into the field; days later their material would pop up on the evening news. Then Walter Cronkite went to Viet-Nam during the later stages of the Tet Offensive in 1968. He wanted to "see for himself." When he arrived, the news cycle moved with him. Unlike an ordinary correspondent, Cronkite's remarks were transmitted through extraordinary efforts to get the material out fast.is
Change had come to the battlefield.

Today we routinely expect instant coverage of every event. We are quite surprised when live coverage is unavailable, as it was last month after the Iranian election.

Has "instant" news changed the nature of our information? Indeed it has.

Cronkite was called the "most trusted man in America" because his judgment had been forged on remote battlefields, where independent knowledge and enterprise were essential. That was how he became a "newsman." People trusted his judgment because his judgment was real.

Today, college graduates in "media" programs expect to start in Podunk markets; they will work themselves up the media food chain to New York or LA or Chicago due primarily to their personal appearance and not their news-gathering expertise. These "talking heads" have never been alone on a battlefield. They have never been cut off from their world while they sought to gather information. They have satellite uplinks and sat phones.

By comparison, the judgments and opinions formed by people such as Cronkite, who were forced to develop independent expertise, were vastly different than the judgments formed today by "reporters" who are merely passive observers of news events.

We no longer have the same trust in media. Cronkite was different. People relied on him because he new what he was talking about. He had experience. There is something about being shot at and dodging mortar rounds while you are out there in the middle of hell-on-earth gathering information that changes you. You develop a desire to get the facts right. Today news gathering is a more antiseptic enterprise.

There was one special aspect Cronkite's journalism that no one mentioned in all the coverage of his death yesterday. He was the consummate "outsider." No president ever called Walter Cronkite a crony. "Uncle Walter" was distant and remote from Washington and the political machinations of Washington.

ABC was recently criticized for setting up shop to do "news" about "health care" from the White House. That's what passes for "news" in Obama's Washington. Previously, NBC News also received criticism for allowing Brian Williams to appear as a tool of the Obama administration.

No one ever accused Walter Cronkite of being a tool of anyone, least of all a tool of any politician. Cronkite's gravitas was in part a manifestation of the fact that he kept himself at a distance from politicians, and reported the news independently of DC influence brokers.

The bottom line? Cronkite was a great man. He was independent; he garnered his experience on the battlefield, not in the make-up room. His character was molded by the real world, not in a media hothouse.

Perhaps Cronkite's world was also an easier one for us. There were three networks to choose from, and that was that. One or two dominant newspapers. Today there are dozens of networks. Newspapers are vanishing. I don't know when I last tuned to a network "evening news" broadcast: twenty years ago? Thirty? Newspapers? Don't ask.

Today news comes at us from all directions, not just one source.

ContrarianCommentary.com now draws on information from our resources around the world; we assemble columns and occasionally breaking news from our own independent perspective. But I never felt so alive as when I was out in the field, alone, cut off from the world and forced to rely on my own instincts to search for the truth and find the facts. I was doing that in Viet-Nam 42 years ago, in Iraq six years ago and in Hawai'i ten months ago. I'm still on the same mission. If you don't believe me, just ask Barack Obama. He knows how hard I search. For the facts.

The modern "news" environment is more challenging for the viewer, listener, reader. Everyone must be more alert, observant and critical. The "wheat" is often overwhelmed by the "chaff."

Each of us has become our own "managing editor," filtering in what is credible and filtering out information that that lacks authenticity. It's not easy work.

The job that Walter Cronkite used to do for us every night, we now have to do for ourselves.

And that's the way it is. Good night.

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Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama's political agenda is directly dependent on the generosity of every American.
“The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to almost everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised a billion dollar slush fund, his opponents lack sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
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Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask and producing the new Internet movie “Obama: The Hawai’i years.” Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com.

Martin comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York. He is an announced candidate for Barack Obama’s former U. S. Senate seat.

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His columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
[NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]

MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (cell not always on)
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