@Hanna: I think you've hit the nail on the head. The people motivated to foment rumors about his birth certificate are, in general, tied to groups who lost considerable political power when Obama took presidency. In addition to that, there are several more groups who lost the battle to usurp some of that power, during the election. Now their agendas target slandering Obama, for two reasons - one: to hamper political moves made by him and his people during his time in office, and two: to discourage support for Obama when reelection comes around, which is not too long away at this point.

As an added point, when he was first made president, I had some very interesting conversations with people at my work, from the Republican way of thinking of things - and when he was first elected they were saying things about him that were as wild and nonsensical as the explanations cavemen might've had for seeing airplanes.. That he was directly linked to all sorts of terrorist organizations, that his parents did this and that wrong, and so on... I'm just glad to see the severity of these accusations dying down.

Anyway, I know there are reasons why people look at citizenship and birth certificates; but the idea that you need to be born on state soil to be a good president is a little bit silly, anyway (in my opinion). It's a bit like the whole 'royal blood' thing from the Renaissance world. The idea people are looking for is loyalty, right? Maybe we should come up with a new way to measure loyalty. (They could do it like the LA Crips, and 'jump' him in.) =))))

@BappaPa - Друг, это то, что они ХОТЯТ, чтобы вы верили. =)