As I understand it the orginal controversy had to do with the question of wether he had been born before or after Hawaii was incorperated into the Union(Dec 1959), and if his parents were US citizens at the time.
What started a simple legal inquiry gets picked up by internet conspiracy theorists and next morning you've got "OMG OBAMA'S A KENYAN SLEEPER AGENT!" remember these are the same guys who think that aircraft exhaust = mind control (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemtrail_conspiracy_theory).
I may not like him but as far as I'm concerned he was born in Hawaii, Hawaii is now a state, His mother is a US citizen and thus he can run for(and take) office.
I'm not a birther but...
What started a simple legal inquiry gets picked up by internet conspiracy theorists and next morning you've got "OMG OBAMA'S A KENYAN SLEEPER AGENT!" remember these are the same guys who think that aircraft exhaust = mind control (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemtrail_conspiracy_theory).
I may not like him but as far as I'm concerned he was born in Hawaii, Hawaii is now a state, His mother is a US citizen and thus he can run for(and take) office.