it was about his race. he took a righteous path by ignoring the question to see his birth certificate...a point already made by Lisa.
he was only asked to produce it because he was "colored."
for example opinionated said...
"What people couldn't handle is the fact that the President who was going to open and expose his government wouldn't produce his own birth certificate. If I was asked to produce mine, I could and would."
you are also white and male like all the presidents so far who were not asked for theirs. it was a non-issue that obama properly deflected by ignoring it. he had to produce it to run for ANY office - it is kind of a constitutional requirement, and it was not ever asked for when he was a senator.
this finally puts the issue to rest with elections in the near future, and exposes the true racist under-tone in the message of white america in their resentment towards obama.
for the record - i can criticize plenty of Obama's policies, and i support several of his objectives at the same time, however i was never concerned that he was a muslim sleeper cell agent, nor did i feel the concern to demand his birth-certificate.