the consensus has been, yeah, he's bonn in hawaii. it isn't a big deal. they still can't prove it. this is stunning to me. >> he's digging in there. he's paying for researchers to find out why president obama would have spent $2 million to not show his birth certificate. >> what do you think of the fact that the president is refusing to show his birth certificate? >> why haven't they just produced the certificate? >> they have. they've shown it. anybody can go see it. like you can see a copy -- >> that's not true. >> it's not true. >> they've never allowed anybody to see it. that's the point. >> the videotape is pretty clear. the right wing media promoted this story just like the jeremiah wright story and the billy ayers story or any other number of made up controversies about president obama. and sadly, much of the mainstream media took the lead