SPRINGFIELD -- Almost nine months into his presidency and there are still groups questioning Barack Obama's U.S. citizenship.

And now the so-called "birther" movement has taken to the airwaves right here in Missouri.

A fundamentalist Christian group has teamed up with a right-wing legal foundation to put together a half hour infomercial, asking the question: "Where was President Obama born?" The group has aired the ads in cities in seven states, and last week, if you were up late enough, you could've seen it in the Ozarks.

It aired at midnight last Thursday on Ky3's sister station, KSPR.  It's the latest piece of evidence that the "birther" movement is not about to go dark.

"It's obvious President Obama is trying to hide where he was really born," blasts the infomercial.

Despite verification from the Hawaii Department of Health that the president has a valid state certificate of birth, Live Prayer.com has teamed up with the United States Justice Foundation to urge people to write $30 checks to help pay for faxes asking every state Attorneys General to launch an investigation.

As a thank-you, recipients will receive a bumper sticker, which reads, "Got birth certificate?"

It may be a fringe movement, but Ky3 Incorporated General Manager Mike Scott said the station will only restrict content if it violates the law or is deemed libelous.

"Obviously, the opinions of this particular program may be a minority of our viewers, but certainly I think this group has the right to express themselves. I don't think it's libelous in any fashion," Scott said.

"A lot of us might feel differently and find fault in what they're saying -- but it's really not our position to judge that," he added.

The entire movement has forced Republicans into sticky situations.  Congressman Roy Blunt said this summer that the birth certificate issue was legitimate.

"I don't know anyone else that can't produce one, and I think that's a legitimate question," Blunt, a candidate for U.S. Senate, is seen saying on a YouTube video.

Gary Kreep, executive director of the U.S. Justice Foundation said he is not sure if he would be pursuing this issue if John McCain had been elected president.

"I might be, the issue never came up," Kreep said.

Kreep has doubts about the authenticity of the documents produced thus far.

"If Mr. Obama is not a natural born citizen, then he committed a criminal act in every state he signed nominating papers," said Kreep in a phone interview with Ky3 News from California.

But dig deeper into Live Prayer's background and you see uglier motivations.

A video on its website compares President Obama's promise of "hope and change" to Adolph Hitler's.

"The people of Germany had no idea that Hitler's Hope & Change would lead to the death of 60 million people," says a video posted on the group's website.

Kreep said he doesn't endorse Live Prayer's comparisons of President Obama to Hitler.  He said his group has already received between 1500 to 2000 faxes from around the country, calling for an investigation. 

The Missouri Republican Party declined to comment on the groups involved or the infomercial.

For more interviews and video on the birther infomercial, head to the Ky3 Political Notebook.

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www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/born_in_the_usa.html