verbalobe wrote:
CatMe wrote:
...And what is microfilm other than a copy? It is no closer to the original than a scan done on one of today's fancy scanners. ...
I think the theory is that 'original' microfilm ( by which I think they mean microfilm that dates from the time that the microfilm was created ??
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) is harder to fake?
So say the records were microfilmed (if they were ever microfilmed) in 1971. And say they got access, and opened the right reel, and found Obama's BC right there among the Nordykes and the Waidelichs and the Sunaharas, and there was no obvious evidence of splicing, tampering, aging, etc.
They would be forced to...
Exactly. They are operating from a presupposition that he was not born in Hawaii, yet microfilm would only be available if he had a Hawaiian birth certificate, and it would not be possible to tell from the microfilm whether the original birth certificate was genuine. So when it shows an image exactly like the one posted online, they would simply claim that the birth certificate had beena fake from the beginning. The only way they will accept the microfilm as genuine is if it does not contain a record for the president. Orly will never accept any evidence that contradicts her enshrined beliefs because this has become her life. Hher whole identity is wrapped up in being the birther queen, and nothing else in her life is meaningful any longer. She has likely alienated everyone who once cared for her. She cannot even go on a vacation to see her family without logging on repeatedly to be the birther queen, and I have no doubt she never shuts up about it to anyone within earshot. When President Obama is finally out of office and no one cares about birthers anymore, she will be lost.
Frankly, it reminds me of when I was a guild leader in Warcraft. I was the only female guild leader on the server and ran a hardcore raiding guild. Everyone always needed me, and I felt like I always had to be available for my "followers." I neglected everything and everyone because my life was so wrapped up in being guild leader. I even hung out with guildmates in real life. Finally, I woke up and realized that none of this people really cared about me and that what I was doing was nothing more than helping people play a game. So I quit, and life got much better.
None of Orly's followers are her friends, and she is not truly doing anything meaningful because she is pursuing a farce. When no one needs her to carry out her craziness (because no serious, qualified attorney would pursue these cases and spend that kind of time and money yet demand nothing from her followers), she will find none of these people cared about her. She was just a means to an end, and not a very good one at that. We've already seen how other birthers are increasing their distance from her no that she has become nothing more than a punchline.