Thursday, August 11, 2011

More on That Movie (Obama's campaign ad); Updated

Maureen Dowd's Loose Lips About Navy Seals Movie Causes Inquiry  "Dowd's no stranger to controversy but with her latest New York Times article she seems to have placed "Cool Hand Barack" in a rather awkward position.
"Dowd outed the administration's cozy arrangement with Oscar-winning couple Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal. The pair has a movie in production on the hunt and killing of Osama Bin Laden set to be released 3 weeks before voters head to the polls in 2012. "....
"Dowd's revelatory column was published the day after Taliban forces launched a rocket-propelled grenade and shot down a helicopter over Afghanistan killing 22 Navy Seals from the same unit as the commandos who took out Osama bin Laden on May 1. Not good."
If we had lost a son in that ambush, we would not be happy with Democrats right now. TD

Sony Hosted Obama Fundraiser, Releasing Bin Laden Movie Before Election  "So far, Sony is the only major studio to hold a political fundraiser this cycle. According to Deadline Hollywood, Sony will release the bin Laden movie, directed by Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow, on October 12, 2012--less than a month before the presidential election."
 
A flag at half-staff in Virginia Beach,
near the base of SEAL Team 6




NY Post: Call Off the ‘SEALs-ploitation’  "A key task for any commander is reining in subordinates who get out of line. Mr. President, tell your political crew that you won’t tolerate our troops’ bravery and sacrifice being exploited just to grab a few votes."

Much more Here:

From Blackfive: Obama campaigns on dead SEALs  "Even though most of the families specifically requested no media coverage of the return of the remains of the fallen, that doesn't apply to the campaign staff WH photographer. So we get a pic of Barry trying his damndest to look like a leader.
"Anyone with an dime's worth of decency would have known better than to use such an event, but that is simply part of Obama's lack of character. He couldn't just attend, he had top make sure that all the voting public knew he was there."

Update: Pentagon did not know of Obama photo  "An official White House photo of a saluting Obama was distributed to news media and published widely. It also was posted on the White House website as the "Photo of the Day." It showed Obama and other officials in silhouette and did not depict caskets.
"Doug Wilson, head of public affairs at the Pentagon, said the department did not know the White House photographer was present and had no idea a photo of the event was being released until it became public."

Allow me to refer you to the comments to this Blackfive post on the aforementioned photo.

Mr. Obama- like Bill Clinton- is a member of the "military-loathing" left and no amount of saluting photos will ever change my concept of  how they feel at ceremonies such as this. When people like these award the Medal of Honor to heroes of America's wars, I am sad for the recipients; they deserve so much better for their sacrifice. TD.

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