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Why Sarah Palin Takes American Sniper Criticism Personally
People Magazine ^ | January 20, 2015 | Sandra Sobieraj Westfall

Posted on 01/21/2015 2:53:17 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Sure, Sarah Palin can be quick to pounce when something rubs her wrong.

But when Michael Moore and others take after the man behind box-office hit American Sniper it gets personal.

"You're not fit to shine Chris Kyle's combat boots," the former Alaska governor and VP candidate wrote on her Facebook page Monday night after Moore, the liberal filmmaker, Tweeted that "snipers aren't heroes" – which many took as a reference to the Clint Eastwood film starring Bradley Cooper.

It turns out that Palin and Kyle were friends. They met and bonded in 2011, when the retired Navy SEAL was hired to help with security at a movie premiere that Palin, a proud military mom, attended in Iowa. (Her eldest son, Track, was an Army infantryman who served in Iraq.)

Palin posted a photo showing Kyle (in sunglasses and taupe suit) in bodyguard mode as she signed autographs outside that screening.

They remained close as Kyle went on to star with Palin's husband Todd on the NBC reality series Stars Earn Stripes, where Todd earned the highest of praise from Kyle: "He's straight-up Rambo. Next time I'm in a war, I want Todd Palin on my side."(continued)

(Excerpt) Read more at people.com ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Music/Entertainment; Politics; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: americansniper; bodyguards; chriskyle; kyle; michaelmoore; military; navy; palin; sarahpalin; theundefeated
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If you read the comments at the article you will throw up. That there are people in this great country who are allowed to breath the same air as American patriots is a travesty of justice.

But it’s a FREE country. Kinda.


21 posted on 01/21/2015 3:31:12 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian (quod est Latine morositate)
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To: onyx

Excellent!


22 posted on 01/21/2015 3:31:29 PM PST by gogeo (If you are Tea Party, the eGOP does not want you.)
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To: sauropod

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23 posted on 01/21/2015 3:32:47 PM PST by sauropod (Fat Bottomed Girl: "What difference, at this point, does it make?")
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To: MountainDad
Bottom feeder Moore isn't fit to clean Our Sarah's boots, either. I swear, every time I see that idiot Moore, he looks worse. He must have hired the (non-union) crackhead cook from Barf in the Box to bring him all the uneaten greaseburgers left behind by the weekend stoner crowd!🍔🍟🍔🍟🍬
24 posted on 01/21/2015 3:36:54 PM PST by Radagast the Fool (At my signal, UNLEASH PALIN!!)
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To: MountainDad

God Bless your son. Please thank him for me.

Mrs. panax & I just got home from seeing American Sniper. It is an incredible movie. The audience (with the exception of a few that were crying) sat totally silent through the entire credits.


25 posted on 01/21/2015 3:42:14 PM PST by panaxanax
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To: panaxanax

RE: 25

Thank you, and I will forward your thanks.

I’ve been hearing the same reactions in theaters are occurring nationwide.

Glad you enjoyed the film, as did I.


26 posted on 01/21/2015 3:52:44 PM PST by MountainDad (Support your local Militia)
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To: MountainDad

God bless your son. Can’t wait to see “American Sniper” (this weekend).


27 posted on 01/21/2015 3:58:58 PM PST by Al B. ("Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid." -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: Al B.

Thank you.
You will be impressed with the film!


28 posted on 01/21/2015 4:09:34 PM PST by MountainDad (Support your local Militia)
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To: Tax-chick; KC_Lion
“The Silmarillion”

Had totally forgotten I had read this in my youthful Tolkien days. Thank you for the reminder.
29 posted on 01/21/2015 4:16:22 PM PST by Resettozero
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To: Radagast the Fool

Yep. I feel just as you do!


30 posted on 01/21/2015 4:18:09 PM PST by MountainDad (Support your local Militia)
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To: Resettozero

I hadn’t read it since high school, in the early 80s. It starts out slow, but there’s plenty of action after the first 1/3 or so. And it’s full of Vocabulary, which you will appreciate when you take the SAT and have to know a word you never heard anywhere else ;-).


31 posted on 01/21/2015 4:18:16 PM PST by Tax-chick ("A war is not over until the enemy stops fighting." ~ Thomas Sowell)
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To: MountainDad

Your son has my thanks, admiration and respect. God bless him and all those who serve/


32 posted on 01/21/2015 4:19:11 PM PST by definitelynotaliberal (Go, Cruz! Go!)
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To: MountainDad
Thank You, Son of MountainDad, For Your Sacrifice!
33 posted on 01/21/2015 4:45:19 PM PST by fedupjohn (America...Designed by Geniuses...Now inhabited by Idiots..Palin 2016...)
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To: onyx

Thank you for keeping me on this ping list.


34 posted on 01/21/2015 4:45:58 PM PST by Resettozero
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To: Radagast the Fool

Just a waste of space... about 10 sq. ft. of it.


35 posted on 01/21/2015 5:20:50 PM PST by CIDKauf (No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.)
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To: onyx

LOL - great picture. Thanks onyx.


36 posted on 01/21/2015 6:44:43 PM PST by GOPJ (Radical Muslims are the brutish "light-fearing Morlocks' of the Islamic political duality)
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To: Tax-chick; Resettozero
Tax Chick, I have never read the Silmarillion, but I suppose I need to know since the Third Hobbit Movie has come out and there won't be any more Tolkien related works for a long, long time.

I do know enough about it thought to understand who that quote is referencing and it is perfectly applicable to Sarah :)

Valar Dohaeris!

As I am sure you know, that word has roots in Tolkien. George R.R. Martin knows where it came from ;)

37 posted on 01/21/2015 7:22:58 PM PST by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.- Sarah Palin)
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To: onyx
I love this picture, my Lab jumped in bed with me last night. She has a whole queen size bed to lie on. Hubby not feeling well, chose the couch. But anyway, where did that dog decide to lie? Right on top of me of course. At least I was warm.
38 posted on 01/22/2015 4:10:37 AM PST by defconw (If not now, WHEN?)
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To: onyx
LOL!! Love the pic!!!!!

{^)

39 posted on 01/22/2015 5:31:34 PM PST by Finny (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
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To: GOPJ

I’m so happy you appreciated the photo!
God bless you, sweet, beautiful, GOPJ.


40 posted on 01/22/2015 9:46:50 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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