Posted on 01/26/2015 8:51:00 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Howard Dean believes that the millions of American Sniper fans are primarily just “angry” Tea Party members. The former Democratic National Chairman shared his views about the Chris Kyle supporters during a weekend appearance on the Bill Maher show on HBO – backlash quickly ensued via Twitter and Facebook.
“There’s a lot of anger in this country, and the people who go see this movie are people who are very angry,” Howard Dean said about the American Sniper Chris Kyle moviegoers. “This guy [Chris Kyle] basically says, “I’m going to fight on your side. I bet if you looked at the cross-section of the Tea Party and people who see this movie, there’s a lot of intersection.”
Many Tea Party members took Howard Dean’s American Sniper assessment as a compliment, noting their swelling ranks. The Clint Eastwood film about Navy SEAL Chris Kyle was nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture and has earned approximately $200 million at the box office just a few weeks after its release. American Sniper is one of the highest grossing movies ever released during the month of January.
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Although American Sniper has been a huge hit with a significant portion of America and has propelled Chris Kyle to hero status, Howard Dean, Bill Maher, Michael Moore, and Seth Rogan have all drawn ire for their negative comments and tweets about the film.
Michael Moore
✔ @MMFlint
From a reporter: Only 2 films about the Iraq War have had
a U.S. box office of over $100 million: American Sniper
and Fahrenheit 9/11. Hmmm.
6:47 PM - 25 Jan 2015
Bill Maher told Howard Dean that the he views American Sniper as just a one-dimensional imperialistic portrait of life during war time.
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Michael Moore
✔ @MMFlint
My uncle's grave in Flint, with the flag I placed there in October.
Killed by a sniper in WWII on March 10, 1945. RIP
3:45 PM - 25 Jan 2015
Michael Moore
✔ @MMFlint
Movies, snipers - any way u cut it, it all comes back to one
irrefutable fact: The criminal act committed in our name
-the Invasion of Iraq.
7:42 PM - 23 Jan 2015
HONOR CHRIS KYLE
@HonorChrisKyle
Please Follow @HEARourVETERANS A Must Follow For
Everyone Who Supports Our Military. #SOT #SOV #PJNET
2:52 AM - 26 Jan 2015
What do you think about Howard Dean and his comments about American Sniper and its massive Tea Party audience? Are you an “angry” person who loved the movie about Chris Kyle?
Now don't get mad, but in essence weren't they? They both fought for their countries doing what they thought was right and honorable.
“Howard Dean Says ‘American Sniper’ Fans Are ‘Angry’ Tea Party Supporters”
It’s amazing to me how the mentally deranged seem to warrant headline status.
Howard Dean is off his haloperidol schedule again.
Good. Then that means around 100 million new Tea Party members is a good start. :)
Fat Mikey Moore, Bill Maher and Howie Deanie. That’s a lot of America-hating, pieces of meat in one spot.
Poor Howard, must suck to be an angry Socialist prick who screamed at the TV all the time about how he was going to win this state and that state and ended up LOSING..Hey Howie, I got news for you, American Sniper made OVER 200 million dollars and sold out at the local theater I go to here in SoCal, yeah Howard..CALIFORNIA..not exactly Republican Central..but it was sold out here, want to know why, because this movie resonates with people, they see a HERO who gave and gave and gave all for OUR freedom!!
Howard “screech yell” Dean: you are not worthy of licking their boots you buffoon. Go back to your hole in your wall. Get lost.
I bet if Michael Moore’s father knew what an anti-American POS his son was he would travel back in time to wear a condom.
In that regard, of course.
I am rightheously angry about what you leftists have done to my country, and I am Tea Party supporter.
I have only read Kyle's book at this point, not yet seen the movie. But regardless, WTF are you going to do about it?
Keep bleating like a nutless sheep on the liberal media shows that are the only ones that give an Obola what you have to say?
Only a kitten strangler, a human Jabba the Hut or any lefty tool completely unschooled in history would have the fatuous temerity to compare an American soldier from any era to a WWII Japanese soldier.
Howard Dean is an angry Bin Laden supporter.
Given the number of movie goers who saw, this, I could conclude that Dean knows the Tea Party movement is huge. Thank you Howie.
Who care’s what he says, Howard Dean is a commie.
And I understand that old ass bray had a completely different comparison in mind, sorry, I didn’t mean to needle you.
He was just upset all of his allies were getting killed in the movie.
Pray America is waking
I’ve heard of Howard Dean, but I seriously don’t know who he is. I’m a lousy shot, but give me a picture of him and I’ll do my best.
Thanks for the insight, Howie. Politicians are shameless purveyors of ambiguity who think it makes them sound smarter. What the words mean is that there may be some sort of undefined commonality between the Tea Party supporters and those who watch a certain movie. What Howie was trying to imply by them is something different, something he hasn't the courage to be specific about because he knows he'd be called on it, or perhaps that he doesn't actually know, but it sounds sort of dark and so I suppose we ought to be frightened by whatever it might be. That isn't actually a lot to go on unless you happen to be a small child anxious about what's under the bed.
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