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Designated Survivor: Should it be designated as Democrat propaganda?
American Thinker ^ | September 30, 2016 | Patricia McCarthy and Marion DS Dreyfus

Posted on 09/30/2016 1:54:07 PM PDT by Kaslin

Patricia McCarthy: Too soon to know

Anyone who read Tom Clancy's novel, Debt of Honor, published in 1994, has most likely wondered why it was not made into a film long ago. It is a gripping novel, written long before 9/11. The book tells the story of a Japanese man whose parents were killed at the end of WWII. He plots his deranged revenge by becoming a pilot and ultimately flying a jetliner into the Capitol building during the State of the Union address. In that book, his main character Jack Ryan, from his books Hunt for Red October, Clear and Present Danger, Patriot Games, etc., is the "designated survivor."

It is this book that is the likely kernel of the idea for the new television series, Designated Survivor, a Kiefer Sutherland venture very similar in vein to his long-running series, 24. In this program, he is a lowly cabinet member who is catapulted into the presidency when every other person in the government senior to him is killed in a catastrophic event right out of Tom Clancy's novel.

The swearing-in

After only two episodes, there is something unnerving about the show; where is it going? It could be good; or it could be a work of anti-American, pro-Muslim propaganda. It is too soon to know.

It is an absolute myth that after 9/11 Muslim Americans were targeted for violence by "bigoted" Americans. In fact, there was no backlash against Muslim citizens; this was a trope of the Left, convenient as it fit into their worldview but an outright lie.

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: designatedsurvivor; tvprograms
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Natascha McElhone.


61 posted on 09/30/2016 2:58:40 PM PDT by Radio Free Tuscaloosa (God Bless...America!! - Adm. Jeremiah Denton (RIP))
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To: DNME

I bailed on The Last Ship with the gay crap in the pilot. A woman was worried about her wife out in the world. I don’t put up with that.


62 posted on 09/30/2016 2:59:07 PM PDT by Rastus (#NeverHillary #AlwaysTrump)
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To: Chauncey Gardiner
a far cry from “24”; not even close

not the Bauer Hour for sure

63 posted on 09/30/2016 3:01:17 PM PDT by TheRightGuy (I want MY BAILOUT ... a billion or two should do!)
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To: Kaslin

Watched 2 episodes. Weak sauce. Definitely agitprop globalist caca.


64 posted on 09/30/2016 3:02:32 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs (Truth, in a time of universal deceit, is courage)
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To: Kaslin

Great plot line and enjoyed Episode 1

Then came the left turn and the “unjustified” beating of a Michigan Muslim teen did it for me.

Won’t be watching again


65 posted on 09/30/2016 3:08:28 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Romeo + Juliet = True Love hilLIAR + Obambi = ISIS)
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To: Kaslin

The X-Files revival started up with more partisan politics in its first episode than had been in the entire run, complete with a clip of Obama from some late night show. The main thing is that a right-wing conspiracy theorist contacted Mulder and Scully, and Mulder reacted negatively to something he said on his show about gun rights. Anyway, this character turned out to be sympathetic and right about the conspiracy.

Anyway, one of the episodes started with two Muslims walking into an art gallery, which blew up a few seconds later. I was watching with my arms folded, figuring for sure they were going to be innocent. They weren’t. And, Mulder was able to get information out of him that ended with a bunch of Muslim terrorists being arrested while still on their prayer rugs. I was stunned, and it ended with Mulder and Scully musing about the hate coming from the Koran.

The reaction online was of howling anger that The X-Files had become “Islamaphobic.”

It wasn’t all on our side, though. There was a muderous nurse spouting the kind of racist cliches they act like Trump stands for. And Mulder—who is agnostic to Scully’s devout Catholicism—said, “Your book is wrong, too. It said Adam and Eve would die for eating the fruit, but they lived hundreds of years.” How is that wrong? If they hadn’t eaten the fruit, they’d still be alive. Nobody said death on the spot. Anyway.


66 posted on 09/30/2016 3:09:16 PM PDT by Rastus (#NeverHillary #AlwaysTrump)
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To: Kaslin

Good show.

Could do without the obligatory PC kowtowing towards Islam.


67 posted on 09/30/2016 3:21:20 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: Hot Tabasco

It was 3 minutes right before the end of the series.

It was awful.

I couldn’t believe sutherland (who was a producer for the show’s final season) would insult the audience in this way, but he did.


68 posted on 09/30/2016 3:23:01 PM PDT by Vision Thing (You know the depths of my heart, and You love me the same...)
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To: Mjreagan

Yup.

This is liberal Hollywood after all.

You can’t expect TV politics to reflect reality.

Then again, I don’t expect much from these kinds of shows.


69 posted on 09/30/2016 3:23:35 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: Dilbert San Diego
"...if you use imagination, you might even think she looks a bit like Hillary..."

Yeah right.

I always get her and Hillary mixed up.


70 posted on 09/30/2016 3:26:20 PM PDT by skimbell
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To: Kaslin

I swear, those Castro brothers make George Takei look butch.


71 posted on 09/30/2016 3:30:56 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: Kaslin

Tuned in last night. After a few minutes they had a muslim being beaten in i believe michigan; reporters asking for comment.
knew immediately it was time to pull the plug. just more hollywood self-gratification.


72 posted on 09/30/2016 3:32:19 PM PDT by beekay
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To: goldstategop

I was hoping for neutral. Having Sutherland and Obama’s boyfriend in the cast should’ve been enough of a red flag...oh and just being on ABC


73 posted on 09/30/2016 3:38:20 PM PDT by Mjreagan
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To: Kaslin

islam apologist trash.


74 posted on 09/30/2016 3:39:28 PM PDT by soycd
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To: Kaslin
I stopped watching when the speech writer was stopped by police because he looked Moslem.
75 posted on 09/30/2016 3:52:21 PM PDT by Chgogal (A woman who votes for Hillary is voting with her vagina and not her brain.)
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To: Chgogal

That would seem to be a good thing


76 posted on 09/30/2016 3:55:43 PM PDT by morphing libertarian (Proudly deplorable since 2016)
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To: Kaslin
Designated Survivor: Should it be designated as Democrat propaganda?

He may look the same, but this wuss is definitely NOT Jack Bauer and already way too "touchy feeley" and lib for my tastes.

Also, Sutherland is a canadian, and his TV wife, Natasha McElone is British, I keep thinking "Aren't there any AMERICANS left that could fill these roles?".

77 posted on 09/30/2016 3:57:31 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (When satan's sister calls you "DEPLORABLE", you know you're on the right path!)
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To: Mjreagan
They also made mention of JFK sending in the national guard against racist Henry Wallace to force integration

That should be George Wallace. Henry Wallace was FDRs commie vice president. He got too radical even for FDR and was dumped for Truman.

We got the best of that deal by far.

78 posted on 09/30/2016 4:06:21 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: Vision Thing; Hot Tabasco; Kaslin

I have no idea why this user is lying through his teeth, but 24 was such a great show that I feel compelled to bring this up to those who you who he replied to.

“24” in no way shape or form ended with “muslim kowtowing”. The Muslim angle ended halfway through the season when Jack tossed the mother and son out the window.

The series ended with Jack exchanging himself to the Russians to get Chloe released.


79 posted on 09/30/2016 4:07:42 PM PDT by mquinn (Obama's supporters: a deliberate drowning of consciousness by means of rhythmic noise)
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To: pfflier

Whoops! Thanks lol


80 posted on 09/30/2016 4:09:55 PM PDT by Mjreagan
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