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To: rlmorel; napscoordinator
I hated it. They prefaced the movie with “BASED on a true story...” although I am sure that was lost on many who saw it. ...

This is going to be the version of history that the libs will push.

Exactly. They (late George Crile, Sorkin, Soros, Hanks et al) have been promoting the story and the movie as The Truth but used just enough and omitted just enough of the "true story" to assign most of credit where it does not belong and to deny or diminish it to those who deserved it - and then slight their actual achievement by a screwball comment - and thus rewrite "change the history of our times". If not for involvement of Joanne Herring and threat of lawsuit and final week's editing sessions, it would be even far less of a masquerade. It was disappointing that THC presentation was more of an infomercial by Sorkin and Charlie Wilson than an honest critique of the events described in the movie.

Not unlike Oliver Stone's JFK and Nixon and some other recent Hollywood's "based on true story" "historic" movies (Vietnam and Iraq-themed and others), as well as the "progressive" organizations like Soros-financed Americans United for Change that are now in business of spending over $8 million just to attack the "legacy" of George W. Bush presidency (as if al-media and we ourselves don't do a good enough job already).

132 posted on 01/26/2008 3:47:42 PM PST by CutePuppy (If you don't ask the right questions you may not get the right answers)
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To: CutePuppy

I understand that they stretched the truth. I was just saying it was a very funny movie.


133 posted on 01/26/2008 3:49:00 PM PST by napscoordinator
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