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Ted Cruz cites ‘Kill Bill’ against Harvey Weinstein
Politico ^ | 1/17/14 6:22 AM EST | LUCY MCCALMONT

Posted on 01/17/2014 7:23:52 AM PST by SoConPubbie

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To: xzins

“Comparing ourselves to gratuitous violence is not solid ground to stand on.The point”

The point is point out hypocrisy In this case I see very firm ground


21 posted on 01/17/2014 7:44:50 AM PST by Insigne123 (It is the soldier, not the community organizer, who gives us freedom of the press)
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To: facedown
This is the wrong hill to die on. Kill Bill was a spoof. An homage film. The violence was purposely exaggerated for effect.

ugh! i so agree with you... i am glad that Ted Cruz is taking on Hollywood... but i do not think this film works in this scenario... i am glad you said it! i have to admit, i was afraid to bring it up... i do think he is right in calling out on Weinstein's hypocrisy--likely having armed security...

22 posted on 01/17/2014 7:45:32 AM PST by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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To: SoConPubbie
I predict that Weinstein’s anti-NRA film will be a total bust. A complete money loser. But this is America and he is entitled to throw his money away however he chooses. And, he's a liberal, so he is expected to be a hypocrite who make billions from movies portraying guns while claiming to be anti-gun himself.

Pffft... whatever. Weinstein is delusionally self important.

23 posted on 01/17/2014 7:47:41 AM PST by Obadiah (I Like Ted.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Old Harv and Skanky Meryl want to make money.


24 posted on 01/17/2014 7:49:35 AM PST by MIchaelTArchangel (Have a wonderful day!)
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To: VA_Gentleman
He also was the executive producer of: Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, Inglourious Basterds, and Grindhouse.

yes! i wish Ted Cruz would have used any one of these instead of Kill Bill... Harvey Weinstein, like his liberal Hollywood cohorts, is a hypocrite... actually, like all liberals... Hollywood, DC... it doesn't matter...

25 posted on 01/17/2014 7:50:20 AM PST by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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26 posted on 01/17/2014 7:54:13 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: facedown

A live action fantasy Manga comic book. But it was pretty neat how Kiddo was able to carry her Hattori Hanzo sword alongside her on her trans-Pacific flights.


27 posted on 01/17/2014 7:57:55 AM PST by katana (Just my opinions)
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To: SoConPubbie

The film will undoubtedly be nothing bout a propaganda piece without a shred of proof. And they will conveniently forget the fact that far less than 1% of murders are committed with so-called assault weapons.


28 posted on 01/17/2014 7:57:58 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (The War on Drugs has been used as an excuse to steal your rights. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: VA_Gentleman

Does Weinstein have some kind of guilt complex?

I can watch Band of Brothers, have seen Lone survivor twice just so far, Shooter, and a favorite Allegory, and an honest spoof, Killers, numerous times, for theme and character/virtue inspiration.

I was told I would love Reservoir Dogs, and finally gave in.

It is a disgusting, depraved Hell movie, with not one redeeming character, nor character trait. It has no theme. The violence is needles, gratuitous and over the top.

The box office guy told me, when I visited my elderly aunt and we went to see the movie, the box office guy, who knew her - she was a film buff- “no, you two do not want to see “Pulp Fiction”.

I never have, and I never will.

Disgusting.


29 posted on 01/17/2014 7:59:53 AM PST by stanne
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To: latina4dubya

Can conservatives just stop opining on what these guys ought to be saying?

The biggest bunch of, “oh oh don’t rock the boat” ers out there.

He has a valid opinion and view and he’s willin gto back it up in every way.

Weinstein is like a disgusting pig, and Meryl Streep calls him ‘god’

Pigs.

Talk about it. Geeze


30 posted on 01/17/2014 8:04:03 AM PST by stanne
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To: bigbob

The only thing that Hollywood gets right about guns is that criminals always have them.


31 posted on 01/17/2014 8:07:56 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (The War on Drugs has been used as an excuse to steal your rights. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: SoConPubbie

What a truly great and fearless man Ted Cruz is. A giant of a man. A true statesman.

If we had 10,000 of these guys we would be unstoppable.


32 posted on 01/17/2014 8:10:37 AM PST by crusader71
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To: alexander_busek
the cited scene with swordplay was ultra-violent

"Which is a first in movie-making.... righty right ?"


33 posted on 01/17/2014 8:11:20 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (I forgot what my tagline was supposed to say)
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To: stanne
The biggest bunch of, “oh oh don’t rock the boat” ers out there.

i do not mind rocking the boat... i know Ted Cruz is on the right side of the argument... i like things to be done intelligently... i know Ted Cruz is intelligent... i think he could have entered this argument better... sheesh... there is little worse than a conservative being right about an issue but being wrong in his presenting it... i see it all the time... especially from hip-shooting conservative Christians... as a conservative Christian, i do not think it helps our cause... for what it is worth--i am not calling Ted Cruz a hip-shooting conservative Christian... i have the highest esteem for him... and i am talking about it...

34 posted on 01/17/2014 8:12:09 AM PST by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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To: SoConPubbie

“...and they’re going to wish they weren’t alive after I’m done with them.”

Such hatred for a group dedicated to protecting a Constitutional right.


35 posted on 01/17/2014 8:12:33 AM PST by mom.mom
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To: crusader71
If we had 10,000 of these guys we would be unstoppable.

if we had just 100 Ted Cruzes!

36 posted on 01/17/2014 8:14:54 AM PST by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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To: latina4dubya

Ted Cruz just won’t care what libs (including those in the republican party) say about him.

That’s the only winning stance, by the way.


37 posted on 01/17/2014 8:15:53 AM PST by stanne
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To: circlecity

“”The Kill Bill movies were total crap!”
Agree totally. Tarantino’s “ninja/samauri” phase was the low point of his career. The only good part of Kill Bill was the Japaneese girl band singing the “whoo-whoo” song. “

Gee, sorry to learn that! I like both #1 and #2. Not exactly War and Peace for sure. As others have stated they’re a spoof with lots of satire and a comic book look them. But, nevertheless Weinstein is a hypocrite no doubt about it no matter how you slice it.


38 posted on 01/17/2014 8:16:22 AM PST by snoringbear (E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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To: edcoil
Milton Miteybad: "Mr. Weinstein...should the unlikely occasion ever arise where I find myself interested in your opinion, you may rest assured that I will have seen to it that an opinion is issued to you."

Heh, heh...heh, heh...
39 posted on 01/17/2014 8:17:28 AM PST by Milton Miteybad (I am Jim Thompson. {Really.})
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To: SoConPubbie

meryl streep means chik flick means never watch it.

after her diatribe to target “saving mr. banks” as a petty cat fight stab, she pretty much put herself in the streisand lunatic camp.


40 posted on 01/17/2014 8:21:22 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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