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David Vitter to Obama: Screen 'The Interview' for Congress
Washington Examiner ^ | Kelly Cohen

Posted on 12/23/2014 3:46:33 PM PST by ObamahatesPACoal

Sen. David Vitter thinks members of Congress deserve a viewing of “The Interview.”

In a letter to President Obama, the Louisiana Republican is asking that Congress be invited to the White House for a private screening of the controversial movie.

Sony Pictures pulled the movie from its planned Christmas Day release after the company was hacked by offenders from North Korea. After terrorist threats were made against theaters planning to show the film — which comedically portrays the assassination of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un — caused the movie to be pulled, there has been a flow of outrage about the decision.

"The policy of rewarding terrorists, authoritarianism and cruelty with concessions should not be the legacy we pursue," Vitter wrote, according to the New Orleans Times Picayune.

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: amnesty; obama; screening; vitter

1 posted on 12/23/2014 3:46:33 PM PST by ObamahatesPACoal
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

Republican’s have nothing better to do than to grandstand over a stupid movie?


2 posted on 12/23/2014 3:55:09 PM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

And invite Joe Flacco to speak.


3 posted on 12/23/2014 4:18:37 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

Especially the part where Rogan “secures the package” — right?


4 posted on 12/23/2014 4:20:24 PM PST by rbg81
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

Clowns watching clowns - sounds about right.


5 posted on 12/23/2014 5:59:00 PM PST by funfan
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

I am going to watch it today in the privacy of my own home with my Freedom Popcorn.


6 posted on 12/24/2014 11:42:15 AM PST by Mountain Bike Vomit Carnage (Not my circus, not my monkeys.)
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