Posted on 08/27/2012 8:27:13 AM PDT by IbJensen
This past week, “2016: The Movie” about President Barack Obama opened in the Chicago area, and I chose to get more of an education about Obama by seeing the movie. After the inundation of canned hype for the movie on conservative talk shows across the Chicago radio dial that sounded more like commercials than honest endorsements of the movie, I was skeptical of what I was going to see.
While some talk show hosts sounded like they were genuinely impressed with the documentary and honestly endorsing the film, there were those who were obviously reading a commercial script which was not coming across as sincere to the regular listener – at least not to this often-skeptical listener. Perhaps, in future promotions of the film, it would be wise to have pre-recorded commercials done by the professional commercial-makers rather than having the likes of Mark Levin and Sean Hannity doing script after script to promote the movie. After all, the listeners aren’t stupid and resent any attempt at being conned. After many reads by the talk show hosts, the readings of the commercial script were no more enthusiastic than another Life-Lock commercial read – another commercial that ought to be professionally done.
Yet, I’m glad I saw the hyped-film because it was more informative than I had thought it would be and included less propaganda than I had predicted. If anything, it was nearly too informative as there was an enormous amount of information condensed into the nearly one-hour-and-a-half documentary. Fact after fact is put forth which shows that President Obama definitely has many skeletons in the closet that have not been released prior to the nation’s trust in him with the Oval Office.
To watch this movie and realize – or simply be reminded of – all that is unknown about President Obama is of concern. Much of the information has been ignored by the American media totally. When appropriately reminded as to what is still unknown about Obama to date, one has to ask: How can any logical-thinking person give a damn about Romney’s taxes while not asking any questions regarding our current president’s past?
The man influences the entire globe, but liberal Americans want to know how much Mitt Romney paid in taxes in the past rather than learn about the man who they have entrusted with the country. Unbelievable.
The movie undeniably links Obama to persons of suspicious-interest due to their past actions and statements, such as former radical activist and Chicago educator Bill Ayers. While the media and blinded-liberals cast such facts aside, the movie does not. No, this portion of the movie is not propaganda – it is the display of factual information about relationships between people that cannot be denied. Yet, the “left” does deny the facts that are right in front of them.
Quite disturbing is the talk of the United States economy in the film. The current national debt which has increased two-fold during Obama’s presidency and the horrendous economy is suggested to be part of the plan to strip the nation of democracy – reasonable cause to make citizens totally dependent on the government. The “left” is aghast at this suggestion of the current economy. They actually believe that Obama is unintelligent enough to let this economy just happen. Ironically, it’s many of the people on the “right” who know Obama’s not stupid, and much of what has happened to the United States in the past four years is part of Obama’s plan.
How could one so-highly educated and intelligent as Obama not know what he was doing when he incurred such debt? I left the movie thinking more strongly than I had in the past that the current debt and this economy was part of Obama’s plan all along. Increasingly making Americans dependent on the government is the plan. What’s more, he knew his blind followers would believe it was not the plan and, of course, was all Bush’s fault.
He must be laughing at his blind followers all the way to the “new America” they’re allowing him to create. My belief is that Obama continues to prey on his die-hard followers’ stupidity to accomplish his personal goals for America.
The most disturbing part of the film to me was the interview with President Obama’s half-brother George Obama from Nairobi, Kenya. How can Obama claim to want to help people when he has done absolutely nothing for his own family? It makes me wonder if he really cares about anybody if he can’t find it in his heart to help his own family.
As the closing credits started to role upward across the screen, the audience applauded. Me, I just walked out – reasonably upset.
Those who have already decided to vote for Obama will probably not even see the movie. It’s sad but they probably don’t want to know the truth when it is laid out so clearly for them in this documentary. The independents who are still deciding who they are going to vote for ought to see this film. I’m quite confident that any undecided voter who sees this film will know who to vote for after viewing this documentary. If you know you’re not going to support the “left” in this coming election, see the film out of interest if you like. But, fair warning, it’s disturbing – and quite frightening – to say the least.
’2016: Obama’s America’ Movie Is Disturbingly Necessary
How “ironical”... this movie is “disturbingly necessary” because of the socialist-enabling propogandists posing as today’s MSM, like CBS, ABC, ANC, CNN, etc.
"...they will try again. Maybe on another world, maybe on this very ground swept clean. A year from now, ten? They'll swing back to the belief that they can make people... better. And I do not hold to that." -- Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, main character of Joss Whedon's movie "Serenity".
Does anyone know if this movie has changed anyone’s mind?
How could one so-highly educated and intelligent as Obama not know what he was doing when he incurred such debt? I left the movie thinking more strongly than I had in the past that the current debt and this economy was part of Obama’s plan all along. Increasingly making Americans dependent on the government is the plan. What’s more, he knew his blind followers would believe it was not the plan and, of course, was all Bush’s fault.(Emphasis added.)
Many Tea Partiers and FReepers have been upset about the Obama debt because of the terrible burden it imposes on future generations. Actually, it's far worse than that because it inflicts two terrible, immediate, and fully intended injuries: 1) just as with Lenin in Russia when the Bolsheviks took over, it erodes the currency, destroys private wealth, and forces previously self-sufficient citizens to become government dependents and 2) it devastates the country's credit rating, making all government expenditures more costly and, even worse, making it very hard to do the massive borrowing that would be essential to fight a major war or deal with another national emergency.
I went hoping there were CC’ers in the audience; I even asked later of my CC friends there if they were CC’ing.
As a once-per-year movie-goer, it’s reassurance of safety, as I watched suspiciously the appearances/mannerisms of some lone characters that entered the theater.
2016 answers the “why?” question.
Obama’s mother painted the picture of his “Father’s Dreams”, and ensured he was fully indoctrinated in his anti-colonial and communist beliefs.
The movie very effectively explains what it means to be “anti-colonial”, and how important that is, relative to the return of the Winston Churchill bust.
Obama cut ties with his spiritual leader of 20 some years like he was changing his boxer shorts. I was no fan of Jeremiah Wright, but to be cast aside without so much as thought, or some sort of defense even though he was indefensible, was a glaring example of how thoughtless, ruthless and egotistical Obama is. He and his wife would probably throw their own children under the bus if they thought it would help them politically.
The man has no morals, no couth and considers himself supreme because he spends most of the day reading the glowing press clippings he’s received from the lame stream media over the past 4 years. Unfortunately, the sad truth is his tenure has been one of malaise, amateurism and general inexperience. The man hadn’t run as much as a hot dog stand in his life, and his lack of leadership skills are stark and unnerving. Mr. Obama was unfortunately a flavor of the month bought, sold and distributed by a left leaning media and after four unsuccessful years he has left virtually everybody with a bad taste in the mouth.
I believe the American populace will resoundingly do the right thing and expel him from office. If they don’t, then they will truly deserve what will come with another 4 years of this egotistical fool for a President.
As for the surface. I was impressed the 2004 convention speech. BUT the first speech I saw him give in 2007, did not show the same man. From the start, there are those cold eyes and outthrust chin that made him for me a repellant figure.
The funny thing is, if he ever succeeds to the extent he desires, most of them won't be needed anymore and will suffer just like the rest of us.
I blame the media for this man who never did anything important, to become POTUS. We all do!
The media owe this great nation an accounting for the damages imposed by the momentous falsehoods they perpetrated in 2008. I, like Thomas Jefferson, heartily agree on the importance of a free press, but second the great patriot's view that "It is a melancholy truth, that a suppression of the press could not more completely deprive the nation of its benefits, than is done by its abandoned prostitution to falsehood."
I watched it this weekend and was very impressed. Denesh used Obama’s own words and from his friends to make his points. No rumours, no conspiracy musings. I am afraid though that most Obama voters (this time) won’t be swayed by this. Communism sounds just fine to those who don’t work for a living.
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He must be laughing at his blind followers all the way to the “new America” they’re allowing him to create. My belief is that Obama continues to prey on his die-hard followers’ stupidity to accomplish his personal goals for America.
What’s just as bad as the SOCIALIST DEMOCRATS who conspired in the fraud to fool the american people into getting the ineligible radical obama on the ballot in the first place, are his anti american supporters infested in our MSM. We can and will boot the COMMUNIST OBAMA REGIME our on their rear ends in 2012. What are we going to do about these socialist frauds infested in the MSM. They will still be here. One thing we can do to eliminate these anti american frauds is to financially BUST EM NEVER TRUST EM, any way you can.
Gee, I wonder who Christopher Buckley will be endorsing for President this year. Haven’t heard from him lately on anything. Oh, Chris! Where are you???
” A lot of the left wingers who support Obama are not blind to his motives. They are nihilistic destroyers who want to see the US system brought down. To call them “fooled” is naive. They are willing. They want to create “a better world” - unfortunately when you want to do that using government force innocents get trampled or worse. “
So far, 100 million people have been slaughtered in order to make this “a better world”
I caught that too... very strange. I assume the LA division will have job openings soon.
In Jonestown it was reported there was rapturous singing of joy and praises... right up until that last half hour. Same-O, same-O
I saw the film this weekend with my informed, but not rabid anti-Obama wife. She doesn’t care for the man, and was never inclined to vote for him, but after seeing the movie, she was “ profoundly disturbed” by the lack of reporting from the national press. Had people been aware of these obvious, and serious red flags, any thinking American would have second-guessed entrusting our checkbook and national security to a mysterious, silky-voiced reader of someone else’s speeches....no background, no substance. This was American Idol.
While powerful, my only complaint with the film is that D’Souza should have spent a few more minutes demonstrating the American press’ willing abtication of thier role as unbiased fact-finders of truth.....regardless of personal opinions and politcal persuasions.
Given that Woodword and Bernstein won a Pulitzer for Watergate, an ethical journalist would have siezed on this candidate’s background, and made him/herselves a (wealthy) household name simply by doing their job, and pointing out that BHO is not who you think he is to the American voters. It takes a foreigner to rub our noses in the obvious.
....America knew more in 72 hours about Sarah Palin, and Joe the Plumber than we still know about BHO....now America knows more.
Anyone who can't see the 'bias' in the press doesn't want to see it.
You wrote what I was wondering about. Where is the outrage, the denial, the ridicule, etc. about this movie from the Left? I keep thinking somehow I just have not run across it. I have heard zip from them. Why? Maybe Liberals could be convinced to see it if we ask them to please go see it because we need to see their rebuttal.
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