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.
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 ...
Homeland was nausea inducing
It was revealed that it was a democrat administration and the surviving congresswoman is a republican. It’s a TV show people and I think it will be an exciting series, with twist and turns, deceptions much like 24 was. In 24, the president was also a democrat.
Then they immediately show the military in a bad light
Just another Chinese Communist Party production like Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) and Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Recognize his wife from Ronin?
Yep Madam Secretary, just happens to be about a woman secretary of state. And if you use imagination, you might even think she looks a bit like Hillary........
Just as I suspected!
I guess you didn’t see Peter testifying about what to do with Raqqa?
Jack F. Kemp, who served as HUD Secretary under President George H.W. Bush was probably the only conservative HUD Secretary
That's when I clicked away ....
actually I think Tea Leonis character would be a far better PPTUS than Hildsbeeste
Of course, that is why I don’t watch network TV
you have quite an imagination :)
I dumped it when the the red haired traitor guy’s daughter started imitating his prayers to Satan
I tuned out about 20 minutes into the second episode. Liberal wishful thinking and generally bad writing. I doubt this show will last more than one season.
On the other hand, if Trump is elected, maybe this show will become the West Wing for liberals in mourning.
Ryan was sworn in prior to the plane crash and unbeknownst to anyone. The other VP had been asked to resign and submitted his resignation letter to the SoS who also died. Scumbag ex-VP has his mole in State retrieve his letter from the SoS and tried to say he was still VP and that he should be President.
I guess you had to be there ... but then you were.
Pulled the plug mid-way thru #2 (which smelled exactly like #2) when they went straight into PROTECT THE MUZZIES MODE!
Like it or not, we are in the midst of an aggressive resumption of the jihad that spawned the Crusades. And am I alone in my perception that more of US out here in Flyover country have a deeper understanding of the nature of the problem than do our so-called “leaders”, many of whom appear ready and willing to exploit the situation to enhance their wealth and power?
That is probably because most of them live in gated and guarded properties and “WORK” in places defended by others with weapons while the rest of us are out here dealing with the growing problem by arming ourselves with the weapons many of these “leaders” seek to deny us, leaving us to rely on police forces that arrive on the scene just in time to draw a chalk outline of our bodies on the pavement and snap some photos!
The muzzie nut jobs are now frequently violating the “Plan” to stealthily subvert the Constitution here and the freedoms in other non-muslim nations of the West by coming against the US and the West with violence and murder.
As sad as are the deaths of increasing numbers of more citizens, which deaths COULD and SHOULD have been prevented if those alleged “leaders” pulled their heads out of their – err, the SAND, if those deaths serve to awaken the distressing number of PC/tolerance/diversity afflicted folk among us still slumbering in the face of a clear existential threat, they will not have died in vain!
Dr. Bill Warner’s 5 minute video tells the story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwXtTwNvWXc
Pulled the plug mid-way thru #2 (which smelled exactly like #2) when they went straight into PROTECT THE MUZZIES MODE!
Like it or not, we are in the midst of an aggressive resumption of the jihad that spawned the Crusades. And am I alone in my perception that more of US out here in Flyover country have a deeper understanding of the nature of the problem than do our so-called “leaders”, many of whom appear ready and willing to exploit the situation to enhance their wealth and power?
That is probably because most of them live in gated and guarded properties and “WORK” in places defended by others with weapons while the rest of us are out here dealing with the growing problem by arming ourselves with the weapons many of these “leaders” seek to deny us, leaving us to rely on police forces that arrive on the scene just in time to draw a chalk outline of our bodies on the pavement and snap some photos!
The muzzie nut jobs are now frequently violating the “Plan” to stealthily subvert the Constitution here and the freedoms in other non-muslim nations of the West by coming against the US and the West with violence and murder.
As sad as are the deaths of increasing numbers of more citizens, which deaths COULD and SHOULD have been prevented if those alleged “leaders” pulled their heads out of their – err, the SAND, if those deaths serve to awaken the distressing number of PC/tolerance/diversity afflicted folk among us still slumbering in the face of a clear existential threat, they will not have died in vain!
Dr. Bill Warner’s 5 minute video tells the story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwXtTwNvWXc
I’ve watched both episodes and it is decent entertainment. I try to separate Hollywood fantasy from my political views otherwise I would die from boredom. What gets me is Kiefer acts all meek and mild and everyone treats him like a wimp but then he turns on dime and goes all Jack Bauer and the situation is handled, then he reverts back to Mr. Milquetoast
Well, you missed one of the most electrifying moments on any drama series I have ever seen on TV. I am sure there is a you tube of it, “Peter/Raqqa” should get you there. It was the epitome of exactly what is wrong with the Obama administration.
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