During the 1988 Vice Presidential Debates at the Omaha, Nebraska Civic Auditorium, Democratic running mate of Presidential Hopeful Michael Dukakis, Sen. Lloyd Benson's memorable putdown comment of Republican Candidate Sen. Dan Quayle was, “I knew Jack Kennedy, Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine, and you Senator, are no Jack Kennedy!" ~ That applies to President Obama today!
"Obama vs. Osama - Dueling to the Death!"
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| Fearless Leader |
A pure political ego-boosting film is secretly being made under tight wraps In Hollywood. Very closely-held, highly confidential Top-Secret documents being released to the production company are providing very detailed information about the Osama Bin Laden raid conducted by the United States Defense Department. The entire Navy Seal Team's strategies, techniques and training will be laid bare for everyone to view to understand how our great President Obama, single-handily, lead them in detecting, planning and shooting OBL. I wonder if WikiLeaks is handling Obama's press releases and al-Queda gets pre-release packets with the Top Secret 2012 Afghanistan Withdrawal Orders too?
Tense Suspense-Filled Action!
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| U.S. Pentagon War Room |
Wow! This looks just like a scene right out of a Hollywood movie! ...And kids, it is!
COMING TO A THEATRE NEAR YOU OCTOBER 2012! (Coincidentally a Month before the Elections too!)Movie Disclaimer
I personally remember fifty-one years ago when Jack Kennedy was elected President, and you Barack Obama, are no Jack Kennedy! I recall that JFK couldn't even pull off his own contrived movie based on his weak war record. You don't even have any military experience, but now have the starring role as leading the operations responsible for killing Osama Bin Laden in a major Hollywood movie. Silly boy, it would be like you trying to run the biggest company in the whole world with no real business experience at all. Not only would it be impossible to depict, it would be unbelievable to watch and it would be a box-office flop too!
"PT 109"
The 1963 biographical movie shows the events of John F. Kennedy in command of PT 109, a WW II Motor Torpedo Boat. This movie was done originally to boost Jack Kennedy's flagging popularity due to his impending, huge "New Frontier" Federal Spending Programs, growing 1960's social unrest and the escalation of his Vietnam War activities. Sounds like some familiar rhetoric heard these days about another Democratic President?
Plot
This WW II adventure chronicles the real-life courage of President John F. Kennedy when he was a Navy lieutenant in charge of the illustrious PT 109. Among the adventures they had was the courageous rescue of Marines stranded upon the isle of Choiseul. As they flee, their little boat is split in half by a Japanese destroyer. The survivors then make a long, dangerous swim to an island. One of them is too badly injured to do it, so Kennedy helps him. Later, the future leader braves many dangers to get to another island to radio for help.Review
PT 109 is a moderately entertaining war picture, albeit an overlong one. At some two hours and twenty minutes, it tends to drag and gets repetitive; one wishes director Leslie Martinson had cut it down by half an hour or so. The character of Kennedy is also painted a bit too positively and as a bit too much of a take charge hero, although this is something that is often a problem with films of this sort.
Epilogue
I went to a producer's screening at the Screen Director's Guild Theater in Hollywood where it got a lukewarm reception. The film was basically DOA at the box office as it floundered in theaters across the country. Ironically, PT 109 was released only five months before President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
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