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spanone

(135,838 posts)
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 06:22 PM Mar 2012

karl rove’s Group Portrays Barack Obama as James Bond - i was wondering what karl's been up to.

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In a particularly sharp bit of political mudslinging, the Karl Rove-advised American Crossroads political action committee dreamt up a humorous way to dramatize President Obama’s “hot mic” moment: recreate the incident as a James Bond thriller.

After Obama was caught last week on a hot mic speaking with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev saying that “[a]fter my election I have more flexibility,” conservatives latched onto the unguarded remark as a game-changing gaffe. Here’s a sample soundbite from Mitt Romney: “This is no time for our president to be pulling his punches with the American people. And not telling us what he’s intending to do with regards to our missile defense system.”

Obama, for his part, mostly shrugged off the incident. But the GOP is making it clear that it isn’t going away.

The American Crossroads ad, first noted by Politico, fashions a low-budget Bond-esque trailer — barely-tweaked suspenseful theme music included — to portray the comment as Obama’s hint that he wants to “gain unchecked flexibility, weaken our defenses and fundamentally transform the world,” the British-accented narrator says, dripping with Hollywood bluster.



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karl rove’s Group Portrays Barack Obama as James Bond - i was wondering what karl's been up to. (Original Post) spanone Mar 2012 OP
They think he CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #1
Well... Aerows Mar 2012 #5
Very interesting. CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #6
No Aerows Mar 2012 #9
Did not know. CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #10
Wait! CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #7
Turd Blossom that has wilted fascisthunter Mar 2012 #2
it's a pretty fucking juvenile ad...karl fail spanone Mar 2012 #3
He's got zillions more where that came from. emulatorloo Mar 2012 #4
true, when they turn their lasers on the President....well, we ain't seen nothing yet. spanone Mar 2012 #8
 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
9. No
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 09:06 PM
Mar 2012

Business International Corporation.

I stated plainly that he worked for a company that was a known CIA front company. I stated nothing further. There is nothing wrong with stating bald facts that are on record, and if you choose to infer something from such bald facts, go for it.

That's what discussions are all about - forming, arguing and discussing opinions. You are welcome to think I inferred something because I stated a known fact, but if you go back and read my comment, all I said was "Fact: A of B occurred."

 

CAPHAVOC

(1,138 posts)
10. Did not know.
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 09:44 PM
Mar 2012

I thought you were joking with the BIC. Sorry. But now thinking about it..Well it could explain a lot of the Birther conspiracy theories . Who but the CIA could pull them off? They could not occur due to a non-domestic operation. Maybe they are barking up the wrong tree.

emulatorloo

(44,130 posts)
4. He's got zillions more where that came from.
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 07:59 PM
Mar 2012

Will make Swiftboats for Truth look like a Church Social

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