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Showing posts with label The Undefeated. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Undefeated. Show all posts
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Monday, 18 July 2011
Palinbots on the attack again
Film critic and journalist Anthony Kaufman interviewed the director of The Undefeated for the Wall Street Journal (a Murdoch publication) and dared to ask a few questions. Kaufman was mercilessly attacked by C4P, where, once again, they resorted to sarcastic personal remarks and flimsy evidence to make their points. The title of their post: If Ignorance Is Bliss, Anthony Kaufman Must Be Pretty Happy! [I won't link to C4P]
Anthony wrote to me, puzzled by the very aggressive reactions from the palinbots, both in the post on C4P and in the comments on his own posts. I suspect he also received a few nasty e-mails. Anthony wrote: "I recently wrote some critical pieces about her new film The Undefeated for the Wall Street Journal's website and my own blog. I shouldn't be surprised that they've gone after me, but their attacks are personal, insulting and totally manipulative of the facts."
One of the questions Kaufman asked Bannon was about the MatMaid dairy, which I think was very mild, considering what we know about it.
Kauffman - I realize you need to make choices as a documentary filmmaker. But I also wanted to ask you about the MatMaid dairy privatization, which is used in the film to show how she turned around the state. But there’s some crucial information left out. Like she initially wanted it to stay open, and gave it $600,000 to keep it open. That seemed a little misleading.
Bannon - We use MatMaid as an example of one of the state-funded entries that went to the private sector. Initially, she made an initial attempt to make a go of it, because there were people that depended on it for the jobs. But she determined that she needed to have a private equity solution. I’m not trying to make the point that she’s perfect.
C4P fudged the subject and offered an e-mail from Sarah Palin as evidence that she did want to close the state dairy:
Dairygate is a tale of cronyism and fraud. Of course Bannon wouldn't explore it in any depth, and neither will her palinbots at C4P.
Can you imagine if Kaufman had asked a trickier question about the dairy? I don't think Bannon would have been able to answer it, as his version of Sarah Palin doesn't involve any proper research and doesn't deal in facts, only fantasies. And the palinbots would have gone into a real frenzy!
The upside is that a journalist, writing for the WSJ, can see that Sarah Palin is a myth: "I hope you can appreciate the situation we can find ourselves in when we try to get to the bottom of Sarah Palin and the myths she and her comrades try to perpetuate."
These tactics of attacking what they call the "lamestream media" is bound to backfire. More and more journalists may get fed up with the personal attacks and start digging a bit deeper, exposing Sarah Palin for what she really is, a phony and a fraud.
That should keep the dwindling number of palinbots very busy indeed...
Anthony wrote to me, puzzled by the very aggressive reactions from the palinbots, both in the post on C4P and in the comments on his own posts. I suspect he also received a few nasty e-mails. Anthony wrote: "I recently wrote some critical pieces about her new film The Undefeated for the Wall Street Journal's website and my own blog. I shouldn't be surprised that they've gone after me, but their attacks are personal, insulting and totally manipulative of the facts."
| Stephen K Bannon |
One of the questions Kaufman asked Bannon was about the MatMaid dairy, which I think was very mild, considering what we know about it.
Kauffman - I realize you need to make choices as a documentary filmmaker. But I also wanted to ask you about the MatMaid dairy privatization, which is used in the film to show how she turned around the state. But there’s some crucial information left out. Like she initially wanted it to stay open, and gave it $600,000 to keep it open. That seemed a little misleading.
Bannon - We use MatMaid as an example of one of the state-funded entries that went to the private sector. Initially, she made an initial attempt to make a go of it, because there were people that depended on it for the jobs. But she determined that she needed to have a private equity solution. I’m not trying to make the point that she’s perfect.
C4P fudged the subject and offered an e-mail from Sarah Palin as evidence that she did want to close the state dairy:
Dairy farmers were told their last day to deliver milk is June 27th. The state just broke its word again if we were to roll over for the board ‘ s ridiculous vote to shut it down without proper notice…Farmers will be dumping their milk in the parking lot of DNR if we don’t step in and show the leadership they’re craving and deserving.The issue is not whether Sarah Palin wanted to put the dairy in the private sector, but how she went about it, how she enabled a bunch of her Valley cronies to take over the Board of Agriculture and used state money (considerably more than $600,000) to prop the failing business. The state continued to pour money into it and the incompetent new CEO also secured federal funds, even though she had a history of defaulting on loans.
We need to regroup and get good business minds in there to figure out close – out plan in next yr or so, or re -vitalization plan for Ag.
Dairygate is a tale of cronyism and fraud. Of course Bannon wouldn't explore it in any depth, and neither will her palinbots at C4P.
Can you imagine if Kaufman had asked a trickier question about the dairy? I don't think Bannon would have been able to answer it, as his version of Sarah Palin doesn't involve any proper research and doesn't deal in facts, only fantasies. And the palinbots would have gone into a real frenzy!
The upside is that a journalist, writing for the WSJ, can see that Sarah Palin is a myth: "I hope you can appreciate the situation we can find ourselves in when we try to get to the bottom of Sarah Palin and the myths she and her comrades try to perpetuate."
These tactics of attacking what they call the "lamestream media" is bound to backfire. More and more journalists may get fed up with the personal attacks and start digging a bit deeper, exposing Sarah Palin for what she really is, a phony and a fraud.
That should keep the dwindling number of palinbots very busy indeed...
Sunday, 17 July 2011
Harry Potter comes to Sarah Palin's rescue
Harry Potter is responsible for the flopping of The Undefeated at the box-office. Whoever decided to open Sarah Palin's fantasy epic on the same weekend as the latest Harry Potter movie had their motives.
Attendance was poor at the theatres not because The Undefeated is completely unwatchable, but because no film can compete with Harry Potter...
Magic!
Wednesday, 29 June 2011
Sarah Palin goes to the movies
I watched some footage of Sarah Palin in Pella and she wiped her nose with her finger twice, once outside and in the following video she did it again, after she entered the opera house. I don't know what was bothering her about her nose, but on the second video she seemed to lose the plot and went on a loop, repeating stuff word for word, like a broken record. She was incredibly animated, gesticulating a lot. Perhaps she drank too much coffee.
It must have been very hot in Pella, Sarah was sweating buckets, although other people around her seemed to be cool enough. Her choice of clothes was a bit odd for the world premiere of a fantasy film about herself. Did she lose her luggage again?
There's a blonde woman in a purple outfit who appears to be with the Palin party. She looks remarkably like Kristan Cole, of Dairygate fame.
At this point I can't tell if she's teasing so she can continue to access the palinbots' wallets or if she has decided to run. Something escaped from the fishing boat via Bristol and seems to indicate a run, or it's just some more more teasing. It's impossible to tell, this is Sarah Palin...
The critics didn't like The Undefeated...
It must have been very hot in Pella, Sarah was sweating buckets, although other people around her seemed to be cool enough. Her choice of clothes was a bit odd for the world premiere of a fantasy film about herself. Did she lose her luggage again?
There's a blonde woman in a purple outfit who appears to be with the Palin party. She looks remarkably like Kristan Cole, of Dairygate fame.
At this point I can't tell if she's teasing so she can continue to access the palinbots' wallets or if she has decided to run. Something escaped from the fishing boat via Bristol and seems to indicate a run, or it's just some more more teasing. It's impossible to tell, this is Sarah Palin...
The critics didn't like The Undefeated...
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Sunday, 26 June 2011
Will Sarah Palin go to the heartland to watch the propaganda film with fellow Americans?
Will she, won't she? Stephen K Bannon's fantasy epic The Undefeated will open in the small town of Pella on Tuesday and Sarah Palin is supposed to attend, unless that jury duty thingie gets in the way.
In accepting the invitation to attend the premiere, Sarah Palin stated, “We are very excited to visit historic Pella and its opera house and look forward to seeing the finished film for the first time with fellow Americans from the heartland.”
Pella is a very pretty place, much nicer than Wasilla. The opera house looks very nice.
If the premiere had been scheduled to take place in Wasilla, I suppose it would have to be at the Valley Cinema, as Wasilla doesn't have an opera house...
An alternative venue would be the Curtis Menard Sports Center, an old favourite for Sarah Palin events.
Wasilla could have been a pretty place, but a certain mayor thought it was a good idea to transform it into a soulless strip mall.
Alas, pretty or not, Wasilla is nowhere near the heartland. It has its fair share of "Real Americans," but doesn't carry much weight in deciding the future of presidential candidates.
What a pity. If Wasilla had been considered as a venue, Sarah wouldn't run the risk of having to embark on another wild ride back to Alaska to fulfill her civic duty...
In accepting the invitation to attend the premiere, Sarah Palin stated, “We are very excited to visit historic Pella and its opera house and look forward to seeing the finished film for the first time with fellow Americans from the heartland.”
Pella is a very pretty place, much nicer than Wasilla. The opera house looks very nice.
If the premiere had been scheduled to take place in Wasilla, I suppose it would have to be at the Valley Cinema, as Wasilla doesn't have an opera house...
An alternative venue would be the Curtis Menard Sports Center, an old favourite for Sarah Palin events.
Wasilla could have been a pretty place, but a certain mayor thought it was a good idea to transform it into a soulless strip mall.
Alas, pretty or not, Wasilla is nowhere near the heartland. It has its fair share of "Real Americans," but doesn't carry much weight in deciding the future of presidential candidates.
What a pity. If Wasilla had been considered as a venue, Sarah wouldn't run the risk of having to embark on another wild ride back to Alaska to fulfill her civic duty...
Saturday, 25 June 2011
An actual documentary about Sarah Palin is screening for buyers next week
Here's a little snippet from Nick Broomfield's documentary about Sarah Palin.
The film is screening for buyers next week in Los Angeles and might even get a premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September.
It's funny to watch Sarah Palin admit how she feels without her BlackBerries.
John Bitney was a key aide in Sarah Palin's 2006 gubernatorial campaign. She had known him since high school. When she took office, she gave Mr. Bitney a job as her legislative director, and a few months later stood beside him at a news conference and praised his work. Seven weeks later she fired Bitney for what her spokeswoman described as "poor job performance." What really happened? Governor Palin got a call from another old friend, Scott Richter, informing her that his wife, Debbie Richter, and John Bitney were having an affair. Scott and Sarah's husband Todd are great friends. In her book "Going Rogue," Sarah Palin gave this description of Bitney: "He turned out to be a BlackBerry games addict who couldn't seem to keep his lunch off his tie."
What goes round comes round and John Bitney will win this BlackBerry game. It looks like Sarah Palin doesn't seem able to keep her lunch off her clothes either!
Many people have reported Sarah's addiction to her BlackBerry, including Piper, during the filming of Sarah Palin's Alaska:
Piper tells an interviewer behind the camera, "My mom is super-busy. She is addicted to the BlackBerry. She's like, 'Hang on, Piper; I'll be there in a second.' When she doesn't have cell phone service, she doesn't have to answer email and all that stuff."
We may have to wait until September to watch Broomfield's documentary and the reviewers will be busy comparing it to another "documentary" about Sarah Palin, The Undefeated, by Stephen K Bannon.
Of course, Nick Broomfield's documentary is not all about BlackBerries, and the rest of the film should be very enlightening indeed. Broomfield is a very accomplished film maker. Wikipedia lists several awards:
British Academy Award (BAFTA)
Prix Italia
The Dupont Columbia Award for Outstanding Journalism
The Peabody
The Royal Television Society Award
First Prize, Sundance Film Festival
John Grierson Award
Robert Flaherty Award
The Hague Peace Prize
The Chris Award
The Blue Ribbon
The California State Bar Award
First Prize, Chicago Film Festival
First Prize, US Film Festival
First Prize, Festival of Mannheim
First Prize, Festival di Popoli
Special Jury Award, Melbourne Film Festival
Broomfield was also given a BAFTA tribute evening on March 8, 2005.
Stephen K Bannon doesn't have a Wikipedia entry and the IMDb page doesn't offer any references to any award winning films.
Bannon has been giving interviews and has invited Sarah Palin to the premiere:
When a documentary about Alaska Republican Sarah Palin premiere in Iowa next week, it will help Iowans understand her humble history and what it took to rise into leadership, the filmmaker said today.
“I believe it sets the record straight that she clearly deserves to be at the table when you talk about leaders of the country,” said Stephen Bannon, the writer, director and producer. “Her record (as governor) is far greater than Governor Romney or Governor Pawlenty.”
The two presidential candidates — one ran Massachusetts for four years and one led Minnesota for eight years — didn’t set a high bar, Bannon said in a telephone interview.
“The Undefeated” will play at the Pella Opera House in Pella at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Bannon said.
“It’s a very complex film and it was a very complicated shoot, but the hardest thing I had to do was pick a place for the premier,” said Bannon, who scouted over 100 locations and found many tempting.
Bannon invited Palin, who was Republican U.S. Sen. John McCain’s running mate in 2008 and has been flirting with jumping into the 2012 presidential race, but she has not yet RSVP’ed, he said.
The fact that Sarah Palin quit seems to have escaped Bannon. "Running" Alaska for half a term sets the bar really high...
Anyway, Sarah won't be able to attend, she's on jury duty, isn't she?
The comparisons between the two films should be quite interesting. One is a serious documentary, the other is pure propaganda...
The film is screening for buyers next week in Los Angeles and might even get a premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September.
It's funny to watch Sarah Palin admit how she feels without her BlackBerries.
John Bitney was a key aide in Sarah Palin's 2006 gubernatorial campaign. She had known him since high school. When she took office, she gave Mr. Bitney a job as her legislative director, and a few months later stood beside him at a news conference and praised his work. Seven weeks later she fired Bitney for what her spokeswoman described as "poor job performance." What really happened? Governor Palin got a call from another old friend, Scott Richter, informing her that his wife, Debbie Richter, and John Bitney were having an affair. Scott and Sarah's husband Todd are great friends. In her book "Going Rogue," Sarah Palin gave this description of Bitney: "He turned out to be a BlackBerry games addict who couldn't seem to keep his lunch off his tie."
What goes round comes round and John Bitney will win this BlackBerry game. It looks like Sarah Palin doesn't seem able to keep her lunch off her clothes either!
Many people have reported Sarah's addiction to her BlackBerry, including Piper, during the filming of Sarah Palin's Alaska:
Piper tells an interviewer behind the camera, "My mom is super-busy. She is addicted to the BlackBerry. She's like, 'Hang on, Piper; I'll be there in a second.' When she doesn't have cell phone service, she doesn't have to answer email and all that stuff."
We may have to wait until September to watch Broomfield's documentary and the reviewers will be busy comparing it to another "documentary" about Sarah Palin, The Undefeated, by Stephen K Bannon.
| Nick Broomfield |
Of course, Nick Broomfield's documentary is not all about BlackBerries, and the rest of the film should be very enlightening indeed. Broomfield is a very accomplished film maker. Wikipedia lists several awards:
British Academy Award (BAFTA)
Prix Italia
The Dupont Columbia Award for Outstanding Journalism
The Peabody
The Royal Television Society Award
First Prize, Sundance Film Festival
John Grierson Award
Robert Flaherty Award
The Hague Peace Prize
The Chris Award
The Blue Ribbon
The California State Bar Award
First Prize, Chicago Film Festival
First Prize, US Film Festival
First Prize, Festival of Mannheim
First Prize, Festival di Popoli
Special Jury Award, Melbourne Film Festival
Broomfield was also given a BAFTA tribute evening on March 8, 2005.
| Stephen K Bannon |
Stephen K Bannon doesn't have a Wikipedia entry and the IMDb page doesn't offer any references to any award winning films.
Bannon has been giving interviews and has invited Sarah Palin to the premiere:
When a documentary about Alaska Republican Sarah Palin premiere in Iowa next week, it will help Iowans understand her humble history and what it took to rise into leadership, the filmmaker said today.
“I believe it sets the record straight that she clearly deserves to be at the table when you talk about leaders of the country,” said Stephen Bannon, the writer, director and producer. “Her record (as governor) is far greater than Governor Romney or Governor Pawlenty.”
The two presidential candidates — one ran Massachusetts for four years and one led Minnesota for eight years — didn’t set a high bar, Bannon said in a telephone interview.
“The Undefeated” will play at the Pella Opera House in Pella at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Bannon said.
“It’s a very complex film and it was a very complicated shoot, but the hardest thing I had to do was pick a place for the premier,” said Bannon, who scouted over 100 locations and found many tempting.
Bannon invited Palin, who was Republican U.S. Sen. John McCain’s running mate in 2008 and has been flirting with jumping into the 2012 presidential race, but she has not yet RSVP’ed, he said.
The fact that Sarah Palin quit seems to have escaped Bannon. "Running" Alaska for half a term sets the bar really high...
Anyway, Sarah won't be able to attend, she's on jury duty, isn't she?
The comparisons between the two films should be quite interesting. One is a serious documentary, the other is pure propaganda...
Monday, 20 June 2011
Give money to Sarah Palin and meet the quitter CEO of Alaska
| Yours for $100! |
Sarah Palin has a propaganda "documentary" coming out and she wants money, money, money! A begging letter was sent out by Sarah Pac. Here are a few excerpts:
One way we can set the record straight is by making sure that millions of Americans see The Undefeated.
And today, I want to start with you.
Would you please consider supporting SarahPAC again today with a very special one-time gift of $100 or more?
In appreciation of such a generous gift, we will send you an early-release DVD copy of The Undefeated so you can see for yourself.
Stephen Bannon personally invested $1 million of his own money to write, direct and produce The Undefeated.
He knows, just like you and I do, how important Sarah Palin’s leadership is to America right now- and in 2012.
That’s why he’s kindly given SarahPAC the right to send early-release copies of The Undefeated out to our best supporters.
If you can’t send $100 today, will you consider sending whatever you can at this time to help Sarah continue the Tea Party Revolution she started with the 2010 mid-term elections?
Thank you for continuing to help Gov. Palin and SarahPAC take back America from the Obama liberals!
Many thanks,
Tim Crawford, Treasurer
Sarah Palin’s SarahPAC
P. S. Remember, for your gift of $100 or more today to SarahPAC, you’ll receive an early-release DVD copy of The Undefeated. Thank you for standing with Sarah as she fights for free-markets, limited government, and American exceptionalism. We’re glad to have a patriot like you on our side!
Don't forget to sent your money, even if you can't afford the bargain $100 DVD, do you hear? Sarah needs money for... something. After the not very successful vacation on Paul Revere's neck of the woods, she may or may not take another vacation in another part of the country and somebody has to pay for that.
The very impressive looking director of The Undefeated spent a million dollars to set the record straight and prove to any doubters that Sarah Palin was a kick ass (quitter) governor.
| Stephen K Bannon spent 1 million dollars to make Sarah Palin's propaganda film The Undefeated |
If the trailer reflects the rest of the documentary, they would have to pay me a lot more than a $100 to make me watch it. Here's a subtly modified version of the trailer:
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