Quantum Windbag
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It is really strange how the man who decried the "stampede of special interest money" and who wants to overturn Citizens United has no problem with opening his arms to gobs of special interest cash when it is tossed his way.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/opinion/sunday/Dowd--The-Downgrade-Blues.html?_r=1
The White House clearly blessed the dramatic reconstruction of the mission by Nicholas Schmidle in The New Yorker so vividly descriptive of the Seals looks, quotes and thoughts that Schmidle had to clarify after the piece was published that he had not actually talked to any of them. Ill just say that the 23 Seals on the mission that evening were not the only ones who were listening to their radio communications, Schmidle said, answering readers questions in a live chat, after taking flak for leaving some with the impression that he had interviewed the heroes when he wrote in his account that it was based on some of their recollections.
The White House is also counting on the Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal big-screen version of the killing of Bin Laden to counter Obamas growing reputation as ineffectual. The Sony film by the Oscar-winning pair who made The Hurt Locker will no doubt reflect the presidents cool, gutsy decision against shaky odds. Just as Obamaland was hoping, the movie is scheduled to open on Oct. 12, 2012 perfectly timed to give a home-stretch boost to a campaign that has grown tougher.
The moviemakers are getting top-level access to the most classified mission in history from an administration that has tried to throw more people in jail for leaking classified information than the Bush administration.
It was clear that the White House had outsourced the job of manning up the presidents image to Hollywood when Boal got welcomed to the upper echelons of the White House and the Pentagon and showed up recently to the surprise of some military officers at a C.I.A. ceremony celebrating the hero Seals.
Just like W., Obama is going for that Mission Accomplished glow (without the suggestive harness). At least in this presidents case, though, something has been accomplished.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/opinion/sunday/Dowd--The-Downgrade-Blues.html?_r=1