Conservatives cringed across social media late Sunday night as the Academy Awards proved immune to avoiding perceived liberal messaging, with First Lady Michelle Obama announcing Argo as the year’s Best Picture winner.
“It is not enough that President Obama pops up at every sporting event in the nation,” Jennifer Rubin wrote on TheWashingtonPost.com. “Now the first lady feels entitled, with military personnel as props, to intrude on other forms of entertaining (this time for the benefit of the Hollywood glitterati who so lavishly paid for her husband’s election).”
Obama announced the winner via satellite from the White House flanked by active duty American service members.
Former Marine fighter pilot and assistant secretary in the Department of Veterans Affairs under President George H.W. Bush, Ed Timperlake, told The Daily Caller that using the military as “window dressing” for a commercial event almost certainly “crossed the line” into “statist propaganda.”
Metro News notes that both Ronald Reagan and Laura Bush have made appearances at the Academy Awards, however, their cameos were prerecorded.
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pavepaws
Feb. 27, 2013 at 2:18pmPerhaps “Obama Free Zones” should be instituted.
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Godknowseverything
Feb. 27, 2013 at 9:24amImpeach obama……….
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Axe22
Feb. 26, 2013 at 8:38pmShe’s stalking me! I thought that was illegal.
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hades3
Feb. 26, 2013 at 4:50pmSure they can ! A true Conservative doesn’t watch the Hollywood BS in the first place !
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AUsername
Feb. 26, 2013 at 9:45amif you know who owns hollywood and what their agenda is, you might know why.
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john vincent
Feb. 26, 2013 at 8:43amMs Obama was used once more to present an ‘image,’ after all, its just a continuation of her husbands m/o. Yes, image, the men and women around her, their posture, their artificial smiles, the image of the ‘clothing,’ the camera angles.
From day one the Obamas were ‘imaged’ into the minds of the populace, and what they will ‘do’ for you. They should command the lazy to get up off the chair, get off the welfare role and go to work, no ‘we will give u all you need, therefore, you will vote for us.’
The media always has it wrong- they focused on WHO voted for Obama, as if it mattered, for the deck was stacked in states who bought the lie- instead of considering the decent people who did NOT vote for him, and this is the difference, and this is why we are tired of seeing the Obamas EVERYWHERE- they are like the perennial fly at a picnic, you can swat, and the darn thing just cannot be smacked.
It gets worse, now that Obama is ‘free’ and has ‘more flexibility,’ ie, Putin, the dictator- in- chief will show more and more of his true colors, and it appears we have not seen them all. ‘Erosion’ is the word for the day.
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Gonzo
Feb. 26, 2013 at 8:42amShe didn’t “crash” the Oscars, she was invited. That doesn’t excuse the fact that she accepted and used the military as wall paper. Nor does it excuse the continued diminishment of the dignity of the office of POTUS. What’s next for the First Couple, Dancing With the Stars?
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Alaskaninfidel
Feb. 26, 2013 at 1:14pmWhy not? The Obamas are on the same footing as Honey Boo Boo at this point.
Obamao could appear on WWE and wrestle that made up Tea Party racist guy….Michelle could do a twg team thiing and Carney could guest referee!
The venues are unlimited.
You’ll never see either of them on Jeopardy…oh wait. Ill bet tuey could “fix things” so they appear knowledgeable.
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RamonPreston
Feb. 26, 2013 at 8:04amIf MOOshell shows up she can have my seat. I don’t want to be in any event where her and her idiot husband are. We have had two teenage girls killed who were in the vicinity of Obama. Obama is hazardous to your health.
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NixObama
Feb. 26, 2013 at 4:34amI gave the liberal actors awards show a watch for the first time in a decade and was just remarking to my wife how focused on entertainment it seemed again…….but…….then came Michelle….forget it forever now…no more chance I’ll watch the Oscar’s again ever! Just give the Obama’s their own reality show and let that be their only air time.
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Oknowwhat
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:23amWhy was anyone with half a brain watching this show? I haven’t watched any of them in years and I feel great! Like losing 20 pounds!!
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Secret Squirrel
Feb. 26, 2013 at 3:23amSo Mrs. Obama gave the Oscar to a movie about saving embassy personnel,
while her husband failed to save embassy personnel in real life.
How fitting.
Everything with this White House is an illusion.
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Budrow
Feb. 25, 2013 at 11:31pmWhat I want to know is where did she get that dress she was wearing and who paid for it, only to be worn during a less than two minute segment?
Of course it was a big-name garment but was it loaned to her or was it purchased for her. If it was only a loaner then where did it come from and how did it get to the white house and who paid for its transportation.
Was she fitted for it earlier and if so who fitted her? Where did this person come from and who paid for this person to fit her?
Aren’t the Obamas about ready for another vacation? Who pays for all of those vacations?
I am sick of these people showing up everywhere on TV. Does the American taxpayer pay to fly those bastards to be on Leno and Fallon and Letterman and The View?
Can’t Congress slow them down and keep them in Washington for a while?
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Zeke48
Feb. 25, 2013 at 11:28pmThe whole Ovomit clan is puke!
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RaydocX
Feb. 25, 2013 at 11:17pmSeriously, any suggestion a conservative watching the Oscars does not expect to be offended is ridiculous.
Too many self important pretenders who wrongly believe their opinions are important, based in fact, well informed, or are cared about by the rest of the nation.
We watched it only in bits and pieces, frequently turning it off to keep from having to roll out the duct tape.
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Verceofreason
Feb. 25, 2013 at 11:14pmShe’s the first lady of the whole country.
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RaydocX
Feb. 25, 2013 at 11:21pmYes, voiceoftreason… and none of the other First Ladies during the time that Oscars have been presented have stooped to being a part of the gratuity.
If Laura Bush had done this, the Left would be loudly asking why she injected herself into the proceedings. Liveral Hypocrisy at work.
Tell you what VT, look to the trashing of Ruibo for getting a drink of water while speaking for thirty minutes, cmopared to the SILENCE from the left regarding Menendez’ misbehavior and alleged crimes.
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shorelineliz
Feb. 26, 2013 at 12:39amShe’s a cow. admit it. A propagandist cow. Her husband is a pig. A propagandist pig. They HOG every event, every air wave. They are the biggest narcissistic cow and pig ever to DIS GRACE this country. They make me want to puke and vomit and wretch up every inch of intestine I have. EVER DAM time they appear on TV I shut the Dam thing off!
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Alaskaninfidel
Feb. 26, 2013 at 5:39amUnfortunately….
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Alaskaninfidel
Feb. 26, 2013 at 5:47amYou left a “t” out of your handle….
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Hobbs10
Feb. 25, 2013 at 10:35pmIt was terrible, I turned it off when the slung her up on the big screen. Couldn’t take any more!!
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Principlex
Feb. 25, 2013 at 10:31pmThe Academy Awards is quite ignorant of the consequences of letting Michelle on their show. They are now seen as a tool of White House politics. Being a state instrument, no one will believe anything coming out of Hollywood. All is now seen as propaganda.
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sURFNmADNESS
Feb. 25, 2013 at 10:19pmIt was a chokefest of liberals as it normally is from the self serving of their own popularity by praising one another. Having to watch Stiesand, Hoffman, and Fonda. Queen O was just icing on the cake.
I was more surprised to see Argo win. A movie full of guns. I figured they would bend over backwards to give it to a show like Pi.
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joe magarac
Feb. 25, 2013 at 10:14pmThose weren’t military props. They were band members, about as far from being in the real military as you can get. They avoid deployments and live the good life blowing on flutes, warbling out songs and strumming zithers while the true military gets dirty, deploys, goes to combat and pretty much distrusts politicians while the bandies coo at them and get all in a tizzy just to be around them. That was a disgusting display of fawning over Michelle by those pandering clowns. Oh, yeah, btw,,I’m retired military and don’t like the pretty people in the bands.
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Alaskaninfidel
Feb. 26, 2013 at 5:46amThose band members are true professionals that would be bringing down big bucks outside of the military. Instead they serve their country doing what they do best for far less than their contemporaries.
I’m an old Army Brat whose Father served 20 active and 13 civil. Not the same as having served but I know what it means to do so.
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EQUALIZER
Feb. 25, 2013 at 10:10pmThe whole damn Obama clan makes me want to puke!
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shorelineliz
Feb. 26, 2013 at 12:40amI have no more puke left to upchuck. I am now forced to throw rotten tomatoes and other vegetables at the TV when they appear. For that second until I turn the DAM thing off.
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