Andrea Mitchell is now declaring that "13 Hours" will undo Hillary

[berni_mccoy]

There is a movie coming out this week that is the ultimate "Benghazi!". While admittedly factually inaccurate, "it's a movie" she declares. Even though facts are on Hillary's side, the release of the movie is incredibly bad timing when Bernie is rising in the polls. Even a Hillary supporter she interviewed acknowledged that the timing is very bad and that the movie will hurt her image.

I'm reminded of how American Sniper made a "hero" out of Chris Kyle and only now are we seeing any kind of refutation against that with Obama's shutdown of his widow during the town hall on gun control.

[NorthCarolina]

1. Hillary is so far off my radar that I don't really even care to watch this.

eom

[Ed Suspicious]

34. Same here.

[bigtree]

2. reminds of 'Black Hawk Down'

...which was just a step above the actual footage staged of the brutal display of the dead soldiers - as if the exploitation of the embassy deaths by republicans and the right wing wasn't offensive enough.

[leftofcool]

3. I doubt it. Her supporters will still vote for her, so will indies

[JustAnotherGen]

6. I thought . . .

We were supposed to 'not respect' Andrea (at best) because she's married to Greenspan.

Or - is it -

We can only respect her when she says something someone at DU agrees with?

Funny - eh?

[BainsBane]

8. Anyone who criticizes Clinton is useful

and I mean anyone.

[leftofcool]

17. Yea, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, and Now Andrea

[BainsBane]

19. and that anti-choice group

which may be the all-time low.

[zazen]

36. that is not true--I think the making of this movie is wincingly craven and icky

It's sickening for people to exploit the deaths of those men to drum up hatred against her.

I disagree with her neoliberal politics and her military strategies, which are part of a greater sickness of global capitalism that is destroying this planet. I think she generally means well but is really misguided and that moving beyond the politics of corporatism in which both parties participate is one of the most important struggles in human history, given the stakes.

Having said that, she is not responsible for the deaths of those men and to make a movie about is just gross, just like those bumbling idiots questioning her for 11 hours was gross (but mostly embarrassing for them, which was admittedly enjoyable).

[Motown_Johnny]

37. On financial issues her judgement is tainted.

She knows her stuff in regards to foreign policy.

As far as guessing the impact of a movie on the electorate, I think she knows about as much, or as little, as anyone else.

[CoffeeCat]

7. Clinton has abysmal support from Independents

Yes, her inner core will stand by her. But don't count on Independents voting for Hillary.

Poll after poll shows that her support with Independents is extremely low. She also has high unfavorables with Independents.

[BainsBane]

13. I find it ironic that people who bemoan that the Democratic Party is too Republican

are now celebrating their candidate's appeal among Republicans and independents.

The reason that Sanders polls well is that NO ONE has run against him. NO ONE. The GOP is in full force against Clinton. "Progressives" are in full force against Clinton. No one has gone near Sanders. To imagine that if he were the nominee that would hold up in the face of GOP ads about his claims to being a socialist is absurd.

And honestly, as much as you all might value the votes of centrists and right-wingers over Democrats, the fact is Clinton is far more popular than Sanders. He trails Clinton by 31 points in the polls. If he can't even get anywhere close to half of the votes for the nomination, he can't get votes in the general election. And as much as you all are hoping the Trump voters will abandon the Donald to register Democrat and vote for Sanders, there is no indication that is happening, and I can't see any motivation for them to do so. They have a far greater chance of influencing the GOP than the Democratic nomination.

[Ed Suspicious]

35. 40 years in government, nobody, including Hillary Clinton, has ever run against him.

[leftofcool]

18. Sure they will.

Some will vote for Republicans but she will have enough indies.

[Fawke Em]

10. Indies aren't voting for her now. eom

[Segami]

12. +1....Thank you!

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Was not this so called movie designed to be a hit piece?

[comradebillyboy]

5. Problem is that right wing hit jobs only appeal

to a narrow demographic. Is it actually an entertaining movie or just a propaganda piece?

[Armstead]

14. Probably will be entertaining propaganda

[NCTraveler]

9. Link to Mitchel claiming it will "undo Hillary." nt.

[JudyM]

38. +1. Nt

[hobbit709]

11. Mrs. Greenberg lost any credibility she had years ago.

[Beacool]

15. The vultures are out en masse, the media is salivating.

Personally, I'm not worried. Sanders will probably win NH and may even win IA, but those two mostly white rural states do not represent the rest of the nation. This is not 2008 and Sanders is not Obama. When all is said and done, I still think that Hillary will be the party's nominee.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. Thank you for posting.

Respectfully,

DSB

[mmonk]

20. Andrea's husband is more of a liability.

[kenfrequed]

21. Not a thing

No. This film will only affect those that will already be voting in some other primary.


Bernie will win because of the issues. Simple as that. When people hear him speak they get excited.

[libdem4life]

22. Absolutely. Although she has so many "loose threads" that it's hard to not pull one.

[Tom Rinaldo]

23. I regret any hit piece on any of our candidates

Let this and all political contests be settled on the merits of the arguments on things that really matter. I know, not gonna happen, but still....

[restorefreedom]

24. it won't matter

a movie will not decide this primary...issues will

and unfortunately for her, the issues do not favor hillary

[Arkana]

25. So...eight gazillion Congressional hearings couldn't turn up anything,

but Michael Bay is going to blow the lid off?

[JoePhilly]

26. Andrea also thinks Jack and Rose were really on the Titanic, and now there is a

... huge diamond just lying down there on the wreckage.

[grasswire]

27. gee, I remember when "Wag the Dog" came out...

....and was considered to be an attack on Bill.

[Faux pas]

28. Kickin'

[Mike Nelson]

29. Mrs. Greenspan's...

...dreaming... They all loved Benghazi and thought it would win for Romney, and now take out Hillary. Andrea and the talking heads should take their money and go home!

[Beaverhausen]

30. Right- because 8 congressional investigations find no wrongdoing, but a MOVIE will show the truth!

fuck that noise.

[liberal N proud]

32. A movie doesn't have to be fact based

But it can have enough connotation in it to make people think that Hillary was to blame for the event. And people will believe it because they saw it with their own eyes.

[liberal N proud]

31. I suspected that the movie was a very timely hit piece

What other reason would it be put out there. The movie coupled with the media, it's a perfect storm. Hope they enjoy Trump.

[onecaliberal]

33. This movie is complete bullshit. Reich wing fantasy. This is getting so damn old.