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Ken Burns: Why I am voting for Barack Obama
Manchester Union Leader ^ | October 18, 2012 | Ken Burns

Posted on 10/20/2012 4:29:19 AM PDT by billorites

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To: billorites

Burns would be penniless if not for government subsidized PBS bankrolling and showing his documentaries. Like Big Bird, Burns is a PBS welfare queen who doesn’t want his gravy train ended.


141 posted on 10/20/2012 7:36:20 AM PDT by The Great RJ
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To: billorites
Are we all in this together — and stronger and better because of it

Well, Ken, there's 48% of us who pay federal taxes and then there's the rest. That's your idea of "togetherness," to which I say FU!

142 posted on 10/20/2012 7:39:32 AM PDT by kevao (Is your ocean any lower than it was four years ago?)
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To: stormhill
"the very super rich, folks like Gov. Romney who have taken advantage of loopholes and deductions and off-shore accounts to amass their fortunes, pay their fair share..."

Then a short breath later: "...a small-town hard-work ethic..."

Libs never understand that once you steal wealth from the achievers, the work-ethic of the entire nation dies. As they used to say in the Soviet Union, "we pretend to work and they pretend to pay us."

143 posted on 10/20/2012 8:00:01 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
He just wants another big check from PBS.
Even though I a huge interest Civil War history I am NOT a fan of Ken Burns. I view him as way overrated, I did not find his Civil War or any other series all that informative.

Just another rent seeking liberal like Garrison Keillor, maybe not as hypocritical but someone who without PBS we would have never heard of!

144 posted on 10/20/2012 8:11:06 AM PDT by Reily (l)
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To: billorites; All
What kind of country are we? Are we Bedford Falls or Pottersville?

In obamaville, there are tent cities. I do not recall any in Pottersville.
145 posted on 10/20/2012 8:18:50 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (Read SCOTUS Castle Rock vs Gonzales before dialing 911!)
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To: billorites

Dear Ken: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE was fiction. It was make-believe. Just like Obama.


146 posted on 10/20/2012 8:39:54 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: billorites

Because you’re an a-hole whose movies I will no longer watch.


147 posted on 10/20/2012 8:41:27 AM PDT by jersey117
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To: billorites
I wonder if Kenny appreciates that Obama is defunding NASSA?
148 posted on 10/20/2012 8:50:40 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: billorites
Unfortunately, unlike FDR, who had great cooperation from across the aisle for many of his programs, Obama has had to pretty much go it alone.

Alone? With both house of congress belonging to his party for the first two years?

149 posted on 10/20/2012 9:04:35 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: billorites

I guess Ken Burns proves that some serious students of history aren’t really very serious. If he truly believes FDR and Obama saved this country from great depressions, he’s proved his entertaining programs are far more Hollyweird than historical. In fact, Burns is far more a filmmaker than a historian.


150 posted on 10/20/2012 9:23:28 AM PDT by driftless2
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To: Steve Van Doorn
The story was written from a 'new deal' collectivist viewpoint.

The Steward character was always giving up his own dreams and goals.

151 posted on 10/20/2012 11:10:31 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: billorites

What a retard.


152 posted on 10/20/2012 11:11:51 AM PDT by vpintheak (Occupy your Brain!)
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To: billorites

Burns would like to do a CW II documentary.


153 posted on 10/20/2012 11:17:14 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: princeofdarkness

If he really cares about small towns and hard working people, why is he voting for a communist who wants to take money and resources away from towns and transfer it to the big cities? He sounds like another liberal who talks out of his ass.


154 posted on 10/20/2012 11:25:17 AM PDT by peeps36 (America is being destroyed by filthy traitors in the political establishment)
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To: billorites

In 10 years, he will be doing a 5 part ‘mini’series’ onthe failings of Obama and the subsequent fallout to USA liberties.

Bet he won’t disclose he voted for him-twice!!!


155 posted on 10/20/2012 12:37:47 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: billorites

Pottersville looked a lot like Zero’s Chicago.


156 posted on 10/20/2012 1:24:43 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: billorites
George Bailey?

Wasn't he the guy who hired an incompetent to handle the funds of the savings and loan, which resulted in the loss of all the liquid assets of the business?

Was this the same George Bailey who makes his living lending money? Didn't Bailey quote the fine print of the account agreement to one of his depositors to delay paying off the account?

Is this the same Bailey who saved the neck of an incompetent druggist who was a threat to everyone in the community?

Is this the same Bailey whose weakness of character led him to commit suicide from a bridge rather than face his problems bravely, leaving a wife and children to fend for themselves?

157 posted on 10/20/2012 2:07:13 PM PDT by William Tell
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To: RGSpincich

Have to go back and listen to it... :-)


158 posted on 10/20/2012 2:55:06 PM PDT by nikos1121
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To: fortheDeclaration
Actually I have always thought it was written in a time period long before government intervention programs. Today this movie couldn't have been told as soon as someone got into trouble you send him to social services.

But thank you for answering

159 posted on 10/21/2012 10:50:59 AM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: ronnie raygun

I never realized that ‘delusional’ was spelled, ‘Ken Burns’.


160 posted on 10/21/2012 11:00:16 AM PDT by Delta Dawn (The whole truth.)
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