March 22, 2012
By Karl Rove http://rove.com/articles/371
Three dismal years are spun into 17 minutes of
fact-challenged campaign film.
This month, Barack Obama's re-election campaign released a
17-minute film, "The Road We've Traveled," that previews the
Democratic general election narrative. Directed by Academy Award winner Davis
Guggenheim and narrated by actor Tom Hanks, the film explores Mr. Obama's most
important decisions.
Viewers are told Mr. Obama deserves re-election for
restoring America to prosperity after a recession "as deep as anything . .
. since the Great Depression." He accomplished this in part, so the film
says, by bailing out the auto companies—deciding not to just "give the car
companies" or "the UAW the money" but to force them to
"work together" and "modernize the automobile industry."
The president, we're told, also confronted "one of the most worrisome
problems facing America . . . the cost of health care."
Abroad, Mr. Obama ended the Iraq war and, in the
"ultimate test of leadership," Osama bin Laden was killed on his
watch. The film heralds Mr. Obama as a leader committed to "tough
decisions" and as someone who "would not dwell in blame" in the
Oval Office.
Where to begin? Perhaps with the last statement: Mr. Obama
has spent three years wallowing in blame. His culprits have ranged from his
predecessor, to tsunamis and earthquakes, to ATMs, to Fox News, to yours truly.
If you Google "Obama, Blame, Bush" and "Obama, Inherited,"
you'll get tens of millions of hits.
As for inheriting the worst economy since the Great
Depression: Perhaps Mr. Obama has forgotten the Carter presidency, which
featured double-digit inflation, double-digit interest rates, and high
unemployment.
The film is riddled with other inaccuracies and misleading
claims. For example, the United Auto Workers may not have gotten
"money" in the bailout, but as an unsecured creditor, the union
received a 17.5% ownership interest in General Motors and 55% of Chrysler,
while the companies' bondholders got hosed…
Be sure to rest here: http://rove.com/articles/371
Wall Street Journal – Karl Rove: 'The Road We've Traveled' With Obama
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