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Atlas Shrugged part 2:
http://www.whoisjohngalt.com/
immoderate
(20,885 posts)--imm
MisterP
(23,730 posts)phantom power
(25,966 posts)as long as it's in the service of their own agenda. In truth, I expected Atlas Shrugged to be bankrolled no matter how crappy it did at the boxoffice, for that exact reason.
ieoeja
(9,748 posts)... this makes sense. They are being true to the book's glaring hypocrisy of featuring a must-be-taxpayer-subsidized railroad tycoon championing the pay-to-play market.
Bolo Boffin
(23,796 posts)brooklynite
(94,950 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,454 posts)Try, try again. Hey, it works for the birthers and Republican Tea Party policies in general, right? I dont care if they blow money on this. Less they can use in their quixotic attempt to unseat President Obama, right?
meanit
(455 posts)they don't care if it does good at the box office. They want the propaganda out there and they will pay for it.
Rush Limbaugh was shit on his own until Clear Channel bankrolled him by including his show in the packages they sold to radio stations. Limbaugh's crap show was force fed to everybody who listened to Clear Channel stations.
Robb
(39,665 posts)Edited to add: Oh, crap, I'm getting old. I already made this joke.
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)I bet the Randians and Paulites will turn out for a midnight showing dressed as Ayn in full fascist power suit garb.