By Correctamundo
When you hear the name Harvey Weinstein, what comes to mind? Miramarxist Films and Barack Obama. The 2 go hand-in-hand and at this years' Oscars, they were inextricably entangled in a web of back-room deals and Oscar crashing.
From the “now it can be told” files: Even though Hollywood more or less called the Oscar race over three weeks ago for Argo, Harvey Weinstein and his Silver Linings Playbook weren’t going down without a fight. In fact, Vulture has learned that in order to help increase the profile of David O. Russell’s Best Picture nominee, the Weinstein Company reached out to somebody who helped write the playbook for another recent big winner. He retained the counsel of Stephanie Cutter, a former top presidential aide and deputy campaign manager of Obama for America 2012.
And there you have it. We could just end it right there and you'd be able to guess the rest. But let's deal in specifics and facts, something the left doesn't do, so as to leave no doubt what went on behind the scenes and how the Oscars will forever be linked to politics from this day forward.
Nobody announced her participation in the SLP campaign, and to the casual observer, she just seemed like another Beltway insider who just happened to be moved to frequently declare her love for the movie on Twitter, writing on February 14, “We're a little over a week away from Oscars. Check out the making of Silver Linings Playbook. Love this movie” (and then providing a link to the trailer). Or “Oscar week – who are you routing [sic] for?” with a link to an article about SLP a week later. And for a web extra Q&A for ABC’s This Week, she was asked her favorite film. “We’re in Oscar season so I’m gonna talk about my favorite film this year,” she said. “My favorite is actually Silver Linings Playbook. That it’s so real and identifiable to everybody in life.”
And we can also add the MSM media to the list of participants. Yes, Stephanie - SLP would be real and identifiable to you. It is, after all, largely about mental illness.
Indeed, in the run-up to the Oscars, Silver Linings seemed to undertake a series of self-administered pats on the back “for making progress towards removing the stigma of mental illness,” as proclaimed by a February Center for American Progress press conference featuring Silver Linings star and Best Actor Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper, along with two Democratic pols, Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan and former Representative Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island.
Then, less than a week later, Cooper and his director, David O. Russell, met with Vice-President Joe Biden in his office, again to chat about mental-health reform. (Eventual Best Actress winner Jennifer Lawrence declined to attend the powwow, about which The Hollywood Reporter wrote, “Some have sneered it that was a Weinstein Co. move to garner gravitas for a film whose competitors are more easily tied to serious issues.”)
Two disturbing things come to mind right off the bat:
1) Center for American Progress: a progressive public policy research and advocacy organization. Its website states that the organization is "dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through progressive ideas and action".[2] The Center presents a liberal[3] viewpoint on economic issues. It has its headquarters in Washington, D.C.[4]
Its President and chief executive officer is Neera Tanden, who worked for the Obama and Clinton administrations and for Hillary Clinton’s campaigns.[5] Its first President and chief executive officer was John Podesta, who served as chief of staff to then U.S. President Bill Clinton. Podesta remains with the organization as chairman of the board. The Center for American Progress has a campus outreach group, Campus Progress, and a sister advocacy organization, the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Citing Podesta's influence in the formation of the Obama Administration, a November 2008 article in Time stated that "not since the Heritage Foundation helped guide Ronald Reagan's transition in 1981 has a single outside group held so much sway".[6]
2) Joe Biden chatting about mental health reform. That's enough to lock your granny up in your attic and not let her see the light of day at any healthcare facility.
An e-mail inquiry seeking comment from Cutter was not returned on Sunday, and while Weinstein himself declined to comment directly on Cutter’s switch from political campaigning to Oscar campaigning, a Weinstein spokeswoman issued a statement that clearly sought to frame Cutter’s involvement as an outgrowth of the political relevance of Silver Linings Playbook, rather than someone who was hired to promulgate and cultivate it: “When it was clear that Silver Linings Playbook's treatment of mental health issues was becoming a topic in the advocacy community and political circles,” wrote a Weinstein Company spokeswoman, “Harvey Weinstein sought the advice of a number of friends with experience in those areas, including former Senator Chris Dodd, Senators Chuck Schumer and Kristen Gillibrand, and Stephanie Cutter, who he knows from his work as a supporter of President Obama.”
Yes, they are the perfect stooges with experience in the mental illness arena.
Don't forget that Weinstein was a big Obama campaign donor, to the tune of $2.3M at a fund raiser at his tony home in Connecticut.
And the other part of this story is Moochelle crashing the Oscars as the last presenter of the evening for Best Picture.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the FLOTUS appearance was the work of Obama supporter and friend Harvey Weinstein and his daughter Lilly, who arranged for Academy representatives and show producers to secretly fly (via Disney's jet) to D.C. just two weeks ago to make the 'magic' happen.
So now Disney is on my list of things to avoid. I won't be watching SLP nor the Oscars anymore. They've been a bunch of fluff since the days of Bob Hope at the helm. But every year, I seem to have hope. I was mainly interested in Lincoln this year. I saw Argo but could've done without all the f-words flying around. And Ben showing no class by thanking Canada and nothing about the land where he makes his living was a turn-off. So much talent going down the drain when they become PC. And the BO administration has really sunk to pond-scum lows with the above revelations.
And it all brings this question to mind: Was Argo or any of the winners that night legitimate? Everything has been tainted. DC and Hollywood are interchangeable now; I know it's been coming for some time but this has sealed the deal.
I'm just waiting for Home Box Office (HBO) to change their name to Here's Barack Obama or The Movie Channel (TMC) to The Moochelle Channel.
