Jul 9 2009The 'Spartan'-Obama Conspiracy! (Not Really a Conspiracy)
Did Obama base his entire campaign around a single shot in Spartan? Probably not--unless we later find out the guy is secretly a huge David Mamet fan--but IWS reader Juan J. Arroyo sent in the above still from the 2004 film, and the similarities are indeed striking.
Probably just a coincidence, and I'm sure Obama won't continue following the Spartan storyline by having a daughter murdered (Spartan spoiler), but it is also pretty weird how, if you piece together all of Val Kilmer's dialogue, it ends up being Obama's entire inauguration speech backwards.
(If you want to see it yourself, it's around the 1:05 mark on your home video player.)
Reader Comments
1. bonkbonk - July 9, 2009 12:20 PM
Stretch much?
2. BringChung - July 9, 2009 12:51 PM
I don't understand this post at all.
3. Tad Bit Tipsy - July 9, 2009 12:58 PM
This reminds me of that time I was in a bar fight underwater in some saloon.... oh wait no... that time that weird guy was living in the basement and had to go in and out of my closet to get in.. no that time I had to lug around a midget holding a twig... wow! deja vu.... where's my surfboard and shotgun!!!
4. Pat - July 9, 2009 1:03 PM
Spartan was a really good movie, but I don't think that Obama is basing anything on anything of David Mamet's, since that kook decided to go right wing a few years ago. Ever watched his series The Unit? Silliest, most jingoistic propaganda I've ever seen, and I usually like David Mamet's implicitly right-wing stuff, as liberal as I am (Redbelt rocked).
5. Scooby - July 9, 2009 4:11 PM
I'm with you Pat. Now that Mamet is conservative he should be hated. Fascist!
6. Rob - July 9, 2009 5:22 PM
Odd liberals calling anyone else fascist while simultaneously promoting big gov't and socialism. Typical liberal hypocrites.
7. Brandon - July 9, 2009 6:34 PM
Reaching big time.
Rob aren't you missing your loony homeboy Glenn Beck segment on TV?
Spartan> Redbelt
8. Obama Checking Out Girls Butt - July 10, 2009 3:16 AM
Italy a picture caught President Obama’s eyes apparently wandering towards a 16-year-old Brazilian girl's butt.