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| Todd Palin Re American Sniper: Heartland vs Liberal Hollywood |
| 2015-01-22 |
| Todd Palin, husband of 2008 GOP Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin, tells Breitbart News that Chris Kyle was âan unbelievable manâ who âfought for freedom in this country.â Kyle had appeared alongside Todd Palin on the reality TV show Stars Earn Stripes, where several celebrities competed in military training competitions to raise funds for charities that help American troops. Kyle also served as the personal bodyguard for Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor, at many points throughout her political career, including at the screening of Breitbart News Network Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannonâs film about her political rise: âThe Undefeated.â âMeeting Chris, when he was doing Sarahâs security, he was just completely professionalâan expert in his business,â Todd Palin said in an exclusive phone interview. And then it was an honor for me and others to participate in Stars Earn Stripes with Chris and others in the military. You can have a conversation with somebody but until youâre side-by-side in the trenches with somebody, then you really know somebody. These guys, being a sniper, being out ahead of his unit and saving lives, Chris was just a good man, an expert in his field and he was one heck of a teacher. Palin explained that Kyle taught actor Dean Cain how to shoot for the reality show. He and Dean Cain were partnered up in Stars Earn Stripes and he turned Dean into a sharpshooterâand Dean was an excellent student. I canât say how much Chris was a great instructor, along with all the other military ops. And that just goes to show you with their training and dedication and discipline. From spending time with him on the show and out on the trail, and at different functions, was just a true honor and I just canât say enough about our troops. Itâs just an honor to spend time with them and to stand shoulder to shoulder with them and learn just a little bit about what they were trained to do and what some of the missions were. It was unbelievable. Palin says that military service teaches young men and women, including his son Track who enlisted and went through boot camp in 2007 at Fort Benning in Georgia, values that are important to the nation. As father and mother, Sarah and I witnessed our son [Track] go through boot camp. Itâs just an unbelievable process. You have an 18-year-old go down to boot camp and then you go down there a few months later when they graduate from boot camp and theyâre just mentally strong, physically strong and have all the respect in the world for their drill sergeant because their drill sergeant is right next to you climbing up that mountain or running the five miles. But it just shows years of training, dedication and protecting freedom and liberty. Thatâs the motto of our military. Palin also praised the other celebrities who participated in the reality show Stars Earn Stripes â where Kyle and other military operators taught them how to engage in various military exercises. But if you look back at the celebrities that participated in Stars Earn Stripes, Picabo Streetsâa gold medalistâNick Lachey, Laila Ali, Terry Crews, Dean Cain, Dolvett Quince, Eve [Torres]âyou know, for those guys to roll up their sleeves and risk their life to raise money for military based charities and it was hats off to them for what they did to participate and compete to raise money for those charities,â Palin said. âWe were all just honored to be side-by-side with all of our military ops. During the show, according to a blog post from the Palinâs oldest daughter Bristol on Patheos, Kyle praised Todd Palin as being tough. âHeâs Rambo, heâs straight up Rambo,â Kyle said of Todd Palin. âNext time Iâm in a war, I want Todd Palin on my side.â âHe was the first one on the boat, the first one under the wire, and about the time the rest of the guys were getting through, he already had the crate,â Kyle added about Todd Palin. âYou donât need anyone else. Forget Chuck Norris, send in Todd Palin.â Kyle is considered the U.S. militaryâs most lethal sniper in history. He had 160 confirmed kills out of 255 probable kills. A Navy SEAL, Kyle served four tours in the Iraq war and won numerous medalsâincluding two Silver Stars, five Bronze stars, a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, and two Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals. After his honorable discharge from the U.S. military in 2009, Kyle wrote his bestselling autobiography âAmerican Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History,â published in 2012. Kyle was killed, along with his friend Chad Littlefield, at a gun range near Chalk Mountain, Texas, on Feb. 2, 2013, by a man who is awaiting trial on murder charges. (Cont.) |
| Posted by:Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 |
| #5 When anger at W Bush got old they transfered the bile over in Palin's direction. Kyle is the first person to pop up really worthy of the daily one minute of hate since Sarah. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2015-01-22 15:25 |
| #4 Breitbart goes fair and balanced? Equal time for the libs? Raw, verbatim quoting of the interview? |
| Posted by: KBK 2015-01-22 09:30 |
| #3 They don't hate the movie. They hate Kyle. Because he fought for the US, and because he was very, very good at it. In their mind, that's a crime which justifies all the hate and anger their well-practiced hate and anger machine can generate. Think about that. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2015-01-22 09:14 |
| #2 I'm sure Michael Moore hates her... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2015-01-22 08:56 |
| #1 And this lethal Kurdish sniper is said to have killed 102 ISIS. |
| Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2015-01-22 06:48 |