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I could only watch the first 20 minutes


This movie is about Sarah Palin. I get that. To call it "The Undefeated" I don't get. That title doesn't reflect reality.

The first 20 minutes show some people on TV saying mean and nasty things about her. And were I her, I wouldn't care for them either. Some went too far in their criticisms of her.

But the thing I learned in watching the first 20 minutes is that she stirred it up in Wasilla before stirring it up nationally. She had her own local critics who didn't care for her style or her methods well before she tried that style and those methods on a national stage. She was alienating a sizable segment of the Alaska population before becoming the VP candidate. I couldn't really watch much more after that. Sarah seems to like to play the victim, throw verbal bombs at others (Obama seems to be her favorite target -- bitter much?) and then sit back and complain about the media (of which, she is an active, paid participant).

While she is entitled to participate in whatever movie she wants, I would have to classify this movie as "PROPAGANDA" because it does not present a "fair and balanced" view. To not ever acknowledge any critics and to dismiss them as "haters" is childish and inaccurate. There are plenty of valid criticisms against Palin. While she may have been an outstanding governor in a small state, to pretend that she has the knowledge to undertake the vice presidency of the United States is disingenuous. She was out of her league. And her team lost. And then she quit to make money. So I don't understand why it's called "The Undefeated." It's not a compelling movie, maybe unless you're her mother.

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If you had watched the entire documentary, then the title would have made sense. It would also make sense of the almost hysterical hatred of a woman most people in America know almost nothing about. Essentially it comes down to the battle between Sarah Palin and "The Magnificent Seven," a bi-partisan group of citizens in Alaska who fought the good ole boys at Exxon-Mobil to force them to drill on land they had leased from Alaska and then did not drill. The land was supposed to be drill on and then Alaska would have been paid a percentage, since the State of Alaska owned the mineral and oil rights on that land. Instead, the oil company figured they would sit on the oil field year after year and over a 30 year period Alaska made no money at all from the oil. The head of the oil resources board had been fired by a Republican who was in charge of him and 6 other people quit in solidarity with the man who was fired. Next, Palin went after Exxon-Mobil and promised the citizens of Alaska she would look after their interests, rather than her own. She was elected and rehired the head of the oil resources board and the other 6 employees - known as "The Magnificent Seven" in the press because they were willing to give up their 6 figure jobs rather than see a corrupt group of politicians ruin the oil interests in the state. When Palin was elected Governor, she then pressed forward against Exxon-Mobil and they were forced to drill and as a result the state of Alaska has been receiving millions and millions of dollars into their budget. She was enjoying an 88% favorable rating by the citizens of Alaska when she was tapped by John McCain to run for vice president.

Meanwhile, one Democratic Party troll after another sued her in a series of frivolous lawsuits - I think it was about 18 of them - and she spent millions having to defend herself in court. Every one of these lawsuits was thrown out of court and proven to be frivolous, but the damage had been done. When she came onto the national political scene and was perceived by the Democrats to be such a powerful force, they freaked. They had to tar and feather her and set her on the other side of the county line, so to speak, because they couldn't have a Republican woman, personable, down-to-earth, a mother, wife, and strong enough to take on an oil company and win running for VP. That would run contrary to the Democratic Party talking points about what woman haters Republicans and conservatives are, wouldn't it?

Too bad you didn't watch the whole documentary, because you might have witnessed the proof of her integrity and we couldn't have that, after all, could we?

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I watched the whole thing and laughed at the propaganda. Anybody that has a decent education can see the woman is a fraud and a laughing stock.

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