D’Souza Suggests Fraud Charge Is Payback For Anti-Obama Film

[DonViejo]

DYLAN SCOTT – FEBRUARY 1, 2014, 9:52 AM EST

Conservative author Dinesh D'Souza, charged last week with campaign fraud, insinuated Friday in an interview that he might have been targeted because of a film he directed that was unflattering to President Barack Obama.

Fox host Sean Hannity stated outright at the beginning of the segment that the Obama administration had targeted conservatives and that D'Souza "was the latest victim to be targeted by the Obama White House." He then asked D'Souza if he believed his indictment was linked to his criticism of the president.

D'Souza immediately noted that his film, which links the supposedly anti-colonialist views of Obama's father to the policies of the Obama presidency, "does seem to have gotten under President Obama's skin."

"I went into Obama's world and into Obama's mind," D'Souza said. "We advanced a thesis that here is a traumatized and messed-up guy who is haunted by the dreams of his father."

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/douza-obama-2016-campaign-fraud-charges

[CJCRANE]

1. Or maybe the fraud charge is because he comitted fraud

(allegedly)

[shenmue]

2. That could be it :)

We'll see how the case shakes out, but I have my fingers crossed he goes to the pokey.

[whistler162]

3. Nah... and he knows who ate the strawberry ice cream!

[Cha]

16. lol

[Politicalboi]

4. D'Souza's next book

Dreams of my Fraud.

[TheMathieu]

5. Even if so, that would be moot.

He broke the law.

He's in trouble for that, not for his little movie.

[chelsea0011]

6. The victim card.....why not

[Initech]

7. Well his film was completely full of shit, so...

[Jamaal510]

8. Does he honestly

believe that O (who has been re-elected already) cares about his film? If Dinesh keeps going, his head is going to be too big to fit his body.

[Gothmog]

9. This man is an idiot

[bemildred]

10. Did he say it was false? nt

[lame54]

11. He's full of shit - but on the other hand...

I hope he spends every dime he earned of that bs film on his defense

[yellowcanine]

13. "spends every dime he earned of that bs film on his defense." Heh.

His lawyers must work cheap - I seriously doubt that Dinesh made much, if any money on that film.

[lame54]

14. Think again...

The film was previewed in July 2012 on a single screen in Houston, Texas, grossing almost $32,000 during its opening weekend. In August, the film was expanded to 169, then 1,091, theaters nationwide, following the limited release to 61 theaters over the previous month. ABC News declared the film to be a "box office hit".During its wide opening weekend release of August 24 through the 26th, the film earned an estimated $6.5 million. As of October 2, 2012, the film had grossed $32.9 million domestically, making it the fourth highest domestic grossing documentary and the second highest domestic grossing political documentary in the United States since 1982.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016:_Obama%27s_America

[Cha]

17. The ol +1!

[yellowcanine]

12. Distort D' Newsa is seriously delusional if he thinks President Obama gives a rat's ass

about his little propaganda film.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

15. D'Souza is a C-list conservative...

Why waste your powder on a nobody like that.

[Cha]

18. But, he's smart enough to know.. that when in trouble

go on fox and blame Obama.

Thanks Obama.

[kairos12]

19. If there was any "payback" it would be the only tickets this piece of crap

movie sold.