Bannon Got Burned by the Fire in Palin’s Belly

Sarah Palin spoke about having a “fire in her belly” to run for President. . Palin called upon Rebecca Mansour  to contact Steve Bannon about making a film extolling Palin’s governorship and laying to rest lingering questions about her controversial decision to resign from office with a year-and-a-half left in her first term. It was this abdication, Palin knew, that had made her “damaged goods” in the eyes of some Republicans who once were eager to get behind her potential 2012 presidential campaign.

However with the disaster of her bus tour, the failure of the Undefeated, and yet another member of the Palin family’s inability to remain abstinent before marriage, it appears that the “fire” may have been reduced to warm coals. Steve Bannon, the producer of the Undefeated, seemed to have a fire in his belly to make money off of the popularity of Sarah Palin. He spent $1,000,000.00 making this film,   and untold money was spent advertising it on the internet. Now it appears the movie will be pulled from theaters within a month, and that the total income from the movie, to Bannon will be less than half of his investment. Maybe Bannon learned that the “fire in her belly” was actually a fire to increase her personal wealth, and not to run for the Presidency? While Bannon lost money on the film, Palin’s name recognition was enhanced by the film. Name recognition is important to Palin’s ability to increasing her personal wealth. In light of Bannon’s failure with the Undefeated, he is now trying to recoup his investment by promoting a different film, that he made last year.

“Fire from the Heartland” is the movie Bannon made last year. That film didn’t focus or identify a single candidate, but instead promoted conservative female politicians generally.

It was a documentary style movie about the rise of conservative women in politics. Even though Sarah Palin is the real focus of that movie, and the conservative women are generally referred to as “Mama Grizzley’s”, Bannon has now attempted to promote the film as a documentary about Michele Bachmann. The original graphic for the movie looked like this:

The graphic now looks like this.

The advertisement for the movie is an illuminating example of the way that Steve Bannon is attempting to influence the 2012 election. The funny thing is that he lost all credibility by promoting Sarah Palin in the Undefeated. The Fire in the Heartland went essentially unnoticed when it was released. He understood then that women were taking an increasingly important role in politics. What he didn’t understand was that the majority of women didn’t vote for the ticket with the woman on it, but for the candidate they perceived to be the most capable of governing, regardless of that person’s sex. Even after the failure of Palin in the 2008 race, and the failure of the Undefeated, Bannon still seems to think that women are not smart enough to realize that Michele Bachmann does not represent the majority of women. The majority of women in America are embarrassed by Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann. Conservative and liberal women demand a leader who is competent. Both Bachmann and Palin have proved themselves to be unworthy. We can now add Steve Bannon to the list of “Un-worthy.”

ARC Entertainment provided the marketing, retail strategy, physical distribution and sales services for the movie. ARC advertises itself as a “solutions-based” distribution company, with “unparalleled relationships with national retailers, coupled with strong sales and marketing expertise”.. Perhaps it was the “Solutions-based” distribution advice of ARC that the movie be moved out of theaters as soon as possible. Facts are the facts. Numbers don’t lie. Bannon got burned. The Undefeated is a failure. Palin was his choice. She’s a loser. Bachmann is no better.