Barack Obama - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Life imitating Art has rarely been demonstrated to a greater degree than in the comparison of Barack Obama "killing" Osama bin Laden in the vein of Jimmy Stewart "killing" Liberty Valance in the 1960's Western.  The basic story-line metaphor is so obvious, Rush Limbaugh and other comedians have jokingly conjured the analogy of an arch villain gunned down by a seemingly mild-mannered thin politician in their acts.

In 2007 the film was selected for preservation by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant". Certainly the same can be said for the killing of Osama bin Laden.
But beyond that simple story line there are at least ten other similarities between actual events and the movie.

1. Rance Stoddard (played by Jimmy Stewart) and Barack both stammered their speech
2. Rance (Hero) rhymes Valance (Villain). Obama (Hero) rhymes Osama (villain). 
3. Both men are over 6 ft. tall and thin.  
4. Rance Stoddard and Barack Obama started their career as lawyers
5. Rance Stoddard and Barack Obama both became politicians
6. Both  enjoyed the love of a good woman. Vera Miles in the Movie and Michelle in real life.  
7. Vance Stoddard and Barack Obama first attempted to remove the threat of their villains using the law as their quiver. Both failed in these attempts.
8. Both men were credited with killing the villain but neither actually shot the man.
9. John Wayne and "Mark Owen" sound exactly the same in their 60 Minutes interviews.
10. Regardless of health care reform, ending the war in Iraq along with Don't Ask Don't Tell and whatever else Barack Obama accomplishes, like Vance Stoddard, he will always be known as:

                                The Man who Shot Osama bin Laden.