New Clinton campaign ad

This is a campaign commercial for Hillary Clinton featuring the actor Jack Nicholson in some clips from his movies. One of those movies is A Few Good Men in which Nicholson plays Col. Nate Jessup. Another movie I recognized was The Shining and the first clip was Nicholson as the Joker in Batman.

This video is posted on War on Guns where David Codrea has this to say:

So does the USMC have anything to say about Jackie-Boy (he's "on the list") or any other civilian appearing in their uniform to promote Hillary Clinton's presidential bid? Yeah, I know the clips were taken from "A Few Good Men," but they were never intended for political endorsements.

Seems to me complaints could be filed with the Corps and the FEC. I wonder what the value of this would be, including labor and equipment to produce this bit, plus the use of corporate-owned film clips for which we can presume no royalties were paid, as an "in-kind contribution," and if any of this has been reported?

Independent inquiries and follow-up are encouraged.

WOG also has an update linking to the Huffington Post, which claims that the Hillary campaign is responsible for the ad.

Shooting the Messengers is also talking about this and Fits, a former active duty Marine, says:

It's fine to wear the uniform in a theatrical production. But NOT when pimping for a political candidate.

All of this is true, but what really struck me about the ad is that Nicholson is in character in all these clips and his comments are being used to support Mrs. Clinton. Lets look at these characters which Mr. Nicholson and Mrs. Clinton apparently feel are appropriate spokesman for Mrs. Clinton's campaign.

The Joker: A sociopathic mutant criminal and terrorist who murders hundreds of people in Gotham City by tampering with common household products like shampoo and mouthwash and at the end of the movie attempts to murder tens of thousands of innocent people by launching a WMD attack on a parade.

Col. Nathan Jessup: A psycho martinet who encourages the men under his command to torture and murder a young Marine who Jessup considers weak and incompetent.

Jack Torrance: An alcoholic failed author who sells his soul to the demonic entities inhabiting an isolated Colorado hotel and attempts to murder his wife and young son.

I can understand why Nicholson would think highly of these men in that they made him rich and famous. But you would think that Hillary Clinton would not wish to be recommended to the American people by such characters.