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05/28/2003 Archived Entry: "Fighting waves of nausea here..."
Fighting waves of nausea here...
The Globe and Mail got a copy of a movie script about Bush on 9/11 that Showtime is producing - which was written by a member of the White House staff. To paraphrase Satayana, 'Those who don't remember history are condemned to having it re-written for them. Check this bit of dialogue - but only if you haven't eaten recently:
Trapped on the other side of the country aboard Air Force One, the President has lost his cool: "If some tinhorn terrorist wants me, tell him to come and get me! I'll be at home! Waiting for the bastard!"His Secret Service chief seems taken aback. "But Mr. President . . ."
The President brusquely interrupts him. "Try Commander-in-Chief. Whose present command is: Take the President home!"
A little bit of info from the screenwriter:
Lionel Chetwynd, the film's creator, sees nothing untoward about his role as the semi-official White House apologist in Hollywood. For him, having a well-connected Republican create the movie was a way to get the official message around what he sees as an entertainment industry packed with liberals and Democratic Party supporters."A feeding frenzy had started to develop around this story, and a lot of people who wanted to do this story had a very clear political agenda, very clear," Mr. Chetwynd said in an interview from his Los Angeles home Tuesday. "My own view of the administration is somewhat more sympathetic than, say, Alec Baldwin's. . . . In fact, I'm technically a member of the administration [Mr. Chetwynd sits on the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities], so I let it be known that I was also interested in doing it. I threw myself on the mercies of my friend Karl Rove."
Hey, Lionel! Is Rove going to get a co-writing credit on this insipid piece of propaganda? And just where does the campaign advertising law apply here?
Update: Since I didn't include the link to the article, you may not have thought it was for real. It is.
Replies: 8 people speak up
Please tell me this is a gag you're pulling on us.
Posted by Spade Hammer @ 05/28/2003 02:58 PM NY
Forgot to include the damn link. I just added it. Incredibly, Spade, this is for real.
Posted by editor @ 05/28/2003 03:04 PM NY
Shoot me now.
Posted by Spade Hammer @ 05/28/2003 03:36 PM NY
Good God and a half. I feel ill. I don't think I can bring myself to read the whole article, since the snip you include is enough to induce vomiting.
Of course, the Sheeple will all think that that's how Bush REALLY acted. That makes this even worse.
Posted by Jason @ 05/28/2003 03:45 PM NY
Jesus Christ! Gag me with a chain saw! Did they get Leni Riefenstahl to direct it?
Posted by Ron @ 05/28/2003 04:50 PM NY
I'm not so sure I want to be as giddy about this as you. I don't trust the "press" to say anything disparaging about this at all. Fux News will use this as a propaganda piece rivaling anything Stalin or Mao could ever visualize.
It's just more propaganda a lot of foolish Americans will gleefuly lap up. fully encouraged by a complicit press.
Posted by NHjay @ 05/28/2003 05:50 PM NY
Unfortunately, Mr. Blah3, I failed to heed your suggestion about not reading that thread right after eating. Now my keyboard is a viscous, rancid mess of goo.
You will, of course, excuse me. I will now proceed to the nearest brick wall and smash my head against it numerous times.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 05/28/2003 11:08 PM NY
If this movie were being privately funded, it would merely be appalling for its bold-faced use of Hollywood-level spin tactics. But the best part? Canadian tax dollars will be used to cover a good chunk of the bill (read the Globe and Mail article linked to in the post). Canada candidly opposed the war, but now its citizens have no choice but to aid and abet the Bush spin doctors in the aftermath. Blech!
Posted by Kirkle (an ex-patriate in Canada) @ 05/29/2003 01:23 AM NY
