Some silver lining of the ABC show?

[question everything]

The second installment, for Monday, is about the incompetency of the Bush administration.

Thus, for the ones who will stay around - and viewership is expected to drop on Monday is it usually does - the final impression will be of Bush. And his attempt to play hero by pre empting the show with his speech, is not going to help him.

[Eric J in MN]

1. Are you sure?

I've heard that they show Condoleeza Rice saying how concerned Bush is about the briefs on terrorism.

Why would the right-wing director make Bush look incompetent?

[question everything]

2. From a glowing review in the WSJ

"The miniseries goes on, in Part Two, to treat the Bush administration's failures on the terror front to precisely the same icy scrutiny, the same lethal portrayal of bureaucratic self-interest and blind obedience to protocol."

This was in commenting on why we are protesting only part one..

Obviously part I has to be more lethal since it covers 8 years of Clinton vs. 8 months of Bush but, apparently, is still there.

Someone will tell us if this is true as I have no interest in watching..

[Eric J in MN]

6. Until I hear from a liberal who has seen Part 2...

...that it's tough on Bush, I'll be skeptical.

[Joe Chi Minh]

9. No , it cannot be the same icy scrutiny - or rather, that was never

the issue.

You suggest a similitude between the two parts, which I strongly doubt exists. In the first part, evidently, there are the most scurrilous and scandalous lies (seemingly actionable) promulgated to the detriment of President Clinton and his administration.

Do you really think the second part will lie about the role of Bush and his administration? No iciness could exceed that already merited by the derelictions for which they were actually responsible, so that it would require an amazingly dire imagination to match them with mythical examples of their ineptitude, while being completely superfluous to the requirements of his worst enemies.

[MoonRiver]

11. WSJ?

No offense, but :rofl:

[salin]

3. I don't know whether or not that will be likely - and I doubt

it will but bushco in too bad of a light.

I think the one potential silver lining - is one of rw overstep. If the movie is SO biased that it appears pandering, AND if it is poorly done (as it has been described) - I think there could be a sense of irritation by viewers...

More folks are starting to sense when the RW is overstepping the manipulation thing - and because there policies are so bad that they have lost a great deal of popularity... they are over stepping more and more. There is a potential backlash of irritation and disgust that some folks would try to take the emotions tied to 911 and exploit them for a political point (I know, the rw and bushco have been doing this for five years... but it is getting very blatant) - and Bushco and the GOP will be again on the recieving end of growing skepticism and anger.

Then again - folks might unthinkingly swallow it - and then be that much more susceptable to the midterm strategy of terra! terra! terra!

[Danascot]

4. What manipulation?

If you see it on the teevee it's gotta be true, don't it? :popcorn:

:sarcasm:

[salin]

5. dang - there really wasn't a wizzard?

that part about the old carnie guy behind the curtain was true? Rats.

;-)

[Ignacio Upton]

7. Part of the second half will be interrupted....

BY BUSH HIMSELF. He's delivering a prime time address.

[sam sarrha]

8. the Gold lining is that the GOP will deregulate ABC and they will pay a

minor fine and get to buy up all the newspapers, Radio stations and TV stations R Murdock hasn't already. so they will have a real PRAVDA to work from for even worse propaganda for the next election.. right now it is against the law to lie on public airways, but the GOP will change that.

[Justice]

10. I have not heard or read of any Republican/Conservative outcry to Part II

Even the articles with headlines "Conservatives criticize film..." are quotes of Conservatives (Bennett for one) saying if the film says Albright said x and she didn't say x, then that is wrong.

I've not seen one ounce of criticism about the way Bush was portrayed. The most I saw was that sometimes Bush's people are portrayed badly, but not Bush. They said Condi is shown reading the 8/6 memo and looking worried - but they never show Bush and that memo.