Since I made the point vis a vis this movie about Bush's critics
having Bush's assassination on their mind to a seriously unhealthy
degree, two more incidents (at least) have occurred:
1. Ed Rendell (D) in PA made an analogy between the massacre of
innocents in the Amish school and a determined presidential assassin,
by way of deflecting calls to increase security at public schools.
"If a killer is determined and willing to kill the President, 50
secret service agents can't stop him; he'll get a point-blank shot at
the president". Something to that effect. he could have chosen dozens
of other analogies. He chose that one.
2. John Kerry joked about killing George Bush on some tonight show. I
heard the audio clip in passing while driving the other day, and got
the impression it was intended to sound humorous but my point stands.
The issue from my perspective was and is the crazy obsession with
hinting at, suggesting or otherwise positing Bush's assasination,
going back to 2004, and the consistency with which this idea was
coming up from critics, in particular Democrats. It isn't healthy,
however you try to justify it by criminalizing policy differences.
The other point I made about the movie based on an article that
supposedly described its "storyline" was the utterly absurd path it
took in picturing the funeral, Cheney's reaction to it, Bush's
mother's reaction to it, etc., all of which shows the critics can't
imagine actual human beings in place of the caricatures they've
molded in the public consciousness with their relentless attacks.
Whatever potential it had as a what-if piece was exposed as so much
hot air by what ends up being a political hit-piece on both the
President and the Vice President. Which is in keeping with the Left's
demonstrated commitment to "tolerance" and "diversity of opinion", as
exemplified by numerous stalinist regimes murdering millions of
people in the last century---a tradition some are apparently trying
to revive in Russia lately, and which is still going strong in North
Korea, China and other hell-holes of the world.
I never once advocated boycotting the movie, or otherwise censoring
it; I was merely despairing of the observation that Bush's "loyal
opposition" doesn't just want to defeat him politically. They want
him dead. And they don't really understand him or what makes his
supporters tick, outside of stupid cliches.
Now if that article was incorrect in its description -- if the movie
does not quote Barbara Bush being crass at the funeral, or imagine a
mad Dick Cheney making war on Cuba and mowing down protestors at
Guantanamo, etc. -- then perhaps I would be interested in the movie
as you describe it. But I frankly don't think it was necessary in any
case to provide the "visual" of him being murdered---the point could
have effectively been made and the situation posited without the
stunningly real graphics. It's kind of like how Hollywood these days
thinks you can't imagine two people having sex anymore, so they waste
time depicting all the positions in sequence. Whatever realism it
added to the movie wasn't worth it.
But even so, the point about the "theme" of Bush's fatal demise
coming with such alarming frequency from Bush's critics is valid and
the continuing trend is disturbing.
- Bob
On Oct 10, 2006, at 3:01 AM, Dominic Burford wrote:
This is the film that has caused so much fuss before it had even been
screened because of its depiction of Bush being assassinated. It got
its British TV screening premier last night. Well, I fail to see what
the fuss was all about. The scene in which Bush is assassinated is
brief to say the least, and lasts less than a second. The film is
shot
like a documentary, and has interviews with various people involved
with
the incident, such as the security agents and demonstrators. If
anything, I thought Bush was portrayed as a victim of a hysterical mob
of hate filled fanatics. It was not in the least bit
sensationalist or
crass in its portrayal, and in fact dealt with it sensitively, showing
an interview with a guilt ridden security agent who blamed himself for
the incident.
Forget what you might or might not have heard about this film. If you
get the chance to see it, then do so.
Regards
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