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Hollywood is at it again. In 1996 they
came out with a movie depicting an evil Republican Senator from
Kansas, he was horrible. Funny that same year Republican Senator
Bob Dole from Kansas ran for President.
When Clinton’s
puppet Al Gore ran in 2000, Hollywood came out with another movie
depicting Republicans in the worst light, one of it’s co-stars
Gary Oldham refused to go on promotional tours for the movie,
he called the flick a piece of propaganda.
Now we are in another election cycle, and CBS
comes out with a tele-movie on the life of Ronald Reagan. CBS
head Les Moonves, a staunch Democratic supporter, says he wanted
to keep to the record as close as possible, it was his duty to
tell the truth and to present a very fair point of view. He fell
short.
The movie does not tell of Regan bringing the
country back from the economic malaise Jimmy Carter, a one termer,
had gotten us in. Nancy Reagan is portrayed as a pill popping
control freak, who relies on her astrologer’s advice and
uses it to influence White House decisions.
In the film Nancy tries to talk Ronald into
getting more money for AIDS research, and he replies “they
that live in sin, shall die in sin”. There is no record of
him ever saying it. Add insult to injury, James Brolin, Barbara
Streisend’s lap dog stars as the former President.
Could this be Hollywood trying to influence
an election again?
That's
how I see it!
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Webb's
World ~ 10/22/2003
