WB Network--Jack and Bobby TV Show Shills for Kerry!!!

http://www.thewb.com/Shows/Show/0,7353,||1985,00.html?frompromo=television_maintouts_tv_jack_bobby ^ | 09/19/04 | GRRRRR

[GRRRRR]

UN FREAKIN' Believable..we now have a TV program on the Warner Broadcasting Network that is OPENLY campaigning for the sKerry DNC Camp...see this pic I just captured...

This should be CLEARLY AGAINST FEC rules???

Will check more...for WB phone number etc...

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[Arthalion]

The pro-Kerry stuff seems to reinforce the point of the show. You have this introverted kid who grows up in an ultra-political left wing household with a pot smoking college professor mother, who still somehow manages to become a highly respected Republican Senator, and later a great President, in the 2040's. Since his youth is supposed to be set in the "present", it wouldn't be believable if they didn't have her shilling for the Kerry campaign. By the way, did you catch how unenthusiastic and uninspired the kids supporting the Kerry campaign were? That was definitely NOT an endorsement, and was generally reflective of what I've seen on real college campuses.

Ultimatly I think the writers have done a decent job of keeping the show politically neutral. He grew up in a left wing Democrat household, turned into a respected Republican Senator, and then became the first President to win as an Independent. With the population in the US split about 50/50 between Republicans and Democrats, they seem to be walking a fine line while trying not to alienate anybody. The point where the kid had ten or twelve Kerry/Edwards pins on his shirt was a little questionable, but that's the only hint of bias I've seen in any of the scenes.

By the way, those of you avoiding the show should give it a chance. Despite all the crud piled on top, it's actually not a bad series, and the real storyline is about the relationship between two brothers trying to lead a "normal" life despite the drug habits and impositions of their whacked out commie mother. I was flipping through the channels when I stumbled across the first episode, and I found it to be pretty well written and an interesting view of what many kids nowadays deal with every day.

[dutyhonorcountry]

I thought the kerry references were priceless. I'm sure his campaign is delighted to see his supporters depicted as apathetic pot smokers. (Even if they weren't, I certainly was.) It's cool to see the liberal mother written so well. She's an honest liberal and it's not pretty.