NEW MOVIE: THE ARKANSAS PRISON BLOOD SCANDAL (how can Hollywood support a clinton, Mr. Gere?)

kellyduda@factor8movie.com ^ | 12.28.05 | Kelly Duda

[Mia T]

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[Mia T]

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[beyond the sea]

I'm wondering, do you remember, and/or is it true ....... that a few years ago Congress, at the very end of the year, snuck into the budget an amount of (hush) money for the people of Canada who were sickened or killed by the selling of that Arkansas tainted blood?

[T'wit]

As best I recall, Kelly is a native Arkansan. He took much or all of this footage as an employee of Michael Galster, author of BLOOD TRAIL. Neither of them is a Clintonista.

We "Bloodhounds" posted upwards of 600 articles on the contaminated blood story. Dig around and see what you can find; that's the best way to catch up on all this.

[T'wit]

Mike Galster owns the movie rights. One hopes he could do better than the Thomasons :-)

[bmwcyle]

Good find!

[T'wit]

I myself did not hear such a story, which does not mean it isn't true. Don't know.

Canadians have been warring for years about it. A compensation package for victims was passed but apparently not delivered, or was too small. (One or another of our Canadian friends will know this story better than I.) The Canadian Red Cross had to offer a settlement to keep from going bankrupt in lawsuits (its own blood agency did go bankrupt many years ago).

Hey, BigM, check in here and help with this info, my memory is a bit dusty :-)

[Mia T]

thanx to WorkingClassFilth for the video
special thanx to Jim Robinson

According to White House insiders, Thomason coached the president how to clench his jaw while delivering his strongest denial.

"I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky," Clinton said during a White House ceremony on Jan. 26.

Thomason reportedly feels the president actually flubbed one of the lines. The president wasn't supposed to refer to Lewinsky as "that woman." [It's not the best of timing to reveal one's misogynistic mindset during one's sexual harassment trial, is it Harry?]

Sources have told CNN that Thomason can thank a July New Yorker magazine article about the Lewinsky image-managing machine for his grand jury appearance.

Apparently it raised a number of questions for prosecutors, including did he have any telling conversations with his old friend, the president, some reportedly in the wee hours of the morning walking the grounds of the White House?

Thomason is the producer of such television series as "Designing Women" and "Hearts Afire."

In the past Thomason has taken an active role as image consultant for his friends from Arkansas. He and his wife, Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, produced the famous "Man From Hope" video that introduced Clinton to a nationwide audience in 1992.

He also orchestrated the Clintons' New York walk into the 1992 Democratic convention, and was also influential in choreographing the 1996 Chicago convention. Thomason's name has also come up in connection to the infamous firings of White House travel office personnel.

Clinton Committed To Testify

[Mia T]

bloodworth fyi

[bmwcyle]

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[T'wit]

Interesting find. I don't think it's politics, though. Kelly is hungry to break into film-making. This contact would be a chance to network a bit and advance his career.

[Mia T]

I can visualize a campaign ad series featuring victims and family survivors of victims of the clintons' tainted blood....

[beyond the sea]

I can visualize a campaign ad series featuring victims and family survivors of victims of the clintons' tainted blood....

Yes ......... that would hit home to the voters who generally only feel (rather than thinking).

[bmwcyle]

bttt

[T'wit]

I think we'd best wait until we see if the movie is worthy of public attention. Kelly gives many of the credits to himself, so I'll be surprised if we have much more than home movies here. And if so, as I noted above, my worry is that he'll do a lot more harm than good by trivializing an astonishing true story.

If he did a good job, more power to him. I'll give him the loudest cheer. But I know something about the footage he had on hand and I'll reserve my comments until I see what he did with it.

[PGalt]

BTTT. Thanks.

[Mia T]

My sense is that regardless of any political leanings, he is pure on this. Even if this is the case, he still has to protect the product from being infected by clinton operatives.

[Wolverine]

bump

[Mia T]

What do you know about the footage?

[Mia T]

thx :)