UK drama paints fictional assassination of Bush

Reuters ^ | August 31, 2006 | Adam Pasick

[indcons]

I did a keyword search but didn't see this article posted elsewhere. Please delete if it is a duplicate.

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...Dale acknowledged that the program will be controversial, but maintained that it was a sophisticated work meant to spur debate.

"I'm sure there will be people upset by it," he said. "I hope people will see the intention as a good one."

[in hoc signo vinces]

Cheney becomes POTUS...and makes the worlds bad guys pay, especially the evil, partisan, media...

[MizSterious]

Be sure to drop by the Pray for the President thread--this is nothing less than a call to kill the President, and I have NO doubt that there will be those willing to answer that call. Had a right-winger produced a movie like this about Clinton, the uproar would have been deafening.

[standingfirm]

These are raging liberals, fuming and angry, so much so that they have to create a fantasy reality by making and watching movies. True reality is just too much for them to handle.

My guess is that this will win top awards at the Toronto Film Festival.

[agere_contra]

Bush is killed by a sniper, and the investigation quickly focuses on a Syrian-born man.

I was prepared to be annoyed with Channel 4 about this until I saw this snippet. Though no doubt it will be a Syriana-style apologetic piece

[wideawake]

The press in this country used to be an ally of truth and freedom.

Now the press is a threat to truth and freedom.

The beast should be starved.

It is entirely moral never to pay for anything they sell ever again, whether one uses it or not.

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More4 risks US ire with Bush assassination film (Guardian)

The article links to a picture of the disgusting scene. I prefer not to post the offending picture here.

[Neoliberalnot]

Why is it news that terrorists and their sympathizers want to murder the leader of their enemies. Same thing occurred in WWII and most other wars.

[wideawake]

I was prepared to be annoyed with Channel 4 about this until I saw this snippet.

I guarantee the "quick focus" on the Syrian man will be exposed later in the film as a racist rush to judgment and it will be revealed that the true perpetrator was a white, heterosexual Southern Christian conservative who did the deed because the President was not being fascist enough for his tastes.

You know I'm right.

[AmishDude]

Note that the producers were BBC contributors.

[Neoliberalnot]

The old media is increasingly under the control of the terrorists. How and why is this happening? Money, power?

[indcons]

Agreed on all counts.

As somebody else pointed out, this is nothing but a veiled call for an attack on Pres. Bush. The "healthy debate" that this producer refers to can be done without calling for violence. The left shows its pure hatred again.

I will stop by the Pray for the President thread, MizSterious.

[asp1]

Liberals are liberals no matter where they call home. Why don't they ever come up with a truly controversial piece about the assassination of a mullah or the people of Iran overthrowing Imanutjob and the religious fanatics? Oh, I guess I can answer my own question. Subjects such as these might prove a tad unhealthy for them.

[indcons]

Wait until you see this bit from the Guardian:

"Death of a President also looks at the differing viewpoints of the pro- and anti-Iraq war lobbies and the impact of Mr Bush's war on terror on the US."

[johnny7]

I'd like to rain my 'good intentions' repeatedly upon his soft skull.

[cricket]

I hope people will see the intention as a good one."

'Liberal Crock'. . .all of which continue to fill volumes. . .

[indcons]

http://www.channel4.com/more4/

[demkicker]

"I'm sure there will be people upset by it," he said. "I hope people will see the intention as a good one."

The only good that would come out of such a horrible event would be Cheney nuking the country responsible for hiring the assassin.

[cricket]

Now the press is a threat to truth and freedom. The beast should be starved. It is entirely moral never to pay for anything they sell ever again, whether one uses it or not.

My thoughts as well. I wish more would just 'NO' to MSM and what now passes as a voice of Liberal terrorism.