BUBBA GOES BALLISTIC ON ABC ABOUT ITS DAMNING 9/11 MOVIE (demanding the network "pull the drama")

NY Post ^ | September 7, 2006 -- | Ian Bishop

[IrishMike]

WASHINGTON - A furious Bill Clinton is warning ABC that its mini-series "The Path to 9/11" grossly misrepresents his pursuit of Osama bin Laden - and he is demanding the network "pull the drama" if changes aren't made. Clinton pointedly refuted several fictionalized scenes that he claims insinuate he was too distracted by the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal to care about bin Laden and that a top adviser pulled the plug on CIA operatives who were just moments away from bagging the terror master, according to a letter to ABC boss Bob Iger obtained by The Post.

The former president also disputed the portrayal of then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright as having tipped off Pakistani officials that a strike was coming, giving bin Laden a chance to flee.

"The content of this drama is factually and incontrovertibly inaccurate and ABC has the duty to fully correct all errors or pull the drama entirely," the four-page letter said.

The movie is set to air on Sunday and Monday nights. Monday is the fifth anniversary of the attacks.

Based on the 9/11 commission's report, the miniseries is also being provided to high schools as a teaching aid - although ABC admits key scenes are dramatizations.

The letter, written by Bruce Lindsey, head of the Clinton Foundation, and Douglas Bond, a top lawyer in Clinton's office, accuses the ABC drama of "bias" and a "fictitious rewriting of history that will be misinterpreted by millions of Americans."

Clinton, whose aides first learned from a TV trailer about a week ago that the miniseries would slam his administration, was "surprised" and "incredulous" when told about the film's slant, sources said.

[LetsRok]

I guess "Primary Colors" was a biography? I doubt it.

[angcat]

Good for the bastard. What President Bush has been through the last six years does not compare. If this were a Bush bash fest the Leftarded would praise it.

[MinuteGal]

Oh, oh....someone better get the Arkancide List out of the mothballs, dust it off and have it at the ready.

Leni

[litehaus]

"Now he knows how a conservative feels" .....Karl and Scooter come to mind/////

[Tribune7]

Yeah, baby!!!!!

[mak5]

Since the role of Richard Clarke, Madeline Albright and Sandy Berger in stopping the CIA from getting rid of Bin Laden ("the President didn't want to assassinate" him)has been verified by the head of the CIA team, this is nothing short of an attempt to preempt the impact of the show or to censor it.

[KarlInOhio]

2) Why is ABC, a bought and paid for member of the VLWC, working on anything that doesn't heap praise on the rats? The needle on the old BS meter is twitching. I bet it will flatter Bubba. This is false outrage to boost ratings.

One problem with this is that Rush has already seen it and says it is condemming to XXX-42. If any significant changes are made we will hear about it Monday and Tuesday. ABC is trapped between the Clintons and Limbaugh. Is Bob Iger more frightened of the Right turning on him or of his corpse being dropped off at Fort Marcy Park?

[Sacajaweau]

This isn't about Bubba. This is about Hillary. When she started her campaigning, every third sentence was "lets go back to the good days of Bubba".

Bubba will bring down Hillary!!!

[AmericanInTokyo]

To Sandy Berger:

(In that photo), are you about to 'cut one loose', or is that just national security documents falling down your inside your pant leg?

[KarlInOhio]

I am so glad that the Lewinsky angle is present in this film.

Lewinsky Angle? Is that film jargon for a upward shot from floor level?

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Maybe Michael Moore can fix it for him.

[EBH]

http://abc.go.com/site/contactus.html

(818) 460-7477*

Is that fax or phone?

[cpforlife.org]

"Now someone dares to show Clinton's culpability, to what extent we don't know as we haven't seen the thing, and they scream like stuck pigs."

Better yet: they're screaming like Islammo-Fascists stuck TO pigs... or poor pigs stuck TO Islammo-Fascists.

If Klintoon is whining that this is a lie that means it must be TRUE.

[small voice in the wilderness]

One good thing to note: clinton can no longer bomb anything to draw attention away from truth. But he does have friends in very low places. Wonder what Satan's e-mail address is?...

[Ditto]

CENSORSHIP!

Or at least that's what they would be screaming if a Republican demanded that a film be pulled.

[Antoninus]

This smells like a media set-up to me. They're providing a reason for conservatives to watch it. What do you want to bet it ends up being Fahrenheit 9/11 times 20?

[NCC-1701]

Screw you, bubba. We're running the mini series as-is and unedited. Now clean the f'in car.

[usmcobra]

Quick someone ask Bill Clinton about his Ninja plan, it's a riot.

[Antoninus]

2) Why is ABC, a bought and paid for member of the VLWC, working on anything that doesn't heap praise on the rats? The needle on the old BS meter is twitching. I bet it will flatter Bubba. This is false outrage to boost ratings.

Bingo. They're trying to get us to watch. Sorry, I won't.

[slowhand520]

This is funny. It is like telling a kid "don't watch that movie because it is scary", or "don't buy that CD because of its content". The kids are obviously going to be interested if you say that stuff. I find it funny that President Bush took his lumps for 5 years when accusations and pseudo documentaries were made about him. Yet he never said a peep. And one thing that challenges the Clintons drive them and their ilk nuts. Why??/ Because the truth hurts!!!