[snarks_when_bored]

Here's something I liked in the Mamet conversion piece:

I found not only that I didn't trust the current government (that, to me, was no surprise), but that an impartial review revealed that the faults of this president—whom I, a good liberal, considered a monster—were little different from those of a president whom I revered.

Bush got us into Iraq, JFK into Vietnam. Bush stole the election in Florida; Kennedy stole his in Chicago. Bush outed a CIA agent; Kennedy left hundreds of them to die in the surf at the Bay of Pigs. Bush lied about his military service; Kennedy accepted a Pulitzer Prize for a book written by Ted Sorenson. Bush was in bed with the Saudis, Kennedy with the Mafia. Oh.

Of course, I don't agree with quite everything here, but as a slap-in-the-face to brain-dead liberal adulation of John Kennedy, this is hard to beat...

[BallyBill]

I remember seeing his "The Water Engine" years ago. I thought it was great. It just seemed to disappear from TV.

All the great stuff he has done, but that is the movie that sticks in my mind when I hear his name.

[jimbo123]

David Mamet: Why I Am No Longer a ‘Brain-Dead Liberal’
An election-season essay
by David Mamet
March 11th, 2008 12:00 AM

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0811,why-i-am-no-longer-a-brain-dead-liberal,374064,1.html/full

[Stepan12]

I'm glad to hear this.

I have to say that I thought him the best movie dialogue writer alive.

Remember the in "The Untouchables" between Kevin Costner and the fellow who tried to bribe him?

Costner: "In Roman times when a fellow tried to bribe a public official, they would sew him up with a wild animal and throw the bag into the river...."

Beautiful!

[SunkenCiv]

Interesting.

[Cacique]

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