Posted on 10/14/2008 4:36:30 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy
If Sen. John McCain has more to say publicly about his time in a North Vietnamese prison before next month's election, it will not be with help from Warner Brothers.
The studio moved quietly over the last few weeks to block any promotional showing of an interview — tied to the release of the first DVD version of the 1987 film Hanoi Hilton — in which McCain spoke of his imprisonment in the Hoa Lo prison during the Vietnam War. The studio is concerned that any pre-election showing might embroil the project in electoral politics.
"It's just us trying to be cautious and not affect the election one way or the other," said Ronnee Sass, a spokeswoman for the studio's home entertainment division.
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Shame on them.
John McCain is an American hero.
Political? Naaahhhhh.
Well, they just guaranteed I won’t be buying their DVD until it hits the clearance bin at WalMArt. Screw them.
Damned Hollyweird hypocrites. So B.S. like Oliver Stone's "W" is NOT related to electoral politics?
“The studio is concerned that any pre-election showing might embroil the project in electoral politics.”
Seems like they’ve done that anyway. Although it’s kinda ridiculous for the media to say that it doesn’t want to be embroiled in election politics. That’s all they are about.
Doesn’t Warner Brothers own any TV stations—
maybe the ones Obamao is airing his half hour ad
the day before the election?
>John McCain is an American hero.<
Time served in a POW Camp DOES NOT qualify one for seating in the Office of the President of the United States! He is a war veteran the same as anyone else who served in combat. The fact that he managed to stay alive is great but it doesn’t make him a hero.
They probably don’t want to run afoul of McCain/Feingold. Ironic, isn’t it?!
Cowards
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