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FX’s timing of Clinton-Lewinsky TV drama hits Democrats hard
NYP ^ | August 7, 2019 | 9:20pm | Tamar Lapin

Posted on 08/07/2019 8:30:45 PM PDT by conservative98

A made-for-TV drama about the Clinton-Lewinsky sex scandal couldn’t debut at a worse possible time for Democrats — just weeks before the 2020 presidential election.

FX has announced that “American Crime Story: Impeachment” will chronicle former President Bill Clinton’s encounter with then-White House intern Monica Lewinsky and the impeachment proceedings that followed.

The release date, Sept. 27, 2020 — could be a political pain for Democrats. Election Day is on Nov. 3.

“Timing is everything and the timing they chose couldn’t be worse for the Democrats,” said political consultant Hank Sheinkopf, whose clients have included Clinton and former Mayor Mike Bloomberg. “It’ll be a great day for Donald Trump.”

Veteran TV reporter Mark Harris tweeted, “Airing this during the final six weeks of the 2020 election is an abysmal idea … I hope FX reconsiders the timing.”

Filmmaker April Wolfe added, “I’m sure this new American Crime Story will be interesting and good but am also sure I won’t be able to handle it coming out right around the 2020 election when Trump desperately wants to rehash Trump vs. Clinton.”

Although neither Bill nor Hillary will be on the ticket, the TV show could haunt whichever Dem becomes the party’s standard-bearer, Sheinkopf said.

“The question will be, especially with the Me Too movement … where was [Joe] Biden and all the others and why didn’t they act? Why didn’t they protect this woman?” he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 90s; biden; clinton; joebiden; lewinsky; trump
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1 posted on 08/07/2019 8:30:45 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

I’ll go first That sucks!


2 posted on 08/07/2019 8:31:22 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Use Comey's Report, Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: conservative98

How about you and I kill us some ladies tonight?
3 posted on 08/07/2019 8:32:21 PM PDT by conservative98
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Veteran TV reporter Mark Harris tweeted, “Airing this during the final six weeks of the 2020 election is an abysmal idea … I hope FX reconsiders the timing.”

Oh, you know they will.

4 posted on 08/07/2019 8:32:47 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: morphing libertarian

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5 posted on 08/07/2019 8:33:57 PM PDT by glasseye ("24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not." ~ H. L. Mencken)
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To: conservative98

if it actually hurts the democrats, I will put up with it. But of course, that is my wishful thinking, it won’t hurt not one bit. I will just be tortured having to relive that vile BS.


6 posted on 08/07/2019 8:33:58 PM PDT by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
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To: conservative98

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Words that won’t be in the script


7 posted on 08/07/2019 8:36:21 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: glasseye

calm down, breath get me a pizza and a cigar


8 posted on 08/07/2019 8:38:05 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Use Comey's Report, Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: conservative98

Lewinsky’s co-producing. I won’t watch it. I haven’t watched any of the other seasons of the program.


9 posted on 08/07/2019 9:01:38 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: conservative98

“Nice doo you have there Joeden”


10 posted on 08/07/2019 9:08:13 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (There's a stairway to heaven, but there's a highway to hell.)
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To: txnativegop

Agreed. Won’t change a vote.

If that stuff worked Trump wouldn’t have gotten one vote.

Media doesn’t have the power it used to.


11 posted on 08/07/2019 9:14:38 PM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: morphing libertarian

Just taking the headline

Run a duck duck go search

Clinton Lewinsky hit hard Demoncrats

Now try the Goolag search


12 posted on 08/07/2019 9:27:26 PM PDT by ptsal
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To: dp0622

although if it makes some high ranking Dems squirm some, I guess I could take that as a win. I think anyway.


13 posted on 08/07/2019 9:29:20 PM PDT by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
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To: conservative98

Starr Report footnote 210:

Monica and Bill engaged in oral ANAL sex.

Gross huh? Plus you don’t believe me.

Look it up and you’ll see.

It’s in paragraph 115, down about 15% of the way at this link:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/icreport/srprintable.htm?noredirect=on


14 posted on 08/07/2019 9:29:39 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: ptsal

I’m a duck duck guy Trying to degooglize my life


15 posted on 08/07/2019 9:31:27 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Use Comey's Report, Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: conservative98

It will be moved... Sure as the sun rises.


16 posted on 08/07/2019 9:34:11 PM PDT by JerseyDvl ("If you're going through hell, keep going.")
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To: Texas Eagle

Yeah, they’ll push it back to mid-November.


17 posted on 08/07/2019 9:37:47 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (This Space For Rant)
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To: conservative98

Wow Biden and his mullet seems like heavy overcompensation.


18 posted on 08/07/2019 9:39:53 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: conservative98

Hollywood doesn’t hurt democrats... There must be a twist in the movie that damages Republicans.

This story is BS.


19 posted on 08/07/2019 9:49:17 PM PDT by GOPJ (Truth cannot be racist; only evil dishonest reprobates would say otherwise - Mychal Massie)
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To: conservative98
I had a sweet little HP Laser Jet 5L . . . until Mrs. Chandler got the idea to surprise me by printing out the entire Starr Report -- all 453 pages at once, burning out the toner cartridge.


20 posted on 08/07/2019 9:52:28 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (This Space For Rant)
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