TV Docudrama Blames Clinton for 9/11

NewsMax.com ^ | 9/06/03 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[kattracks]

An upcoming TV docudrama chronicling President Bush's actions in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks blames President Clinton's "weakness" for leaving America vulnerable to the disaster.

Titled "DC/9/11: A Time of Crisis" and set for broadcast Sunday night on Showtime, the film "rarely misses a chance to suggest that the Clinton administration's weakness was to blame for the disaster," reported the New York Times on Friday.

In one poignant exchange, Bush is shown telling Prime Minister Tony Blair, "I want to inflict pain . . bring enough damage so they understand there is a new team here, a fundamental change in our policy."

Besides blaming Clinton for 9/11, the film's positive portrayal of President Bush as a decisive commander-in-chief during America's darkest hour has rankled liberal critics, who complain that "DC 9/11" will likely give Bush a political boost heading into an election year.

"Simultaneously dull and disgraceful," fumed the Washington Post's Tom Shales on Saturday, "'DC 9/11' . . . uses the tragic attack on America in 2001 as the basis for a reelection campaign movie on behalf of George W. Bush."

"The two-hour film often plays like a propaganda piece for the president," complained the Boston Herald's Amy Amatangelo.

In a particularly irksome development for Bush-haters, Timothy Bottoms was chosen for the film's lead role. Bottoms' positive portrayal of Bush in "DC 9/11" is a far cry from his previous role playing the president before the 9/11 attacks, when he portrayed Bush as a stumbling ignoramus in the 2001 Comedy Central send-up, "That's My Bush."

Beyond Bottoms' uncanny physical resemblance to Bush, "DC 9/11" offers dead-on physical impersonations of National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, played by Penny Johnson, and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, played by John Cunningham.

The film was written and produced by Lionel Chetwynd, who purportedly had access to many White House insiders.

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[hoosiermama]

thanks for the ping~~~~~~

"He is, to put it in Hollywood terms, part John Wayne and part Gary Cooper, with a little Jimmy Stewart tossed in for good measure."

TEE HEE! Love IT! Part Texan, part cowboy with a spash of "gentleman" tossed in for good measure....The dems are gonna be mad!

[swheats]

That is so WRONG! Shame on everyone involved! The liberals, after all, would NEVER used t.v. to promote their agenda!!! Ever!

Your chariot waits for you, my dear. :)

[Delmarksman]

Please tape it for me. If I'm not too late in asking.

[MeekOneGOP]

....The dems are gonna be mad!

Gotta love that ! :O)

[rabidralph]

Content: Strong, Coarse Language

"We're going to find out who they are, and we're going to kick their asses!"--President reacting to 9/11.

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

We upgraded to showtime just to watch this movie. After seeing all the added features we are going to get, history channels, NGEO, an aviation channel, we are going to keep the upgrade. But we can't wait to see this movie. We are taping a copy for my folks too.

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

We upgraded to showtime to watch this. We actually loved the kids programs that we got in our upgrade, the science, history, aviation channel, ESPN, and other channels that we didn't get on our standard cable. So we are keeping the upgrade.

Can't wait to see this movie tongight!!

[TatieBug]

Thanks, will be taping ShowTime for sure. I'm thinking of others who would like to watch both and don't have taping options.

[HitmanLV]

Besides blaming Clinton for 9/11, the film's positive portrayal of President Bush as a decisive commander-in-chief during America's darkest hour has rankled liberal critics, who complain that "DC 9/11" will likely give Bush a political boost heading into an election year.

Gee, don't you hate when the truth does that? ;-)

[MeekOneGOP]

Alrighty !! I don't have Showtime. Let us know how you like it if you get a chance after you absorb it.

[floriduh voter]

Is the Condi actress a freeper or anything?

[MeekOneGOP]

Is the Condi actress a freeper or anything?

Penny Johnson ?? I don't think so under that name ...

[SpookBrat]

Do you get Showtime? Can you tape this for me? I'll pay you and all.

[speekinout]

The liberals, after all, would NEVER used t.v. to promote their agenda!!! Ever!

That's correct - they wouldn't. Not like this, at any rate. I can't think of one Dem who'd dare to risk this much exposure.
But for sure, if any film maker did ever get access to the WH personnel and records from the clinton admin. and made an honest film about the first WT bombing in '93, Vince's death, Monica, etc. I'd be glued to the screen watching.

[JustPiper]

Thanx for the ping Ming ;)

[MeekOneGOP]

No, I don't get Showtime.
SOOoo sorry :O( ...

[ahadams2]

Yep, I was living across the river in Alexandria at the time, and it was probably one of the worst kept secrets of the year if a conservative grad student (me) was even aware of it.

[Tribune7]

Things are changing.

[ImphClinton]

Really.

Or a Movie on Whitewater and Hillary's testimony where she can't remember anything. The hiding of the billing records etc.

Brodricks rape.

Communist fund raisers for Clinton and Monks for Gore.

[PJ-Comix]

Do you get Showtime? Can you tape this for me? I'll pay you and all.

I'm sure the DVD will be available soon.