Posted on 01/13/2003 8:22:56 AM PST by PJ-Comix
In an interview Friday night on MSNBC's Hardball, which aired after the EST/CST debut of Mr. Sterling, NBC's new show about an appointed U.S. Senator from California, Chris Matthews asked the man who plays Sterling, actor Josh Brolin: “Do you think that George W. Bush is a good President, Senator Sterling?”
Brolin, answering for his character, snapped: “N–O.”
During the debut episode the character largely affirmed his liberalness. Reading a chart with a breakdown of constituent mail, Brolin as “Sterling” reported: “2,387 in favor of a capital gains tax cut, 1,949 opposed. And one undecided.”
Press Secretary “Jackie Brock,” played by Audra McDonald, was flummoxed: “You're undecided?”
Sterling: “Yeah I am after reading the Wall Street Journal's editorial today, yeah.”
Brock informed him: “Well the Journal's never met a tax cut it didn't like. See problem number one with this one is it's going to cost the Treasury at least $12 billion, which means that we have to cut spending by $12 billion and the first place people always go for that kind of money is Medicare. So, the real question is how much do you want to cut spending on health care for the elderly?”
Sterling: “I don't.”
Brock: “Then you just moved out of the undecided column on the capital gains tax cut.”
Sterling: “I guess so.”
That liberal reasoning settles that.
For more about the show produced by liberal political commentator/Hill veteran Lawrence O'Donnell, see: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030110.asp#5
Later, Sterling did express some variance from the liberal line on oil drilling in Alaska, but I'm way over today and so don't have space for that.
The biggest incongruity of the show is how Senator Sterling is portrayed as an independent “idealist,” yet he decides to vote with the Democratic leadership for control of the Senate because they give him seats on the Finance and Appropriations Committees while the Republicans offered only a slot on one of those two committees.
But maybe that's what makes you an “idealist” to liberals: Getting as much taxpayer money for your state as you can.
No, that's problem number two, "Senator". Problem number one is that you do not comprehend that the money in the US Treasury was forcibly deposited by the taxpayers of the US.
When you become aware of where the money comes from, you should be more conscious of where you spend it.
"The West Wing" is getting clobbered by "The Bachelorette" right now. TV audiences' patience with preachy leftist propaganda is wearing very, very thin. "Mr. Sterling" will be a bomb--no question. But watch the DNC/NBC propagandists try to resucitate it several times before putting it out of its misery.
NBC Political Show Formula:
Demmycrats = Good
Republicans = Evil
This guy is trying hard, but at this point he only takes the crumbs. clinton was the all-time smirker.
Do you have a mental image of Josh sitting in Babs's lap so they can do their ventriloquist routine? Never mind, sorry, I didn't want to speculate on any physical contact here (yuk).
True but then wasn't he later RE-HIRED by Senator Sterling?
And laughing ala Richard Widmark as Tommy Udo.
Until, metaphorically, the "shooting" starts. Then it's; "Tommy" this and "Tommy" that and "Tommy help us out of our mess (with apologies to Kipling).
Just four? How about "Will and Grace"?
I have a good friend of mine who has been on many TV current events shows as a guest who has been trying for a couple of years to get one of the networks interested in a current events comedy show that he is trying to produce. Of course he has been shot down on this proposal because of his conservative leanings. If he ever does get the Green Light for such a show, YOURS TRULY will be one of the writers.... And I have a great parody in mind where O'Donnell admits that maybe his shows are a bit too biased so he agrees to write a show about a conservative Republican Senator called Mister Sleazoid. Needless to say, Senator Sleazoid is an evil, vicious, and ignorant right-winger. Oh, and unlike Senator Sterling, Senator Sleazoid would be fat, bald, and ugly with a vicious sneer on his cigar-chomping mouth.
That is so outrageously absurd, I can't stop laughing!! AS IF anyone outside of HollywierdClymerville would believe there's such a thing as an "independent Senator for California," much less a "California senator with integrity." ROTFLMAO!!!
Gee, unlike the Media Research Center, you actually watched the show.
That sounds like a really funny show! Maybe you should develop a story line and sell it as a comedy.
Regards,
TS
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