The politicos in this NG may be interested in an item shown on UK TV tonight, ie 9 October. "Death of a President" is a fictional documentary about events surrounding the assassination/murder of George W Bush on 19 October 2006. Cleverly assembled from real news footage, enacted material (often ambitious in scale) as well as carefully edited real material, it is well performed and IMHO convincing -- except that of course the whole thing is imaginary. (Of course "of course".) Viewers at _that_ end of the political spectrum may well applaud and shout "right on!", while those at the _other_ end seem likely to shrug it off as holding no lessons for the real world. Either way, it works as a detective mystery: who did it and why? It may also remind some who lived through it of the Kennedy Affair and the fumbling which went on back then.
{OT} 10/19, or "Death Of A President"
Oct 10, 2006
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Oops... Looks like Dubya gets a reprieve. I should have posted "19 October 2007". But it's still a cleverly made show.
I won't be wasting my money on it.
Probably paid for by George SoreA$$.
Isn't there a law against foreign parties trying to influence U.S. Elections?
Charles of Schaumburg
"Probably", so therefore "is" -- hrm? ;-)
Possibly. But would that be relevant? (1) This TV mockumentary has been shown in the UK (no doubt with leakage into continental EU). The USians will have to cut their own weeds. (2) It wasn't AFAICT trying to influence anyone's elections, merely explore an imaginary but very plausible scenario. Anyhow, Dubya seems to be taking care of the electoral influencing nicely, on his ownsome.
You probably (so therefore do) need to watch it before deciding.
One doesn't have to WATCH s*it to know that it is s*it.
That must simplify life enormously. No need to learn from the world around you, or think about anything. Boy, am I jealous!
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