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The same day the Republican National Committee agreed to a resolution that barred the party from participating in debates with NBC and CNN, Fox Television Studios reportedly has canceled plans to produce a miniseries centered on Hillary Clinton for NBC.
The Hollywood Reporter reported Friday that Fox will not produce the miniseries, which will star Diane Lane. The planned miniseries has caused something of a revolt among members of the NBC News staff, as anchor Chuck Todd predicted it would be a "total nightmare."
The RNC immediately jumped on the news here as a sign that NBC should cancel the production of the miniseries.
“We’ve said from the beginning that what matters is who is airing the production promoting Hillary Clinton ahead of a 2016 presidential campaign," RNC spokeswoman Kirsten Kukowski said in a statement.
"Between NBC reporters vocally opposing the miniseries and now the production studio pulling its product, it’s clear NBC’s talking points are falling apart and they should cancel their Hillary Clinton production."
I could not be less shocked by this news.
I certainly hope that NBC sticks to their plans and broadcasts that Hilary miniseries. I mean let's face it we KNOW it is going to attract more viewers than broadcasting the RNC version of "Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbest."
Besides who in their right mind thinks that anybody's mind will be changed by watching a Hillary Clinton miniseries? Her detractos will focus on the negative, her supporters will focus on the positive, and the undecided will be watching reruns of Wheel of Fortune.
In other words NOBODY is really going to have their opinion, or desire to vote, changed by a miniseries or documentary.
That is not to say that all of this has not been informative, it has.
And what it has informed me of is the fact that we may as well do an early preemptive inauguration of Hillary right now. Because according to the Republican party, she is essentially unbeatable.
By the way, referring to that earlier Sarah Palin post, it looks like we have found a whole party full of pussies.
I think, that Hillary, will do a good job, representing herself. She might not have wanted, the mini-series done.
ReplyDeleteShe is starting to go among the public and talk to the people. She draws a commanding audience. They (the people) can judge for themselves. They can ask the questions that, only she, can answer.
I'm thinking that anything Clinton that Fox would agree to do would have to have a negative slant.
DeleteGood riddance.
I'm confused. How can NBC cancel the production of a miniseries produced by FOX?
ReplyDeleteFox Television Studios are giving up an opportunity to make some income from producing the miniseries. I'm sure other studios are chomping at the bit to step forward to produce the Hillary miniseries.
ReplyDeleteGotta say, those pants scare the heck out of me. They might make a comeback.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't going to comment on the, uh, unfortunate pattern.
DeleteYes, I wore them, too. But hey everyone did!
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DeleteSorry for the OT Gryph, but just noticed you have LGF on your blogroll. Yeah!!
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I think its hysterical how nuts the GOP got about this. I consider it a win
ReplyDeletewatching them scratch, claw, piss and whine. Good times, good times.
"we may as well do an early preemptive inauguration of Hillary right now. Because according to the Republican party, she is essentially unbeatable"
ReplyDeleteSorry, I seem to remember people having this exact feeling in 2008. She wasn't unbeatable then, and I don't think she's unbeatable now (though her experience running State has definitely improved her already impressive resume).
Don't close your eyes and dismiss the effect she will have on the general election (a fractured Republican party with a candidate they can motivate the base, tea partiers and moderate republicans to unite to defeat). There will be alot of well-qualified Dems in the primary, and the Republican field won't be the clown show it was in 2012.
Agree completely. She, like nothing in the past 8 years, will unite the GOP (and the GOP hierarchy will silently be grateful for that). I am a progressive who believes in Murphy's Law. I totally believe that a multitude of unforeseeable events could easily set up a scenario where Cruz, horrible as he is, can beat Hillary. I also believe that Christie could beat her. I do not believe that Rand Paul could beat Hillary, and I think that the rest of them are totally wasting their time even trying.
DeleteCru has to get past his Canadian birth certificate...after the stink they continue to raise about Obama and Hawaii, even the GOP faithful are questioning him. And Christie? I was listening to a gal from the west, adn she said Christie will not go over well in the south or the west. And he is such a hateful guy when quesioned, he has been a bully in town halls; I can't imagine him debating and not letting his true colors appear.
DeleteWhenever the Hillary candidacy gets underway, we'll hear lots about her Arkansas years and then Washington.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm her contemporary, and, when I look at the picture of Hillary c.1969 in her Wellesley dorm room, my heart and mind go back to that time. It was one of the most chaotic and crazy periods in American history. She was one of a thousand smart students who were trying to figure out what was happening, and what their place would be in American history. We're all a product of our times, and that time is one that shaped Hillary as much as any other.
I'm sad for all that Hillary had to go through, but am glad as anything that she had the guts to stick it out, and to use her profound intellect to be available to lead our country.
Maybe she's the last Baby Boomer who'll do so (although the technical period of BBs is '46-'64). She represents all that the right hates and the left admires in her efforts. She's no angel, but she'll carry as much of the idealism of that time with her, all the way to the White House.
She just may be able to carry it off, against the Kochs and the Roves and the rest of the right wing cabal. They've thrown out Palin and Cain and Gingrich to take our eye away from their real game. Now we're going to get down to it, and she'll be victorious.
By its behavior, the RNC has guaranteed that, if aired, the miniseries will garner top-dollar air time for all the ads run with the program, to say nothing of top-bill listener load (just to check out why the RNC was so afraid of it). Just one more in a long line of stupid GOP acts having unintended consequences.
ReplyDeleteI'm not too sorry about a dramatization of Hillary's life being cancelled. Very few biopics are really worthy of their subjects, one recent excellent exception being Lincoln and of course, Game Change. I would much rather see an in depth profile on PBS to give me a good, historical view of her life and career, ya know? Still it has been funny watching the tantrums the GOP has been throwing over this.
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So, there are up in arms about a Hillary Clinton miniseries. Remind me: were they up in arms when that miniseries of swift boating Kerry came along?
ReplyDeleteDidn't think so.
Fair and balanced MY FOOT!
It's called cutting off your nose to spite your face. I hope someone else picks it up, like the OWN network or HBO, you know, the station that picked up "Game Change, How Sarah Palin sank the GOP's chances for at least Sixteen Years"
ReplyDeleteEven if no one picks it up, we'll see a long bio of Hillary's at her inauguration speech.
Good! At least two networks will be free of this circus.
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