Thursday, October 03, 2013

Another "War on Women" post. The Hillary Clinton edition.

'They're making a movie to attack my character? Good luck with that."
Courtesy of the Hollywood Reporter:  

A day after CNN and NBC canceled plans for a Hillary Clinton documentary and miniseries, respectively, another group, Citizens United, said it will press ahead with plans for a movie about the former first lady, senator and secretary of state. 

The yet-to-be titled movie will be distributed theatrically, shown on television and released on DVD, though partnerships are under wraps so far. Citizens United is a conservative organization frequently attacked by liberals, primarily because it successfully sued the U.S. government over a 2008 movie that was also about Clinton. 

In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that blocking the airing of Hillary: The Movie on the grounds that it amounted to political advertising was an unconstitutional breach of free speech. 

David Bossie, president and chairman of Citizens United, says the movie will be released in 2016, ahead of the next presidential election. Like Hillary: The Movie, the upcoming film is not expected to be a flattering portrayal of the presumed Democratic candidate for president, though it will primarily explore her life as secretary of state from 2009-13. Hillary: The Movie, on the other hand, was released prior to her appointment to the State Department and was about her roles as first lady of Arkansas, first lady of the U.S. and U.S. Senator from New York. 

"This is why I went to the Supreme Court," Bossie tells The Hollywood Reporter. "Now that I won that case, I can do whatever I want with this new movie. I can advertise it on radio and TV, show it on TV whenever I want to -- all the things they stopped us from doing with Hillary: The Movie." 

At first I thought that perhaps THIS movie was why the Republicans threw such a shit fit over the NBC and CNN versions. You know fear of comparison and all.

However this Bossie guy, if he is to be believed, says that is not accurate.

Bossie said he was partially disappointed that CNN and NBC ditched their projects because he'd have relished the comparisons between what he presumes those networks would have created against what he has in store. 

"NBC was casting Diane Lane as Hillary Clinton. Come on. They were doing everything in their power to make Hillary look good, which is their right," he said. "But ours will not be a puff piece designed to promote a Hillary Clinton presidency."

Yeah I have little doubt this will not be a puff piece. More like a hatchet job.

The good news is that the previous Citizens United films, an anti-Occupy movement film called "Occupied Unmasked" and an anti-Terry McAuliff, film called "Fast Teddy," seem to have garnered little attention, nor had any real impact on their subjects. And personally I don't know ANYBODY who saw "Hillary: The Movie."

(To be honest I always assumed that it had never been released.)

It is also informative to remember that right before the 2012 election their was an anti-Obama film called "2016: Obama's America," which had ABSOLUTELY no impact on the President's reelection bid.

And besides let's face it, Hillary Clinton eats assholes like this David Bossie guy for breakfast. In other words this war on this PARTICULAR woman might find the aggressors running for the hills with their tails between their legs.

10 comments:

  1. Anonymous8:11 AM

    McConnell, Paul caught discussing GOP shutdown strategy on hot mic

    A live microphone on Wednesday caught Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) discussing the GOP's shutdown strategy.

    Both suggested Democrats will be hurt by their refusal to negotiate with Republicans over ending the shutdown.

    “I know we don’t want to be here, but we’re going to win this, I think," Paul said at one point in the conversation.

    A video of the two was posted on conservative website, mofopolitics.com. Both senators did not appear to realize they were being recorded.

    "I just go over and over again, we’re willing to compromise, we’re willing to negotiate,” Paul said softly into McConnell’s ear.


    “I don’t think they poll-tested we won’t negotiate. I think it’s awful for them to say that over and over again,” Paul added.

    “Yeah, I do, too,” said McConnell, who had just returned from a White House meeting with President Obama and other congressional leaders on the shutdown.

    “And I just came back from the two-hour meeting with him, and that was basically the same view privately as it was publicly,” McConnell said.

    Paul seemed to suggest that if Republicans highlight that they've moved on from defunding the healthcare law to delaying it, they could win the public relations fight on the shutdown.

    “I think if we keep saying we wanted to defund it, we fought for that, but now we’re willing to compromise on this…,” Paul said.

    The White House and Senate Democats have said they will not accept measures delaying or defunding ObamaCare in connection with funding the government or raising the debt ceiling. They have also objected to narrower measures, such as a repeal of a tax on medical devices meant to pay for a portion of the health law.

    http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/326359-mcconnell-and-paul-on-hot-mic-we-will-win#ixzz2gfmrrJV2

    ...So the quote of the day comes from this article in the Washington Examiner, in which a Tea Party congressman sums up nicely the fight over the government shutdown:

    "We're not going to be disrespected," conservative Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., added. "We have to get something out of this. And I don't know what that even is."

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    And there you have it. The part that's most important isn't that Stutzman doesn't know what they want, because I think all he's saying is that it could be any number of things.

    ...Keep in mind that for these Tea Partiers, the substance of policy is not particularly important; what matters now is being able to tell themselves and their constituents that they stuck it to Barack Obama.
    http://prospect.org/article/r-e-s-p-e-c-t-find-out-what-it-means-tea-party

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    1. Anonymous10:54 AM

      Not good for republicans to suggest this is just a game to them. These guys are strictly amateur hour.

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  2. Anonymous8:37 AM

    Funny how, when talking about a democrat, people recognize how illegitimate accounts of a person's life are when they come from anyone OTHER than the subject. Double standard.

    Humanistic Fact: The only accurate account of a person's life can come from the person who lived it.

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    1. Anonymous10:04 AM

      I'm all Hillary 2016, but come on, your second paragraph was ludicrous. Imagine a Sarah Palin film as told by Sarah Palin - yeah, that would be accurate.

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    2. When are you going to drop this stunningly stupid brain fart of yours? It is stupid and false.

      Anyone's account of their life is quite likely to be told in a way that puts them in the best possible light.

      On the other hand, it is obviously possible to state the actual observed facts, events, and sayings of another person's life.

      Please explain (I know you can't and won't because you obviously are nuttier than a bag of peanuts) why you keep repeating something so stupid.

      Never mind. It's clear. You are not only crazy, but stupid.

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    3. Anonymous10:55 AM

      Are you off your medication or something? Your recent comments here and on Malia's blog have been practically incomprehensible.

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  3. Anonymous9:24 AM

    Diane Lane as Hillary Clinton would have been perfect. HRH has a real chance to be our first female president in 2016. The government shutdown will hurt the Republicans in 2014 and probably beyond. Changing demographics will also play a role in future elections and can only hurt Republicans.

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  4. Anonymous9:29 AM

    It is worth noting that when Hillary ran for the Senate she was transparent about moving to another state to do so. If Sarah Palin wants to run for the Senate she cannot do it for the seat from Alaska as she is not a resident there. She would need to do it for a seat from Arizona, where she now lives. And that would open up a whole can of worms regarding her school-age children who still live in Alaska. Voters would not look kindly on a mother who abandoned her children to move thousands of miles away.

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  5. Anonymous9:29 AM

    Well if they don't want to be tagged as hypocritical (again) wouldn't they boycott the debates over this one too???????

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  6. Anita Winecooler7:05 PM

    Please, whoever does Hillary's story, call it "Undefeatable" ! Diane Lane would be perfect!

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