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| gTHE PATH TO 9/11 PRE POST MORTEM |
| 2006-09-08 |
| In perusing the left blogosphere looking for reaction to the ABC mini-series The Path to 9/11 one would think that the project was chock full of lies, historical inaccuracies, and pro-Republican propaganda. But look a little closer and you find that all liberal blogs highlight the same 3 scenes as proof of bias by Disney and the writers. Thatfs three scenes in a 5 hour movie. Is that reason enough to condemn the entire project with the most outrageously exaggerated, end of the world rhetoric imaginable? One would think that the film they are talking about was a Republican campaign commercial by the wild flights of hyperbole theyfre throwing around. The leftfs condemnation of the few minutes of admittedly historically inaccurate scenes (that if ABC canft cut or fix will probably doom the show entirely) represents only one half of the forces who are critiquing the film. The complaints about the portrayal of Clinton and his people failing to act are being made by the cadre of Clintonistas who see any revelations regarding this aspect of 9/11 as a direct threat to Hillaryfs candidacy. Some of these same actors who are yelping the loudest have dreams of serving in the Clinton II presidency. And aside from the evident license that the screen writer took with the specific scenes under attack, there is a sense that Clinton and his people would rather the entire project disappear down the rabbit hole. But there is a whole other side to the liberals efforts to tear this show apart. This is the faction that is screaming that the film doesnft blame Bush enough for 9/11. How do they know if they havenft seen it? The know because The Narrative that they have been using for 5 years to undermine his Presidency is a tissue of lies, half-truths, deliberate exaggerations of the facts, and hysterical intimations of evil. In short, the truth – even if it is revealed in a flawed docudrama – threatens the alternate reality they have created about 9/11. Go to any 5 lefty websites and you will probably see the same picture on a couple of them. Itfs a shot of Bush sitting in the classroom (now with a Mickey Mouse Club hat on his head) as the planes hit the towers. This is the image of 9/11 the left wants the American people to remember. Not the falling towers. Not people jumping to their deaths. They are using ridicule to belittle the President because they know that memories of 9/11 will revive feelings from that time that would be unhelpful to their efforts in November. Bush himself is attempting to resurrect those feelings during this anniversary. His travels that day will take him from Washington, D.C., to New York, to Pennsylvania. And he is going to give a prime time speech that night. This, the left can deal with. They can rightly point out that the President is playing politics with the anniversary. But the feelings of solidarity with the President that the American people demonstrated in the aftermath of the attacks scares the holy living beejeebees out of the left. And thatfs why they are attacking this film with more energy and vigor than they have ever demonstrated attacking the enemies of the United States. The film has the potential to undermine both the Clintonistafs whitewashing of history and the BDS-enraged bloggers who seek to save their threatened Narrative of events from being challenged by reality. And the pressure they are putting on ABC will more than likely succeed. Watch for ABC to announce the cancellation tomorrow morning and instead offer the film for release on DVD. And then watch the heads roll at ABC over this $40 million boondoggle while the left goes back to denying the very essence of what 9/11 meant. |
| Posted by:mcsegeek1 |
| #2 Interesting.... interview with screenwriter tonight, said only the first night had been released, the time up to 2000. Then kinda hinted to the second night, not too good to Bush etc. Will be interesting, if this disses Bush on Monday nite. Have read, it isn't too kind to Condi. Hummmm wonder what the now disseses will say about the second night if it makes Bush and team look bad? Silence, is their native language. Interesting that ABC only released the first night. Maybe they didn't want any flack if they make Bush look bad. Will be hard --- 7 months against 8 years, and most cabinet and support not in place till May or June. It concerns me, ABC may get the last laugh, with the last remember of the Path to 911, aiming blame at Bush. They do protray Richard Clark as a "hero." Scary |
| Posted by: Sherry 2006-09-08 23:21 |
| #1 Wierd. Don't know what happened to the font when I posted this. Sorry Fred......... |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-09-08 21:29 |