Hollywood having a little fun with Bush’s war on terrorism?

Those who’ve seen an early screening say that in the upcoming “American Dreamz,” Dennis Quaid does a George Bush impersonation as a sheltered president who decides to read a newspaper one day — to the consternation of the controlling vice president played by a balding and lumpy Willem Dafoe. At one point, the president agrees to be a judge on an “American Idol”-like show being targeted by terrorists. “It’s going to be pretty funny,” insisted co-star Chris Klein. Quaid has said the send-up is neither pro-Democrat nor pro-Republican, but he acknowledges there’s some Bush and Reagan in his role. And to think people said the success of “The Passion of the Christ” blew a lasting hole through Hollywood’s liberalism.
Posted by Rhonda Holman

3 Comments

  1. Ed Friedemann
    Posted December 5, 2005 at 7:33 am | Permalink

    The words “terrorism and terrorist” should be eliminated from journalism. Why? Because they can not and are not used properly. They are both misnomers.

    The origin or those word’s modern connotation began in Israel to describe the Palestinian resistance to Israeli brutality. They came in handy for Israel to get both sympathy and money from the United States. They currently serve to justify the war in Iraq and Israeli unwillingness to form a Palestinian State.

    The “war on terrorism” is meaningless and defies definition. It suggests that 9/11 was not a retaliatory attack against the United States for decades of killing Arabs. Even though the targets were military. It is used now to describe just about anyone who fights back. Especially if the use unconventional weapons or just themselves.

    Wars always kill civilians, which nullifies the finger-pointing when a “resistance” kills civilians. Those words are never used to describe the aggressor even when that aggressor is bombing entire villages or cities, often creating a massacre.

    “terrorism and terrorist” are little more than advertising slogans, to make people angry at the wrong people. To deflect attention away from the truth.

    Where would George W. Bush be without them? Mostly out of luck.

    As you can see, they’ve become a joke.

  2. james
    Posted December 5, 2005 at 7:42 am | Permalink

    No Ed. You’re the joke.

  3. TRACY
    Posted December 5, 2005 at 2:47 pm | Permalink

    Even if Ed is a joke he is making more sense than your president.Now I’m a joke too.Keep laughing (James) while the Ol’ boys in DC take your money and your civil rights.Funny stuff, huh you self appointed comedy critic.