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Filed under: Comedy, Drama, Independent, Lionsgate Films, Michael Moore If you read any part of that draft of W., Oliver Stone's Bush biopic, which hit the net a few months back, you might think it ludicrous for the film to be likened to Shakespeare. But Stone himself has done so, as part of an L.A. Times set visit interview. Lumped in with a quote in which Stone also contrasts the project to the work of Michael Moore, the Oscar-winning director's statement is in response to the film's level of seriousness: "W. isn't an overly serious movie, but it is a serious subject. It's a Shakespearean story. . . . I see it as the strange unfolding of American democracy as I have lived it." The Times piece, which reports from Shreveport, Louisiana, where Independence Bowl stadium fills in for the Texas Rangers' Arlington Stadium, is very filling for anyone with an appetite for more W. updates. Included are a description of and dialogue from a scene between George W. Bush (Josh Brolin) and George H.W. Bush (James Cromwell), details on a "baseball-oriented fantasy" sequence, Brolin stating that he's not out to do a SNL-style caricature and admitting his initial hesitance to take on the role, a general overview of the project's coming together, and, best of all, a picture (seen, cropped, above) of Brolin as the future Commander in Chief looking like he's just had the crap beaten out of him. Also a fact I'd somehow never known prior to reading the article: Stone was "briefly a Yale classmate of Bush."Continue reading Oliver Stone Calls 'W.' Shakespearean Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Download | Play Download | Play Former White House Press Secretary, Scott McClellan, appeared before the House Judiciary Committee this morning to answer questions about what he knew about, and his role in the treasonous outing of covert CIA operative, Valerie Plame. McClellan recognized the enormous damage the Plame scandal caused our country and government, and continued his calls for an end to the permanent campaign and scandal culture in Washington D.C.. He criticized President Bush for failing to work in a transparent, and honest manner for the American people, and the media for glorifying people who perpetuate partisan politics, rather than searching for the truth. I, as many others, take issue with his lack of candor back when these crimes were being perpetrated against our country, but at least he s there, in front of Congress and doing the right thing now. You can stream the hearings live on CSPAN s website. Good morning Mr. Chairman, Congressman Smith, and members of the committee. I am here today at your invitation to answer questions about what I know regarding the Valerie Plame episode. Back in 2005, I was prohibited from discussing it by the White House ostensibly because of the criminal investigation underway, but I made a commitment to share with the public what I knew as soon as possible. That commitment was one of the reasons I wrote my book. Unfortunately, this matter continues to be investigated by Congress because of what the White House has chosen to conceal from the public. Despite assurances that the administration would discuss the matter once the Special Counsel had completed his work, the White House has sought to avoid public scrutiny and accountability. The continuing cloud of suspicion over the White House is not something I can remove because I know only one part of the story. Only those who know the underlying truth can bring this to an end. Sadly, they remain silent. The result has been an increase in suspicion and partisan warfare, and a perpetuation of Washington s scandal culture, one of three core factors that have poisoned the atmosphere in Washington for the past two decades. The central message in my book is the need to change the way Washington governs. We need to minimize the negative influence of the permanent campaign, end the scandal culture, and move beyond the philosophy of politics as war. The rest of the transcript below the fold. No one has a better opportunity to make that happen than the president. To do so, he must first fully embrace openness and candor and then constantly strive to build trust across the aisle and seek common ground to unite Americans from all walks of life and political persuasions. I believed President Bush could be that kind of leader for the country when I first went to work for him in Texas. He was a popular, bipartisan leader who had a record of working with Democrats. Unfortunately, like many good people who come to Washington, he ended up playing the game by the existing rules rather than transforming it. The larger message of my book is bigger than any person or party. It is about restoring civility and bipartisanship and candor to our national political discourse. It is about putting our Nation s interests above partisan goals. Indeed, all of us especially those in elected office can do more to make this happen by promoting openness and engaging in civil discourse. The permanent campaign leads to just the opposite. Substantive debates over policy give way to a contest over which side can most effectively manipulate the media narrative to its advantage. It is about power and electoral victory. Governing becomes an offshoot of campaigning rather than the other way around. Vicious attacks, distortions, political manipulation and spin become accepted. Complex issues are reduced to black-and-white terms and oversimplified in the context of winners and losers and how they will affect the next election. Too often, the media unwittingly ignores the impact of government on the daily lives of Americans, focusing foremost on the Beltway game and lionizing those who play it most skillfully. There is no more recent example of this unsavory side of politics than the initial reaction from some in Washington to my book. I received plenty of criticism for daring to tell the story as I knew it. Yet few of my critics tried to refute the larger themes and perspectives in the book. Instead of engaging in a reasoned, rational, and honest discussion of the issues raised, some sought to turn it into a game of gotcha, misrepresenting what I wrote and seeking to discredit me through inaccurate personal attacks on me and my motives. The American people deserve better. Governing inevitably has an adversarial element. People and groups will always differ about the proper use of limited government resources. But should government be a process of constant campaigning to manipulate public opinion, or should it be centered as much as possible on rational debate, deliberation, and compromise? Writing this book was not easy for me to do. These are my words, my experiences, and my conclusions. I sought to take a clear-eyed look at events. To do so, I had to remove my partisan lens and step back from the White House bubble. Some of the conclusions I came to were different from those I would have embraced at the outset. My book reflects the only idea of loyalty that I believe is appropriate in democratic government, and that is loyalty to the ideals of candor, transparency and integrity, and indeed to the constitutional system itself. Too often in Washington, people mistakenly think that loyalty to an individual officeholder should override loyalty to basic ideals. This false loyalty is not only mistaken, but can exercise a corrupt influence on government. I am here because in my heart I am a public servant who, like many Americans, wants to improve the way Washington governs and does not want to see future administrations repeat the mistakes this White House made. I do not know whether a crime was committed by any of the Administration officials who revealed Valerie Plame s identity to reporters. Nor do I know if there was an attempt by any person or persons to engage in a cover-up during the investigation. I do know that it was wrong to reveal her identity, because it compromised the effectiveness of a covert official for political reasons. I regret that I played a role, however unintentionally, in relaying false information to the public about it. I ll do my best to answer any questions on this matter that members of the committee may wish to ask. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

There has been a push from the right to discredit Scott McClellan's book in which he charges the Bush Regime purposely and deceptively misled the public into a war in Iraq. The Iraq war had been planned since 1998 and that was the goal once the Republicans regained the White House with key PNAC members placed in key positions. Find out what they hope you don't know.

Download | Play Download | Play Mary Ann Akers, WaPo s Sleuth: During a question-and-answer session toward the end of the luncheon, someone asked the vice president about his wife Lynne Cheney s revelation on MSNBC last year that Dick and Barack Obama are eighth cousins. The questioner jokingly asked the vice president if he and Obama were going to have a family reunion, to which Cheney replied he would have no objections though he said he doubted Obama would want one - certainly not before November. Then came the offensive punch line. Cheney explained that during the course of researching his family lineage for Lynne s memoir Blue Skies, No Fences last year, he learned there were Cheneys on both his father s and his mother s side of the family. There was a Richard Cheney on his mother s side, the vice president said. So I had Cheneys on both sides of the family and we don t even live in West Virginia, Cheney quipped. West Virginia politicians aren t laughing at Cheney s little joke, including his fellow Republican, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.). After several W.V. pols voiced their complaints, Cheney s spokeswoman, Lea Anne McBride, issued an apology.

Sam Donaldson discusses the shades of grey presented by Scott McClellan's book.

Wow. Who would have thought that the incompetent Scott McClellan of all people would force the talking heads to re-evaluate their role in the lead up to the war, and make them finally realize that the White House deliberately manipulated them into mindlessly passing along pure government propaganda? To his credit, Chris Matthews today connected the dots and made as clear a case as possible that the White House used, in the case he cited, The New York Times to inject into the national dialogue completely bogus information that Cheney, Bush and Condoleezza Rice would later cite on the Sunday talk shows in order to scare Americans into supporting the Iraq War. Download | Play Download | Play There was a lot of salesmanship here .a lot of propaganda. Chris Matthews and David Gregory seem to get it. Mike Allen not so much. We ll see how the rest of media handles it. Of course, for those of us who actually pay attention to this sort of stuff, Bill Moyers chronicled this manipulation extensively in his fascinating documentary, Buying The War. Memo to the media: Better late than never.

Fmr. Bush aide talks briefly about his new book on the Bush administration.

Richard Dreyfuss is in talks to play Vice President Dick Cheney.

Author: hotpotatomash Added: Fri, 23 May 2008 06:49:47 -0800 Duration: 2396Ambassador Joe Wilson speaks out about his and his wife Valerie Plame's entire ordeal with the Bush administration from start to finish. The ambassador mixes in a lot of humor, anecdotes and reason into this very informative talk.

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ok, so we were in New Orleans when Kernis Big Lou Louviere invites us to a BBQ cook-off in Houston. We jump at the chance to hang out with the gumbo champ of the world then he tells us it s the Halliburton cookoff - yes, the same Halliburton Osama bin Laden mentions by [...]

It has been a little while since Keith Olbermann has had a Special Comment. Keith Olbermann has 4 major points. George Bush gave an interview yesterday to Politico.com and the users of Yahoo. The Election of a Democratic President could emboldened the enemy - this of course is nonsense. It is fear-mongering. It is so 2004. The country has moved past this. I was told they had Weapons of Mass Destruction said Bush. This is the It wasn t my fault. defense that Bush has used in the past. Keith is not letting him get away with that weak answer. Because the buck stops at the President s desk. He was the one that appointed those knuckleheads. He was the one that didn t ask for objective opinions. Finally, there was that great quote, I don t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf. I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal. President Bush has said some painfully uninformed things over the last 7 years. This may be the worst. He gave up Golf not for lent but for the Iraq War? Keith really lets Bush have it on this one and he should because the idea is more than condescending.  Oh, but, is this just another spin job?  The Associated Press has photos of President Bush playing golf after the death of the UN envoy. Keith s Special Comment might of been a little over the top but he was correct.  George Bush isn t sprinting to the finish line like he said.  He is limbing.  If he were a boat he would be listing to one side.  I guess the one thing that is clear is George W. Bush is the worst president in the last 50 years.  He maybe the worst president, ever.

I can t say that endless beef brisket, and let s put this into perspective - the BEST beef brisket in the state of Texas is a bad thing, and to try and explain the hospitality laid out by Halliburton is to try to explain a tsunami after living thru it - words can not [...]

Author: FunWWarCrimes Added: Fri, 09 May 2008 13:19:34 -0800 Duration: 66See it here first -- George Dubya on trial for war crimes -- the only place you can George & his posse get their due... Bush, Rumsfeld, Cheney, Karl Rove, Condoleeza Rice alllll on trial for their part in the international mess.

Author: FunWWarCrimes Added: Fri, 09 May 2008 13:19:34 -0800 Duration: 66See it here first -- George Dubya on trial for war crimes -- the only place you can George & his posse get their due... Bush, Rumsfeld, Cheney, Karl Rove, Condoleeza Rice alllll on trial for their part in the international mess.

Author: FunWWarCrimes Added: Fri, 09 May 2008 13:19:34 -0800 Duration: 66See it here first -- George Dubya on trial for war crimes -- the only place you can George & his posse get their due... Bush, Rumsfeld, Cheney, Karl Rove, Condoleeza Rice alllll on trial for their part in the international mess.

Author: FunWWarCrimes Added: Fri, 09 May 2008 11:49:35 -0800 Duration: 259The Bush Administration war crimes trial begins! Yes! See George Bush, Condoleeza Rice, Dick Cheney, Alberto Gonzales, Karl Rove, General Petreaus, Old Rumsefeld grilled by an Iraqi Judge, Abe Lincoln and Harpo Marx...ha,ha,ha...only in your dreams until NOW.

Author: FunWWarCrimes Added: Fri, 09 May 2008 11:49:35 -0800 Duration: 259The Bush Administration war crimes trial begins! Yes! See George Bush, Condoleeza Rice, Dick Cheney, Alberto Gonzales, Karl Rove, General Petreaus, Old Rumsefeld grilled by an Iraqi Judge, Abe Lincoln and Harpo Marx...ha,ha,ha...only in your dreams until NOW.

Vice President Dick Cheney recently responded to questions about the American public's disapproval of the Iraq war with a blunt "So?" "So?" Are you serious? Is this really how the US government responds to the views of the vast majority of the population? Come on now, Dick. Government gets its mandate from the will of the people. Its response should never be a derisive "So?"

Vice President Dick Cheney recently responded to questions about the American public's disapproval of the Iraq war with a blunt "So?" "So?" Are you serious? Is this really how the US government responds to the views of the vast majority of the population? Come on now, Dick. Government gets its mandate from the will of the people. Its response should never be a derisive "So?"

Author: YourWorldTimes Added: Mon, 05 May 2008 11:49:40 -0800 Duration: 154Now this is a story, all about how we got this country turned-around And I'd like to take a minute, so just sit right there, I'll tell you all about how I became the prince of this town in repair. In West Honolulu born and raised, in the classroom is where I spent most of my days. Chillin' out at the Harvard Review and all shootin some b-ball outside of the school. When a couple of guys, who were up to no good, started makin trouble in our neighborhoods. They started fight after fight and people got scared. Thats when we decided DC was in need of repair. I begged and pleaded with 'em day after day, but they packed up the troops and sent em on their way. I got an assist, so I decided to spit it. I got my campaign on and said 'we might as well hit it!'...

Author: YourWorldTimes Added: Mon, 05 May 2008 11:49:40 -0800 Duration: 154Now this is a story, all about how we got this country turned-around And I'd like to take a minute, so just sit right there, I'll tell you all about how I became the prince of this town in repair. In West Honolulu born and raised, in the classroom is where I spent most of my days. Chillin' out at the Harvard Review and all shootin some b-ball outside of the school. When a couple of guys, who were up to no good, started makin trouble in our neighborhoods. They started fight after fight and people got scared. Thats when we decided DC was in need of repair. I begged and pleaded with 'em day after day, but they packed up the troops and sent em on their way. I got an assist, so I decided to spit it. I got my campaign on and said 'we might as well hit it!'...

You d be amazed at how many guys want to go fishing with me these days Download | Play Download | Play (h/t BillW) Hardy har har it was a busy night in the nexus of Washington politics and journalism. While we were busy last night with the Pennsylvania Democratic debate, President Bush was hosting a dinner in honor of Pope Benedict s visit to the U.S. (ironically, the Pope was off washing his hair, or his mitre or something). And Veep Dick Cheney was hosting the annual TV Dinner. The Big Dick took the opportunity to show what is left of his humanity by tossing out a few jokes (some mildly at his own expense) to the great guffaws of the press corps, unbothered by the presence of one of the Principals of Torture and driving force of the biggest quagmires in American history. Gosh, and you wonder why journalism is so risk-averse to holding this administration accountable. Ah well, at least we were spared Karl Rove rapping this year. In case you don t know it, (head-lining comedian Mo Rocca) s blog is titled MoRocca180: Only half as tedious as the regular news. Among his other credits, Mo used to host a TV show called, Things I Hate About You. I m sure I ve seen that program, only I believe it s now called Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Keith s not here tonight to savor my company, but we do have many big names from the broadcast media. And you can use a little good cheer, because these are tough times in your industry, in this age of YouTube and the blogs that threaten to overshadow the old media. At times, you must feel like you re at the center of events, but no one s really paying attention to you. You understand the world better than anybody, but no one wants to hear it. Now you know exactly what it s like to be Vice President. But I ve had frustrations of my own. I m old news in this election, but I want a piece of the action. I m fired up for my own candidate, but the feeling isn t always returned. I feel kind of like Bill Clinton. Hyuk, hyuk, hyuk. In case you were curious, C&L contributer Bill W said Mo bombed. Not bombed as Stephen Colbert did, in a cool and heroic way, just bombed.

Jon Stewart takes the administration to task for, well, there s no delicate way to put this, deciding the intimate details of how we would torture people. It pains me to type those words. Download | Play Download | Play Digg It! You gotta wonder, how could these administration officials be so confident that we don’t torture? Well, there’s only two options, really. One, the administration reminded all military and intelligence agencies of the moral commitment that civilized nations have to remain humane, even in times of peril. Or…. They sat in a room and meticulously crafted an interrogation regimen in the lawyer-created space between cruelty and torture. Hmmm….I wonder which way they went.

While talking about possible VP s on Meet the Press, Lady MacCheney praises her ex-boss by having the audacity to say Dick Cheney is brilliant because he overstepped his authority and turned the VP s office into a Co-Presidency. Something that has hurt this country badly and led to the leaking of a CIA agent s name to the press which got Scooter Libby convicted of multiple felonies. And then she delves into freeper land with this one: Download | Play Download | Play Matlain: Dick Cheney has changed the nature of that office .this brilliant man has made that office completely relevant. Is Condi Rice? You know Condi Rice, people don t know about Dr. Rice, is that she weighed in on every domestic issue before the President Russert: Well wouldn t that be third term Bush. Yea You know, people are not, people are sick of this Bush bashing stuff. It s good to know that Condi had a hand in the terrible economy Americans are faced with. No Lady MacCheney, I d say at 28 %, people ARE sick of Bush, but not the much deserved criticism he receives. Americans are sick of the way their lives are going under Bush s presidency. They are sick of Iraq, torture, no health care, gas prices, etc