"The Hunting of the President" in theaters soon....

[givemebackmycountry]

THIS is my first post.
Please don't club me like a baby seal.
I'm here to stay.
I'm pissed.
I need a place to vent, and this looks like a good place to share ideas.

Debra Norville had Bill Clinton's friend, Harry Thomason on this evening. Seems he has a new movie coming out.

Seems he has a new movie coming out that chronicles the vicious attack by the media and it's duplicitous partner in crime, our friends, the right. Seems he has a movie coming out that will lay bare the "well executed" plan to impeach the President.

Seems he has been able to document in this movie how the right plotted to get the President under oath, ask him enough questions until they caught him on the right one, and then...
Well you know.

Thomason was an engaging interview.
While he didn't blame the right directly, he did do a number on cable news and the "bottom feeders" that are prevalent in all of those so called "newsrooms".

He spoke about how the cable networks ignore things like "confirmed sources" and how they cut corners, and release anything that may get ratings. Then their corporate competitors see they have a scoop and the feeding frenzy is on.

It's all about the stock price.
News for profit.

Clinton's book he predicts, will break "all modern records" and the tone of the book is reminiscent of Mark Twain.

With "Fahrenheit 9/11" and this movie coming out.
Bubba's new book that could blow up, and a little momentum...
I think it's going to be a very interesting summer.

Anything can happen. And it probably will.

Where the hell is Hunter S. Thompson when you need him?

[shraby]

1. Welcome and

Hi :hi: Glad to have you aboard!

[BlueJazz]

2. Great First Post! ..and Welcome to DU! N/T

[Catherine Vincent]

3. Us DUers don't treat newbies like clubing baby seals.

Only republicans are dirty enough to do something like that. In fact, a republican lurker had an announcer fired from his job today. The bastard called the station and ratted on him.

[libhill]

20. What crime did the announcer commit -

Did he criticize Shrub, or say something positive about Clinton?

[Eric J in MN]

23. He posted here that he was reluctant to play music for the

He posted here that he was reluctant to play music for the purpose of honoring Reagan, as his manager wanted him to, and the manager saw the post. This was before his first day on the air.

[libhill]

25. Well, dammit

You guys think you`re living in a free country, or something? This isn`t Canada, you know.

[silverlib]

4. Welcome to DU!!

Can't wait to see the movies.

[bpilgrim]

5. Hunter S. Thompson said he thinks Bush is WORSE than Nixon!

and this about nixons departure...

If the right people had been in charge of Nixon's funeral, his casket would have been launched into one of those open-sewage canals that empty into the ocean just south of Los Angeles. He was a swine of a man and a jabbering dupe of a president. Nixon was so crooked that he needed servants to help him screw his pants on every morning. Even his funeral was illegal. He was queer in the deepest way. His body should have been burned in a trash bin.

These are harsh words for a man only recently canonized by President Clinton and my old friend George McGovern -- but I have written worse things about Nixon, many times, and the record will show that I kicked him repeatedly long before he went down. I beat him like a mad dog with mange every time I got a chance, and I am proud of it. He was scum.

http://samizdat.dailykos.com/story/2004/6/7/01520/73470

:->

welcome to DU :toast:

peace

[Bozita]

6. Welcome to DU ... and thanks for a quality post

[Gildor Inglorion]

7. Hi, and welcome...

you're in the right place...among friends who are EQUALLY pissed and working for change.

[iamjoy]

8. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

I think the media loved exposing the Clinton affair because they just love sex & sex sells.

The Republicans were determined to find a way to pin something on Clinton. And then Dubya came along talking about changing the tone in Washington after his buddies created the tone in the first place. Really pisses me off!

[UTUSN]

9. & MSRNC Was Promo-ing the Appearance All Day

with, "THOMASAON will *DEFEND* his new movie, The Hunting of the President, on Deborah NORVILLE tonight...." DEFEND.

(Welcome to DU.)

[Tellurian]

10. GOOD NEWS AND WELCOME-- 'givemebackmycountry'

we've been waiting, like foreva, for the movie to come out...

The timing is windsome.

[jjmalonejr]

11. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[madfloridian]

12. That must be based on Joe Conason's book by that name.

Co-authored by Gene Lyons.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312273193/102-3621677-5321754?v=glance

[givemebackmycountry]

13. Yes it is...

THE HUNTING OF THE PRESIDENT
by DENNIS HARVEY | Mar 29 '04


(DOCU)

A Regent Entertainment presentation of a Diceburg LLC production. Produced by Douglas Jackson. Executive producer, Mark S. Weiner. Co-producers, Joe Conason, Amy Greenspun, Keith Sky.

Directed, written by Harry Thomason, Nickolas Perry, based on the book "The Hunting of the President: The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and Hillary Clinton" by Gene Lyons and Joe Conason. Camera (color, Sony HD cam), Jim Roberson; editor, Perry; music, Bruce Miller; sound designer (Dolby SR), Eric Garcia. Reviewed at Sundance Film Festival (Special Screenings), Jan. 23, 2004. Running time: 88 MIN.

Narrator: Morgan Freeman.

[peacetalksforall]

14. Terrific post...baby seal...no. Look to Joe Conason and Gene Lyons.

If you haven't read the book - do it - I'm sure the movie will mean even more if you read it. This book is known for not having been challenged for inaccuracies. It is objectively and carefully written and spills it all out for our salvation of knowledge.

By the way - find Gene Lyons latest column on Ronald Reagan - it is fantastic.

Joe Conason is on the Al Franken radio show about once a week for nearly an hour (sometimes more). Get the news with his insight. Sometimes he says things on the show that have already been covered at DU, but I love all those people he is getting through to because the inability to read everything.

[Joanne98]

15. Welcome to DU

Your right. It almost looks like it was planned that way. lol

[HootieMcBoob]

16. I'm really looking forward to seeing that movie too

Welcome to DU!!!

[Wind Dancer]

17. Welcome to DU!

I am also looking forward to it.

:toast:

[powergirl]

18. Link here for the trailor for "The Hunting of the President"

It gave me chills it was so scarey - because it is true. Welcome to DU. Since you have the yellow star - we know you are here to stay!
:toast:

http://www.thehuntingofthepresident.com/

[Hell Hath No Fury]

19. Screenings HERE:

August 13, 2004 Chicago, IL Music Box Theatre
July 23, 2004 Boston, MA Coolidge Corner Theatre
July 23, 2004 Los Angeles , CA Regent Showcase
July 16, 2004 San Francisco, CA Roxie Cinema
June 25, 2004 Washington, DC Visions Cinema
June 24, 2004 Hollywood, CA IFP LA FILM FESTIVAL
June 18, 2004 Little Rock, AR Market Street Cinema 8
June 11, 2004 New York, NY Angelika New York Theater
May 5-7, 2004 New York, NY Tribeca Film Festival
April 29, 2004 Dallas, TX USA FILM FESTIVAL
March 13-19, 2004 Austin, TX SWSX Film Festival
January 23, 2004 Sundance Film Festival, Park City UT


http://www.thehuntingofthepresident.com/presidentscreenings.html

[Carolina]

21. welcome to DU!

:hi: and

:spank: ... just kidding, great post!

[Eric J in MN]

22. Based on your name, you might like the song,

Based on your name, you might like the song,

"I Want My Country Back," by Laramie Crocker,

linked from the middle of this webpage:

http://www.moveleft.com/moveleft_entertainment.asp

[jeff30997]

24. Just watched the trailer.

Wow! I can't wait to see that movie!

[clearconscious]

26. Hunter S. Thompson

Who is he?

[thebigidea]

28. someone who would scare the shit out of you

[LibertyorDeath]

29. What Rock have you been living under?

[Bhaisahab]

27. Hunter S. Thompson

is the Hunter S. Thompson you refer to the same dude who wrote Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas? That was an awesome read...

[WLKjr]

30. Welcome to DU!

Welcome to DU givemebackmycountry! :toast:

and remember, it was all about the 'clenis'

LOL