Post by TTPost by bmoorePost by jdeluisePost by PeteWasLuckyPost by SawfishMy guess is that the shooter will be portrayed as to the
RIGHT
of Trump. And maybe this is true, but whether it is or not, I
think that's where they'll go.What do you think, RSTers?--
--Sawfish~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"The
big print gives it to you; the small print takes it
away."Andy,
from Amos 'n' Andy, on legal
contracts...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
What I am laughing about now is how the CNN & Fox News are
talking
about how politics turned people to be extreme, but somehow they
don't have any responsibility in igniting anger and hate in the
their viewers.
I remember the MAGAs in the House and Trump himself joked
relentlessly about Paul Pelosi getting hammered in the head in his
own home by a right-wing nutjob.
Right, amid claims that it was Paul Pelosi's gay lover. Buncha crap.
But it does seem like someone tried to assassinate Trump. It's
good
that the assassin failed.
Well yes, I guess...
Can't start deciding elections with a rifle, there would always be a
nutjob who thinks any candidate is worth eliminating.
Then again, maybe it was a Dead Zone situation...
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085407/
...Where the death of a candidate would have served greater
good.
Need to watch that film again, a classic Walken performance with great
script & direction.
Also, the character in All the King's Men (1949) - Willie Stark
-
always reminded me of Trump...
Recommended.
Have you seen "Bob Roberts"? I haven't, although I remember the
cover art. It's a Tim Robbins movie about a hard-right,
grass-roots millionaire presidential candidate who (perhaps?)
fakes a failed assassination attempt to gain popularity. Here's
the summary from tvtropes:
Bob Roberts is a satirical Mockumentary about a fictional
American
political figure, and the first movie directed by Tim Robbins,
who also
wrote the screenplay and played the title character. It was
released in
1992.
Bob Roberts is a rising star of the Republican Party. On the
occasion of the campaign for the forthcoming Senate elections
(which
take place in the context of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and US
response
from 1990), a British film crew follow him as he raises support
in his
home state of Pennsylvania. Roberts is young and charismatic,
with a
populist touch which he cultivates by playing folk songs at
political
rallies taking off Bob Dylan songs with the exact opposite
messages
(even with music videos like Dylan's). His message is one of
social and
moral conservatism, based on family values, faith in God, an
overt
rejection of the heritage of the 1960s (he was raised on a
commune by
hippie parents), and very pro-business policies. Running against
an
incumbent liberal Democrat (played by Gore Vidal), he projects
an image
of plainspoken honesty and dynamism.
As the movie goes on, however, people start whispering about
Bob's
funding coming from sources that are significantly less
wholesome than
the image he's cultivating. About halfway through, he survives
an
Assassination Attempt. The results of the election, both
political and
personal, come out less rosy than expected going in.