Slog - Comments on Re: Target ABC http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc So ABC is showing a bullshit "documentary" about 9/11 that lays all the blame—100% worth—at the feet of Bill Clinton. Clinton, of course, took terrorism seriously, tried to do something about it, and was blocked by Republicans who were against anything he was for and for anything he was against. Lefty bloggers are pissed, and they're making noise. I imagine Bill Clinton is power pissed too—and it seems to me that he could get this piece of shit off the air by calling a press conference and denouncing this film and ABC.... Copyright 2007 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 13:51:57 -0800 Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:03:13 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Fritz I will not rest until the blame for 9/11 goes where it should: squarely on the shoulders of Nancy Reagan. That bitch.

]]> Fritz http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c456923 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c456923 Politics Tue, 05 Sep 2006 14:00:51 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I prefer to watch the BBC movie about GWB meeting his end.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c456940 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c456940 Politics Tue, 05 Sep 2006 14:09:12 -0800 Comment by you_gotta_be_kidding_me Come on, every one know the blame lays squarely up Amy Carter's shoulders... The whore!

]]> you_gotta_be_kidding_me http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c456952 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c456952 Politics Tue, 05 Sep 2006 14:13:02 -0800 Comment by The Peanut Gallery Holy Shit a pig just flew by my window...

]]> The Peanut Gallery http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c456992 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c456992 Politics Tue, 05 Sep 2006 14:36:23 -0800 Comment by The Peanut Gallery Oh, wait... it was an effigy of Karl Rove...

]]> The Peanut Gallery http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c456996 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c456996 Politics Tue, 05 Sep 2006 14:37:36 -0800 Comment by Seth Has anyone who's rushing to denounce said documentary actually seen the thing?

]]> Seth http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c457036 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c457036 Politics Tue, 05 Sep 2006 14:54:03 -0800 Comment by Ryan Red Does this mean that I can't watch Lost next month?

]]> Ryan Red http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c457044 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c457044 Politics Tue, 05 Sep 2006 14:57:30 -0800 Comment by Hannah Levin Sure, it's understandable to be pissed at NBC, but wouldn't the most effective protest be to figure out which companies have bought advertising for this particular program? No one makes a dime until the ads are sold.

]]> Hannah Levin http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c457058 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c457058 Politics Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:02:27 -0800 Comment by John If Bill Clinton came out against the movie, it would just be spun as him avoiding blame. He'd be viewed as in damage control mode. This situation is best dealt with using proxies... blogs, media, and Bill's friends coming out against the film.

]]> John http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c457068 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c457068 Politics Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:10:49 -0800 Comment by jason ABC is currently planning to run it commercial-free, so hard to say how they're covering the advertising side.

complaints directly to Robert Iger are the best bet.

]]> jason http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c457096 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c457096 Politics Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:28:40 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Which means it's an undeclared campaign contribution. Nothing is free.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c457136 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c457136 Politics Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:54:45 -0800 Comment by Josh Bill Clinton was soft on terrorism, and weak in his support of Israel. If he'd backed Israel like Bush has, we'd be a lot farther along on the war against terrorism. Some people blame Israel for 9/11 so I'd rather have those idiots blaming Clinton instead.

]]> Josh http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c457143 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c457143 Politics Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:56:56 -0800 Comment by Dave Coffman I personally blame Lady Bird Johnson and the failure of the project named after her to beautify America's freeways and highways. That and the time LBJ showed true terroristic violence to the world by picking that dog up by its ears...

]]> Dave Coffman http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c457185 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c457185 Politics Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:08:11 -0800 Comment by Catalina Vel-DuRay Two Words: Dolly Madison

]]> Catalina Vel-DuRay http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c457269 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c457269 Politics Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:51:48 -0800 Comment by We Hate Ronbo Dolly's a stretch. Every schoolboy knows that everything, absolutely everything, was Reagan's fault. *

(Required reading: Cities on a Hill, by Frances FitzGerald; And the Band Played On, by Randy Shilts; Dragon within the Gates, by Stephen Joseph, M.D.)

* Not Nancy; not Ron Jr., the ballerina.

]]> We Hate Ronbo http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c457375 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c457375 Politics Tue, 05 Sep 2006 18:34:21 -0800 Comment by COMTE Personally, I blame God. If not for his egomaniacal desire for adoration, none of this would have happened in the first place.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c457557 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c457557 Politics Tue, 05 Sep 2006 21:45:53 -0800 Comment by Gomez This situation is best dealt with using proxies... blogs, media, and Bill's friends coming out against the film.

John, that would be a weak, typical and pathetic response.

Sure, Bill firing back would be defensive... and the least he could do in response. It's complete finger-pointing hogwash and if he calls it such, people on all sides will buy it. The 'It's Bill's Fault' take is new and out of left field.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c457691 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c457691 Politics Tue, 05 Sep 2006 22:28:43 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Actually, the "it's Bill's fault" take started in 1991 and has never gone away in the right-wing-kook world.

Didja hear the guy on NPR today who thinks that Chinese soldiers are encamped in the caves around Kansas City?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c457722 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c457722 Politics Tue, 05 Sep 2006 23:31:34 -0800 Comment by Rottin' in Denmark "get this piece of shit off the air"?

Aren't we lefties supposed to be all pro-free-speechey?

Let it air, watch the silly thing, and debate whatever ideas it puts forth. Doing exactly the thing we're always demonizing the right wing for doing doesn't solve anything.

]]> Rottin' in Denmark http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c457997 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c457997 Politics Wed, 06 Sep 2006 06:19:24 -0800 Comment by Proud Gay Republican Lefties can't stand anything that interferes with their fascist agenda. That includes any media that goes against their selected grain. Kudos to ABC for having the guts to produce this accurate documentary.

]]> Proud Gay Republican http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c458330 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c458330 Politics Wed, 06 Sep 2006 13:45:57 -0800 Comment by Douche Baggins It's especially droll that the left hammers the right for not MovingOn, for not letting go of the perpetual pinata that was the Clinton/Flynt Administration. Here's the drollery: For twice as long as I've been alive, left-wing politicians have been running against Herbert Hoover, out of office since 1933, not even a contender for office since 1936, and dead since about 1964.

Me? I can't get past born-again Jimmy Peanut, the treacherous, gutless, twisted little ferret. Everything that's wrong in the Middle East is because of him.

]]> Douche Baggins http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c458358 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c458358 Politics Wed, 06 Sep 2006 14:01:16 -0800 Comment by dewsterling ABC should air the "documentary" and enjoy the ensuing lawsuit. I feel very sad for people who believe in that kind of reicht-wing propoganda, but there is nothing one can do to save them from themselves and their willful ignorance.

]]> dewsterling http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c458410 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/re_target_abc#c458410 Politics Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:03:13 -0800