"But the movie ['D.C. 9/11'], which includes some documentary news footage, has already drawn scattered criticism. Writing in the Toronto Sun, columnist Linda McQuaig compared it to Hollywood's mythologizing of figures like Wyatt Earp and added that it 'is sure to help the White House further its two-pronged reelection strategy: Keep Americans terrified of terrorism and make Bush look like the guy best able to defend them.' And Texas radio commentator and self-styled populist Jim Hightower has derided 'D.C. 9/11.' On his syndicated radio program this week, Hightower said the movie will present Bush as 'a combination of Harrison Ford and Arnold Schwarzenegger. . . . Instead of the doe-eyed, uncertain, worried figure that he was that day, Bush-on-film is transformed into an infallible, John Wayne-ish, Patton-type leader, barking orders to the Secret Service and demanding that the pilots return him immediately to the White House.' " Hell, they should have Bush spin-kick a Secret Service agent in the jaw, and then take control of Air Force One (he's a fighter pilot, remember). Cigar in mouth. Determined expression. "I'm taking the bird back to the nest, boys," he says, chomping on his stogie like Sgt. Rock. "Got a little date to keep with some towel-head scum."
And I love this:
"In researching 'D.C. 9/11,' [Lionel] Chetwynd had access to top White House officials, including Bush. What's more, Chetwynd ran the script past a group of conservative Washington pundits, including Fred Barnes, Charles Krauthammer and Morton Kondracke."
What -- Hitch and Sullivan were frozen out?
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