Finally, some of the truth: "The Path to 9/11" ABC Sun.-Mon.

[ann.coulter2]

With the Clinton legacy-building team (most of whom assert that Monica was just a troubled girl receiving counseling from Bill) protesting so strongly, there must be a lot of truth in ABC's mini-series "The Path to 9/11" on the boob toob Sun. and Mon. nights.

"Rarely does television reach this level of drama, and director David Cunningham and writer Cyrus Nowrasteh deserve great praise from left, right and center for a masterful retelling of the crucial events leading up to the devastation of five years ago," writes my buddy Hugh Hewitt.

Clinton's air-brush team is pressuring ABC to "correct" anything in the drama which might mar the legacy.

Clinton is now demanding that the whole show be cancelled. Clinton says, in a letter to ABC, that he was not distracted by the Monica affair, allowing bin Laden to get away.

Was he, or was he not, blown away?

[MysticCat]

Interesting that this was posted in the "Entertainment" forum rather than the "News and Politics" forum.

But then, of course, I'm sure "Ann Coulter" isn't suggesting that we put too much credence into what a liberal network like Disney's ABC tells us. It's just entertainment, folks.

[shinerbock]

Yeah, the democrats are so outraged they're collecting signatures, and now weak-ass ABC has decided to "tone it down." Too bad they didn't do the same thing when the network news basically decided that W had caused Katrina, 9/11 and basically tried to have Valerie Plame killed.

[RACooper]

Saying that the path to 9/11 started during the Clinton years is woefully short-sighted... the ideology of the terrorists was born during the first decades of the twentieth century, was nurtured in the post-colonial days following WWII, and matured during the later stages of the Cold War (particluarly in Afghanistan).

So if the mini-series was to be truthful, they should start from the day itself (9/11) and start going back with each episode - so covering what effects the each US administration had; as well as the policies of the French, German, and British colonial governments and Imperial practices had in birthing the ideology.


But then again... this is in the Entertainment section - so I guess a program that reduces the complicated ideology and path to 9/11 to political sniping and a partisan blame game does make sense.

[ASUADPi]

Am I the only one who finds it kind of tacky that they are starting the mini-series on 9/10 and concluding on 9/11, which just happens to be the five year anniversery.

[moe.ron]

Originally Posted by ASUADPi

Am I the only one who finds it kind of tacky that they are starting the mini-series on 9/10 and concluding on 9/11, which just happens to be the five year anniversery.

It's a brilliant marketing strategy.

[BigRedBeta]

You know I have to think that if the Republicans hadn't gotten in hysterics over a little bj, he might not have been distracted...

[shinerbock]

Or maybe he was a little distracted because he was in the Oval gettin oral.