Trying to bring some levity to this disastrous Plame debacle, by figuring out some details for the inevitable movie. I'm mapping out some casting plans - I think you'll like my choices, but of course I welcome input.
First, of course, we need a name. I'm sick to death of _-gate. Agreeing to call a scandal a "-gate" is to ascribe some amount of redundancy to it, to imply that on some level, it's nothing new. I think this particular matter is new, so it shouldn't be cheapened with a -gate. So first, I'll need a name. Suggestions?
On to casting (below the fold)...
so far I'm mapping out:
Joe Wilson - to be played by Don Johnson
Karl Rove - Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Scooter Libby - Tim Robbins (he has to be in this somewhere)
Ari Fleischer - Steve Carell
Scott McLellan - Vince Vaughan (mostly because I understand he's required to be in every new movie)
Valerie Wilson (nee Valerie Plame) - Meryl Streep
Judith Miller - Parker Posey
Matt Cooper - Jason Alexander
Dick Cheney - Richard Dreyfuss
Condoleeza Rice - Phylicia Rashad
Colin Powell - Denzel Washington
George W. Bush - Fred Willard
Laura Bush - Jane Lynch
have I left any significant or potentially significant characters out? who else was on AF1?