George Bush is our Leaker in Chief.
Who will play him in the movie?
George Clooney? Kevin Spacey? Vigo Morgenstern? Bruce Willis?
Are these actors too attractive? Who would take that job?
More importantly, who will play Valerie Plame and what will the movie be called?
Meryl Streep is too old for the job. Perhaps Naomi Watts? How about Laura Linney?
I don't even want to THINK about Dick Cheney's part.
As for titles - My private favorite is Beltway Betrayal.
George Bush got damn mad at Joseph Wilson and decided to do something about it.
So he talked to Karl Rove and Dick Cheney, who assigned a task to Scooter Libby, and and so George Bush leaked on a woman - a very attractive woman - who was working on behalf of our national security.
He leaked to damage the reputation of an attractive man - who had worked on behalf of our government as a diplomat.
These people have kids. They love each other. They are a successful American family working in service to their country.
The film is set in present day Washington D.C.
This is the main story. All this blither blather about classification and estimates and the unattractive New York Times, Scooter Libby, Robert Novak, and the supremely unattractive Dick Cheney are not the main story but rather the distraction from the main story.
The main story is one of betrayal, espionage, and power.
I think Americans DO identify with this story because it is, at heart, a story about a man or a trio of men (Bush/Cheney/Libby) betraying a beautiful, brave, and very blonde woman.
Who will play Valerie Plame in the movie? Who will play her husband, Joseph Wilson?
If you can cast the film, the story has legs and Bush is in trouble.
That's my mini-rant for the day.