Why no 'docudrama' about Bush's Katrina failures?

Is it me, or does it seem like the wingnuts have these things planned down to the last nanosecond?  It's no coincidence that PT911 is airing w/o commercial interruptions. Makes it more difficult to target advertisers to take our message to in time.  Then there's Tom Kean being interviewed last night on WPVI, Channel 6 Action News in Philadelphia saying essentially that the movie closely depicts the real events based on the 9/11 commission report while in the next breath remarking that no [Democratic] politicians have the right to force a movie off the air since that would interfere with free speech and artistic freedom.  So, which is it?  If it's factual, then the facts should be correct.  If it's a made-up movie, then say so.  

The plot of the movie purportedly leaves the viewer with the notion that Clinton is to blame for the attacks because he was distracted by  Monica Lewinsky during the pre-9/11 years.  Well, what the hell was Bush doing the month before the 9/11 attacks?  As I recall, he was bushwacking down in Texas with Barney and the gophers in the face of ominous warnings about aircraft being flown into major buildings.  Where was he when prominent meteorologists and others were begging the administration to take action before Katrina made landfall?  He was off bushwacking somewhere.  The bottom line regarding the 9/11 attacks is:  Who was at the helm when they occurred?  

Then, hearing that Bush will interject his speech in the middle of the movie on Monday night.  Seems like free air time to continue his campaigning.  Seriously, where are the documentaries about the abyssmal lack of leadership of Bush and his crew before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina?    

•  What chimpamzee in their right mind would

  take the role?  

  by xanthe on Sat Sep 09, 2006 at 09:35:57 AM PDT

•  Because Richard Mellon Scaife...

  ...wouldn't finance it.

  by Caldonia on Sat Sep 09, 2006 at 09:53:59 AM PDT

•  Because

  the "librul" media would never allow it to be aired.

  by everhopeful on Sat Sep 09, 2006 at 10:03:01 AM PDT

•  I want to write the scene

  where Bush ignores Katrina because he's begging Laura for a blow job. Or maybe it was Karl Rove. Yeah, yeah ... that's right.

  by JuliaAnn on Sat Sep 09, 2006 at 10:16:48 AM PDT

•  Apples and oranges.

  Bush is Le Prez, the Commander in Chief, the head of international relations.  The attacks of 9/11 can be attributed at least partly to his administration and the response to 9/11 attributed almost wholely to him and his administration.

  Katrina struck multiple states, devastating large areas in all of them.  The preparation and response to the natural disaster is a shared local, regional and lastly federal responsibility.  Pointing the finger of blame at Bush is disingenuous.

  by Fabian on Sat Sep 09, 2006 at 10:28:47 AM PDT

  •  I don't see it that way.

    Everyone knew the hurricane was coming and was going to be devastating.  He should've been paying attention and demanding action.  After all, he's at the top, and the "Decider."  Of course, the local and state officials are also responsible for this travesty.  But Bush, being at the helm, could've demanded action.  Period.  I have to multitask and troubleshoot at my job even when it's not something that's in my job description.  So, it's not being 'disingenuous' to expect excellence from our elected officials, especially the President.  Maybe I'm misunderstanding something but I didn't realize that Presidents were only in charge of international relations.  So then, who's in charge of domestic agendas?

    by Zanna on Sat Sep 09, 2006 at 11:00:21 AM PDT

•  Spike Lee has a major documentary on Katrina

  It will be airing on HBO.  Here's an item about it.

  by richter on Sat Sep 09, 2006 at 11:10:27 AM PDT

  •  Thanks for the 'heads-up.'

    This is reassuring.  

    by Zanna on Sat Sep 09, 2006 at 11:15:59 AM PDT