Santorum To Make Gore-Stye Documentaries — About "Radical Islam" And "Leftists"

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Election Central
Santorum To Make Gore-Stye Documentaries — About "Radical Islam" And "Leftists"
By Eric Kleefeld | bio

Almost-President Al Gore proved that onetime politicians can successfully remake themselves as documentary film-makers. Now another ex-politician is trying to get in on the action: Defeated Senator Rick Santorum.

The former Pennsylvania Senator, who was defeated in a landslide last year by Democrat Bob Casey Jr., plans on directing two Gore-style documentaries, the Allentown Morning Call reports. Santorum's planned documentaries — which are still in the initial planning stage and have yet to be funded — will be at the other end of the political spectrum from Gore's, to put it mildly.

According to the Morning Call, Santorum is planning as an hour-long work that will "explore the relationship between radical Islam and the radical leftists in various countries around the world, including Latin America." The second, Santorum says, would be a more ambitious project to "change the culture of America."

Santorum's larger goal is to pitch himself as a conservative voice trying to change American culture, as a counterweight to Gore and Michael Moore — two names so loathed on the right, that evoking them could help Santorum raise the money for his projects. "That is what the left is doing and doing it in a big way, producing a lot of left content for Hollywood, and even not just out of Hollywood," he said. "Even independent films are now more and more left-wing driven, whether it is Michael Moore or Al Gore."

[eagler]

1. but the right controls most of the media and without a

fairness doctrine in place it will become ever more so.

[John Q. Citizen]

2. I guess they think it must be easy to make a hit documentary.

[nxylas]

9. Yes, that's why all those conservative rebuttals to F911 were such huge hits

:sarcasm:

[CrazyOrangeCat]

3. The guy is a loser.

With not a brain in his head.

Rotsa Ruck, Ricky.

[blogslut]

4. LOL! Ricky's Power Point Extravaganza!

I wonder if he can find just the right blood dripping font to go with his cool flame animations?

[whistle]

5. Great, Rick "Sanatorium" will really look stupid as the talking head in these films

[Tyler Durden]

6. Hope he supplies free anti-emetics.

[iconoclastic cat]

7. Let them all waste their time and money. nt

[CJCRANE]

8. I hear about "radical islam" all the time

I don't need to go watch a documentary about it.

[yurbud]

25. it's funny how often the right says MSM aren't covering their stories

A. they are

B. in terms of sheer volume of shit on the airwaves, they ARE the mainstream media.

[Deep13]

10. Well that ought to be unintentionally amusing.

If they want a feature commentary, I'll do it.

"Now, this is intersting. Here Santorum tries to explain how the powerless are destroying this country."

[WorseBeforeBetter]

11. "The former Pennsylvania Senator, who was defeated in a landslide last year..."

I never tire of reading that.

[bunkerbuster1]

20. Yeah, a has-been Senator CLEARLY has equal star billing as

...the guy who actually defeated Chimpy in the popular nationwide vote for President.

Good god, what are these people on, and why aren't these substances legal?

[tridim]

12. Too bad MST3K isn't on the air any more.

This is comic gold!

[slj0101]

13. How original.

:eyes:

[EstimatedProphet]

14. Great! We'll be able to see Santorum's documentatires on the Cartoon Network!

[TwilightGardener]

15. No "Man-On-Dog" documentary? We must examine this important issue!

[Buzz Clik]

16. Santorum has his man-on-dog flights of fancy on a regular basis.

He might begin a documentary about radical Islam, but it would soon degenerate to an expose' of kinky sexual appetites in the Middle East.

It's his calling.

[gauguin57]

17. ooooh ... ricky ... I'm a leftist! Can I be in your movie? Whoops ...

... sorry, I live in Pennsylvania ... which YOU NEVER DID, RICKY! So I guess the deal is off.

[Ganja Ninja]

18. Good idea Rick! Give the whole world your take on the ...

prophet Mohammad. What's the worst that can happen to you?

[bunkerbuster1]

21. Not nice.

Funny as hell, but not nice!

[berni_mccoy]

19. Santorum could only DREAM of making a "Gore-Style" Documentary, if I understand the meaning

of that term. "Gore-style", yeah, right. That's a smear on Gore if I ever saw one. Notice how they lump Moore in with Gore. The anti-PR campaign against Moore was successful, now they are trying to do the same to Gore.

[subterranean]

22. Santorum -- a lone conservative voice in the wilderness!

Conservatives dominate the rest of the mainstream media, but they still haven't been successful in the all-important documentary film sector. So now they have to rectify that to "balance" the perceived liberal bias in documentaries. And why does Santorum feel he needs to "change" American culture? Doesn't he like America?

And another thing: why do righties think the environment is a left-wing issue? I still don't get that.

[L. Coyote]

23. RICK, start here: Are the Sandinista terrorists on the Texas border yet? Rhetoric to haunt Fre...

Mon Mar-26-07 06:32 AM
Are the Sandinista terrorists on the Texas border yet? Rhetoric to haunt Freeepers.
DU discussion: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x503712

Given ther current lies leading to war, an examination of past lies is in order. Please contribute past rhetoric that parallels the current propaganda effort.

One of my favorite whoppers is that the tiny nation of Nicaragua was an invasion threat to Texas. Reagan and George Bush deprived the nation and the world of sleep with rhetorical worries that the terrorist cabal controlling the government of Nicaragua ......

.....

"Ronald Reagan introduced "terrorism" into the political vernacular...."

[yurbud]

24. shorter question: are the sandinistas terrorists? They came to power with support of

groups we favored in elections to replace them.

The Sandinistas also won internationally monitored elections, a fact little mentioned here.

[L. Coyote]

27. Even shorter question: "Are leftists terrorists?"

That is how the term "terrorist" began, to identify the opposing end of the political spectrum. It's inception is symptomatic of paranoid politics, an incurable disorder once limited to John Birchers. Unfortunately it is a communicable disorder, and the RNC got it from infiltrating the John Birch Society with far-far-right ratf__ckers. E-mail has played a role in spreading it from the RNC into officialdom!! In advanced stages, it manifests as extreme political bi-polar disorder. Removal from office is the only known cure.

[yurbud]

28. did you leave the U out of respect for the rats?

[Quixote1818]

26. This is great news!

An encore of Santorum making a fool of himself.

[WinkyDink]

29. Morning-call newspaper article alluded to:

http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/state/all-a1_5santorummar26,0,7643975.story