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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:58 PM Original message |
HBO made a movie about my nightmare. It just ended (the |
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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well said. |
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SharonRB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. As soon as it was over, I came over here |
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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 11:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
48. I missed it if there was. |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. Was it called 'My Nightmare' ? |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. It is called "Recount" and recounts the suffering we went through |
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Politics_Guy25 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I'm sure that all of us |
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Liberal Gramma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm angry all over again |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I found myself calling actors vile and abusive names out loud as |
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Liberal Gramma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Ditto. Good thing there were no small children present at my house. |
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SharonRB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Me, too |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
85. me too, |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. i just finished watching it and i'm |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. me too. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 12:53 AM Response to Reply #8 |
52. Well how did the movie work overall --- will the public understand it when it |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. I always felt that was when America stopped being a democracy and to |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 12:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
53. Those in control have long been in control; those who control the past control the future . . . |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
86. and they shocked us again with 9/11. we cannot let them do it |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
7. My husband wondered whether Baker now regrets his |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. That assumes that Baker is not a sociopath too. n/t |
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np33 (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 11:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
47. Baker |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 01:03 AM Response to Reply #47 |
55. They called him "The Consigliere" . . right? The big fixer . . . |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. He is such a bush loyalist I can't imagine he is anything but proud as punch |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. I think the fact that he hosted a first screening of the movie |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Republican "election reform" is like date rape in a nice room. n/t |
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morningglory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 12:18 AM Response to Reply #32 |
51. Now that Dems will be in charge, I am sure that the Republics will be |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
36. Considering Baker's involvement with Carlyle |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 01:05 AM Response to Reply #36 |
57. Wasn't Baker also defending the Saudis against the lawsuit by the 9/11 families????? |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #57 |
69. You are correct: He was working for the House of Saud |
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mountainvue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
45. And to think Baker was a Democrat at one point. n/t |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #45 |
70. Presumably a Dem of the same ilk as Strom Thurmond n/t |
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mountainvue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. Haha...Is Baker from the south? He must |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
9. It was brilliant |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. There was that whole deal of changing a statute with an |
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RooferDem (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. The Katherine Harris caricature was spot on and hilarious. |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Caricature? I thought it was her clone. n/t |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
15. It was sad... |
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rusty charly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
17. And the unbelievable capper |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 02:06 AM Response to Reply #17 |
63. IMO sometime in the future the ruling will be reversed |
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SharonRB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
18. That was just the beginning of our long national nightmare |
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rusty charly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Hey, Sharon. |
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SharonRB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Hey, charly |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
39. At the end? |
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santamargarita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
23. I need a new TV, I threw mine in the street! Goddamn Bush! |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Ah, what the hell, you'll need a new one in February anyway. n/t |
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cally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
25. I started yelling and cussing at the TV |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #25 |
87. we cannot let them do this to us again. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
27. I thought it was great |
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Donna Zen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
29. December 12, 2000 |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:24 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. The next day I wore all black to work, including my shirt and tie. |
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Donna Zen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. We knew it would bad...but |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. True, but the Palm Beach votes that went to Buchanan would |
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lordsummerisle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
33. Looks like I picked the wrong week to cancel HBO n/t |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. It is must see TV. n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 01:06 AM Response to Reply #33 |
58. You can download it somewhere on the internet --- also . . . |
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angrycarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
35. Sad |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. I was about 8 months sober when it happened |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 07:08 AM Response to Reply #46 |
66. I would have been 15 years sober then, 23 this August. n/t |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
37. They didn't mention FAMU |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 01:02 AM Response to Reply #37 |
54. Yeah, the mainstream media was a non-entity in this film. |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 07:03 AM Response to Reply #54 |
65. I am wondering if they laid off the media in order to be able to |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 08:15 AM Response to Reply #65 |
68. There must have been some kind of deal struck |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 01:08 AM Response to Reply #37 |
59. How did they handle the GOP fascist rally outside of Miami-Dade Election HQ's to stop the recount??? |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 08:13 AM Response to Reply #59 |
67. They showed it. |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #67 |
72. I think someone did mention later in the dialogue that they were |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. I must of missed it in the overtalking |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. They in fact said |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. Good memory. You are absolutely correct. n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 09:42 PM Response to Reply #77 |
82. Flown in on the ENRON JET . . . hadn't heard that -- |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 08:44 AM Response to Reply #77 |
91. I got to rewatch it with my husband last night |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #73 |
81. I mean . . . this fascist rally was actually being managed by the Bush people .....RIGHT???? |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 08:41 AM Response to Reply #81 |
90. There were contemporaneous reports in Time |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
40. All these comments. See? |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. You need to see this, sometime when you aren't out walking the |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 11:08 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. You're up late tonight, sailor |
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CC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
44. I spent the most of the movie wanting to cry |
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np33 (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 12:13 AM Response to Reply #44 |
50. This movie |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 01:09 AM Response to Reply #44 |
60. Is this movie going to move anyone to do anything about any of this --- ???? |
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ObamaKerryDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
49. It still takes my breath away to think that, had the creator of those butterfly ballots chosen.. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 01:11 AM Response to Reply #49 |
61. I don't think these are isolated odd incidents . . . |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
56. Damn. That was painful. I haven't thought about That Fall very much, |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 01:13 AM Response to Reply #56 |
62. Everyone also has to understand that 2000 isn't the first steal --- |
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a kennedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
64. and can people still say "get over it"??? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
71. Ack I couldn't sit through that. I lived it once and hugh ugh, never would I pay to watch again. |
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logosoco (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
75. This morning my 13 year old daughter |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
76. Wish there was a way to see it besides on HBO |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
78. Laura Dern |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
79. It triggered my PTSD from Election 2000.. and I kept finding myself thinking about Hillary ! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
83. So...beside providing a record, of course ....what did this movie accomplish . . . ????? |
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young_at_heart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. It inspired me to come back to DU |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #84 |
88. welcome back |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #84 |
89. Well, I'm just milling around with the rest of them trying to figure out what to do . . . !!! |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 09:12 AM Response to Reply #89 |
92. You should go back and check out consortiumnews.com |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. Thank you --- |
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