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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-25-04 10:37 PM
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"Powers that will make martial law seem like anarchy." PNAC"s blueprint
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Edited on Sun Jul-25-04 10:43 PM by Swede
Seen today, "The Manchurian Candidate" feels astonishingly contemporary; its astringent political satire still bites, and its story has uncanny contemporary echoes. The villains plan to exploit a terrorist act, "rallying a nation of viewers to hysteria, to sweep us up into the White House with powers that will make martial law seem like anarchy." The plot cheerfully divides blame between right and left; it provides a right-wing demagogue named Sen. John Iselin, who is clearly modeled on Sen. Joseph McCarthy, and makes him the puppet of his draconian wife, who is in league with foreign communists. The plan: Use anti-communist hysteria as a cover for a communist takeover.

http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/greatmovies/manchuriancandidate.html

I just watched the original,I wonder when Mr. Rove watched it last?
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