I'm a proud BDS carrier myself. And by the way, when we were in New York over the holidays and the temperature hit 60 degrees, my daughter complained about the lack of snow and my 10-year-old son said, “IT'S BUSH'S FAULT!!!!” A chip off the old block.

I think it is somewhat fair for you to point out Republicans' similar affliction with the impeached president Clinton — a rabid and all-encompassing opposition, rather than merely a principled and focused one. (Even with those qualifications, though, the impeached president Clinton gave them more than enough ammunition.) To be clear, I am not a Republican. I often vote that way, but only out of desperation, the alternative being even more unpalatable. I think the impeached president Clinton was a highly competent but dishonorable man, while Bush is more honorable and much less competent. Also, he's just simply wrong about a lot of things that he nevertheless believes in sincerely to the core of his being. JMO.

Oddly, I viewed Wag The Dog as over the top and clearly unrealistic, whereas you see November (as described, I haven't seen it) as both over the top and “paradoxically all too realistic.” Whatever I'd call Bush, he is not over the top. I'd call him unimpressive, in affect and in his performance. Still, he certainly has stymied the Democrats this past year, in their even less competent attempts at governance. If it wasn't all so tragic, I'd laugh my ass off.

I do believe you are right about the impact of November and similar expressions of BDS and BDS-like belief. Preaching so strongly to the choir is somehow life-affirming for the choir, but it doesn't bring a lot more people into the church, it seems. Look at the spate of anti-war movies that have come out lately, only to fizzle and fade from memory after a couple of weeks (even one starring Tom Cruise). People in general don't want to see our troops depicted as butchers and mental defectives, they want to see them as the heroes they are.

There's room for a play or movie — a black comedy that pokes fun at the all-too-clear foibles of the present administration. If it had some sense that these people are fallible human beings, and treated them like human beings instead of conspiring, conniving monsters, it might even have a chance of great success. I would even laugh at such a film, as I am 80% dissatisfied with this presidency. (100% dissatisfied with Democrats. Thus you see my general conflictedness with all things political.) Perhaps I will even enjoy November, if it is made into a film. The difference being that I would probably not see its characters as such a direct reflection of the very real mess we have right now.

I'm a proud BDS carrier myself. And by the way, when we were in New York over the holidays and the temperature hit 60 degrees, my daughter complained about the lack of snow and my 10-year-old son said, “IT'S BUSH'S FAULT!!!!” A chip off the old block.

I'm a proud BDS carrier myself. And by the way, when we were in New York over the holidays and the temperature hit 60 degrees, my daughter complained about the lack of snow and my 10-year-old son said, “IT'S BUSH'S FAULT!!!!” A chip off the old block.

I think it is somewhat fair for you to point out Republicans' similar affliction with the impeached president Clinton — a rabid and all-encompassing opposition, rather than merely a principled and focused one. (Even with those qualifications, though, the impeached president Clinton gave them more than enough ammunition.) To be clear, I am not a Republican. I often vote that way, but only out of desperation, the alternative being even more unpalatable. I think the impeached president Clinton was a highly competent but dishonorable man, while Bush is more honorable and much less competent. Also, he's just simply wrong about a lot of things that he nevertheless believes in sincerely to the core of his being. JMO.

Oddly, I viewed Wag The Dog as over the top and clearly unrealistic, whereas you see November (as described, I haven't seen it) as both over the top and “paradoxically all too realistic.” Whatever I'd call Bush, he is not over the top. I'd call him unimpressive, in affect and in his performance. Still, he certainly has stymied the Democrats this past year, in their even less competent attempts at governance. If it wasn't all so tragic, I'd laugh my ass off.

I do believe you are right about the impact of November and similar expressions of BDS and BDS-like belief. Preaching so strongly to the choir is somehow life-affirming for the choir, but it doesn't bring a lot more people into the church, it seems. Look at the spate of anti-war movies that have come out lately, only to fizzle and fade from memory after a couple of weeks (even one starring Tom Cruise). People in general don't want to see our troops depicted as butchers and mental defectives, they want to see them as the heroes they are.

There's room for a play or movie — a black comedy that pokes fun at the all-too-clear foibles of the present administration. If it had some sense that these people are fallible human beings, and treated them like human beings instead of conspiring, conniving monsters, it might even have a chance of great success. I would even laugh at such a film, as I am 80% dissatisfied with this presidency. (100% dissatisfied with Democrats. Thus you see my general conflictedness with all things political.) Perhaps I will even enjoy November, if it is made into a film. The difference being that I would probably not see its characters as such a direct reflection of the very real mess we have right now.