Investigation into Bin Laden Movie Is About 2012

First time I heard that was from Hugh Hefner, on some late-night talk show years and years ago, might have been Tom Snyder. At the time I wondered how Hefner could say that.

Not no more.

Look how censorship-conflicted Susan Milligan is. Just her other opinion post she tells Cameron not to shut down facebook or twitter. But here in the US she has a problem with anyone pursuing their free speech as upheld by Citizens United, which itself was the result of people trying to pull the censor plug on the unflattering Hillary the Movie.

It might turn out that someone will release an unflattering portrait of the republican running against Obama going into the 2012 election, as a result of free speech as upheld by the very-same Citizens United. But Susan Milligan apparently is not willing to take any chance whatsoever that Obama might not be re-elected, hence her frequent axe-grinding over Citizens United.

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PS: Something for both Susan Milligan and David Plouffe to consider: A rah-rah war movie going into the 2012 election may not do much in terms of giving Obama a bump -- war fatigue. If anything a got-bin-Laden movie going into the 2012 election may more so remind everyone of this: Why in the H-E-L-L are we still there? We got the bad guy A YEAR AND A HALF AGO already. And the best Obama can do is still drawdown only half of the number of troops he escalated to Af-Pak? Even AFTER bin Laden got popped?

Here's another Susan Milligan censorship conflict: When college-age kids were whooping it up right after bin Laden got popped she criticized such as the self-appointed excessive-celebration police comish. Now, it seems she's hoping for some upcoming excessive celebration over a movie reminder that bin Laden getting popped -- if such will give Obama a bump going into the 2012 election.

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PPS: It's no conspiracy theory to assume that the White House would like any movie about bin Laden getting popped be told in a way the White House thinks most appropriate -- for both their immediate concerns and the way they would like the history books to be written. Think the White House would be pleased with any movie that varied from the official story to date, even if clearly billed as a fictional account? I don't think they would be pleased.

With that reasonable assumption I would expect the White House to be a bit more... 'cooperative' than normal with any film maker willing to tell the story from the White House's desired perspective and purpose, particularly in hammering home the official story to date. Whether that rises to the actual case of the White House comprimising classified information -- one would assuredly hope NOT. But with King pressing concern over that possibility, it does say to Obama and the White House: "Hey, we're watching you on this one." So good for King from that perspective.

dom youngross of OH 6:48PM August 16, 2011