ABC Preps Braindead Viewers for Hillary! ’08
July 28th, 2005 at 10:30 am by Preston Taylor HolmesABC, hot on the heels of the success of Desperate Housewives, is taking it to the next level with “Commander in Chief” – a series that is part tribute to Geraldine Ferraro and part groundwork for Hillary ’08.
Geena Davis plays an independent female Vice President to a Republican president who dies, and she is thrust into the Presidency. How will she handle it? How will has-been Donald Sutherland, who plays her nemesis, eventually realize that Davis/Moderate Hillary is the right woman for the job? How will she battle her internal demons and overcome her own self-doubt? Thankfully, creator/producer Rod Lurie says the show will focus on “family” rather than “politics.”
“Commander in Chief” stars Geena Davis as a married mother and independent vice president who is thrust into power after the death of the Republican president, battling concerns by her predecessors’ advisers and cabinet as well as her family and associates.
Here are a few things I’d rather do than watch this digitized vomit:
- Pound all the bones in my hand to a fine dust with a hammer
- Eat an entire bucketful of broken glass
- Have uncontrollable bowel explosions for an entire month
- Jump off the roof of a building short enough not to kill me, but tall enough to cause severe injury
- Have a three-way with Madeline Albright and *shudder* Helen Thomas
I think I made my point.
UPDATE:
Heh! Speaking of the dog-faced gremlin, Helen Thomas, she has reportedly threatened to kill herself if Dick Cheney runs for President in 2008. (via Drudge)
C’mon, Dick, do it for the good of the country – and for our collective eyesight! Cheney in ’08! Let’s make it happen!
July 28th, 2005 at 1:12 pm
You left out listening to Dick Vitale for three hours.
July 28th, 2005 at 1:33 pm
SERENDIPITY BABY!
July 28th, 2005 at 1:47 pm
STUPID STUPID CURIOSITY! I looked up a pic of helen thomas because well, I was thinking, “oh c’mon, how bad could she be?”
uncool, my friend. I think I have to go to the happy place tonight to get my libido back on track
July 28th, 2005 at 1:53 pm
and actually, i’m somewhat looking forward to President Geena… I now finally have an excuse to order that bottle of absinthe and 3am Criticize this potential pukefest of a TV show (3am criticicism = the SHoP’s own version of “liveblogging”)
I imagine that I will especially like how Hollyweird will have attempted to placate me by making this a Republican administration. But ha ha, they killed off the republican so it’s still somewhat of a backhanded compliment…
Instead of President Geena, how about a President Elisha or a President Natalie Portman? What has Geena Davis been in recently besides reruns of Beetlejuice?
July 28th, 2005 at 2:04 pm
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oh wonderful.
1) nothing really since 1992′s A League of their own in which her acting was augmented by a lack of acting from madonna, lori petty and our favorite tard Rosie O’Donnell
2) don’t even bother pointing out that Stuart Little and Stuart Little 2 came after 1992
3) Umm, OK, her character’s name in The Fly (1986) was Veronica Quaife? ***giggles***
If you’re looking for a washed-out actress from the 90s, why not Rebecca de Mornay or Demi Moore? Or a nice Janine Turner, maybe some Dana Delany.
What a pukefest.
July 29th, 2005 at 8:19 am
I really don’t consider Helen killing herself as a threat, I mean aren’t threats supposed to discourage people? The best threat suggestion I heard, is she should threaten to pose nude if Dick runs in ’08, now thats an incentive not to run.
August 1st, 2005 at 1:52 pm
I think it’ll be great. The more women can see this kind of thing on TV, the less they’ll whine for it in real life. That way everyone wins.
-Dick