When liberals like Michael Moore and Al Gore make documentaries, they're on Leno, Letterman, Oprah, "60 Minutes," etc., and the premieres are red-carpet affairs at Hollywood, Sundance, Cannes, etc.
The Washington DC premiere of "Hillary: The Movie" is at a multiplex in Georgetown, and they're not even allowed to advertise:
A legal battle over advertisements for a new documentary about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton illustrates the folly of current campaign-finance laws, says the attorney for the producers of the film, which premieres tonight in Washington.Linked at Memeorandum and PajamasMedia, with blog comments from Hot Air, Reason, and JammieWearingFool, who says the new Hillary documentary may be the scariest horror film in years:
"Hillary: The Movie" is "a political documentary like Michael Moore or Al Gore has made," said James Bopp, who went to federal court last week to represent the movie's producers. Yet the conservative group Citizens United, which produced the Clinton film, must "go to court to get permission to advertise the film... because of McCain-Feingold," he said.Known by the names of its chief Senate sponsors, Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, and Sen. Russ Feingold, Wisconsin Democrat, the 2002 law that regulates campaign advertising could require the film's producers to disclose the names of their donors and to insert a disclaimer in ads for the movie. (MORE ...)
-- Robert Stacy McCain, assistant national editor, The Washington Times
Comments (3)
so much for freedom of speech
Posted by truth | January 14, 2008 6:28 PM
Michael Moore sure didn't seem to have any problems promoting his anti-Bush "documentaries." Funny how anything that is even remotely seen as anti-Democratic is subject to court actions, while any film that is anti-Republican gets promoted all over the media and is discussed all over the cable talk shows. The media bias in this country is pathetic.
Posted by Libertyship46 | January 16, 2008 1:55 PM
PRAISE CLINTON AND GORE WITH PLEASURE
GDP--rose from 6,300 to 11,600
NATIONAL INCOME-5,000 to 8,000 Billion--
JOBS CREATED--237,000 per month to replace Jimmy Carter record
of 218,000.
AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS--$360 to $478
AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS WORKED--never hit 35.0--hit that mark 4
times in 80's
UNEMPLOYMENT--from 7.2% down down down to as low as 3.9%
MINIMUM WAGE--$4.25 to $5.15
MINORITIES--did exceedingly well
HOME OWNERSHIP--hit all time high (no big deal most can say
this-except Reagan)
DEFICIT--290 Billion to whoopee a SURPLUS
DEBT----+28%---300% increase over prior 12 years by
Conservatives.
FEDERAL SPENDING--+28%---+80% under Reagan- who is da true
conservative?
DOW JONES AVERAGE--3,500 to 11,720 top in 2000. All it's
history to get to 3500 and Clinton zooms it
NASDAQ--700 to 5,000 top in 2000.---All of it's history to
get to 700 and Clinton zooms it
VALUES INDEXES-- almost all bad went down--good went up in
zoom zoom zoom
FOREIGN AFFAIRS--Peace on Earth good will toward each
other---Mark of a true Christian--what has Bush done to Peace
on Earth?
POPULARITY---highest poll ratings in history during peacetime in AFRICA, ASIA AND EUROPE . Even 98.5% in Moscow--left office with Highest Gallup rating since it was started in 1920's.
STAND UP FOR JUSTICE--evil conservatives spent $110,000,000 on hearings and investigations and caught one very evil man who took a few plane rides to events.
BOW YOUR HEADS--Thank you God for sending us a man of Bill Clinton's character, intelligence, knowledge of governance, ability to face up to crises without whimpering and a great leader of the world. Amen.
THANK YOU GOD FOR THE GOOD TIMES THE CLINTON YEARS.
Posted by Wil Burns | January 17, 2008 1:03 AM