Obama Documentary Coming to HBO

Posted by Mister Hand (misterhand@filmschoolrejects.com) on November 7, 2008

I’m going to write two versions of this article–one for Republicans who voted for John McCain, and one for Democrats who voted for Barack Obama. You may choose which version of the article best suits you:

Republican Version:

Serving as more proof of the liberal media being totally in the tank for Barack Obama, HBO has announced that it will air a documentary tracking Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. The documentary will be produced by Class 5 Films, which is owned by Ed Norton, a known liberal, and a Yale graduate with a better than “C” average (which makes him an elitist).

No doubt the documentary will portray Obama’s successful 2008 campaign in a positive light, ignoring his terrorist, socialist leanings, and his goal to crush hard-working Americans beneath a yolk of high taxes. The film will surely be timed for a release that will maximize its potential to provide positive propaganda for the new Administration, which will be turning the White House into an Afro-centric Madrasah on January 20, 2009.

You can read more by visiting Variety’s website, after you’ve removed all of the money from your 401k and buried it somewhere in a secluded wood to protect it from the coming Democrat New Order.

Democratic Version:

HBO will release a documentary following Barack Obama’s overwhelmingly successful 2008 presidential bid and oh my God, can you believe what just happened Tuesday?!!

As Roger Ebert said, it’s not that we elected an African-American candidate, it’s that we elected the right candidate! All week, running into my Republican friends, I’ve tried my damnedest to avoid gloating, but it’s tough. I’ve been looking at their long faces and saying things like, “It’s all going to be okay. You’re going to be pleasantly surprised.”

But on election night, who was more surprised than me? Even when Fox News called Ohio and Florida for Obama, I didn’t believe it.

“Why would Fox lie about that?” a friend asked.

“Let’s not forget,” I replied, “They’re not just liars. They’re also pretty dumb.”

And then CNN piled on. But I still didn’t believe it. It didn’t fully hit me even after the networks were calling the whole race for my guy. Then I got in the car just in time to hear McCain giving his concession speech on NPR.

Awesome.

Last night, when speaking with my son about his slacking grades at school, I got to ask the question, “Do you want to be a ‘C’ student like George W. Bush? The most unpopular president in the history of the U.S.? Arguably one of the most unpopular human beings residing on the face of the planet? Or do you want to be an ‘A’ student like Barack Obama?”

My son looked at me and I could tell that he got it. That was a heady moment. For the first time since FDR we have a President who can not only lead but who can be a friggin’ role model.

Anyway, all that aside, can’t wait for the doc. But if you want to get a nice inside scoop right now on both the Obama and McCain campaigns, covered by Newsweek journalists for a year with the caveat that nothing they unearthed could be printed until after the election, click here. The first chapter is devoted to Obama, the second to McCain, and it continues to alternate. It’s riveting stuff.


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  • Election night was a happy one. Seeing someone with a brain elected President of the US after eight years of The Village Idiot Administration.
    I'm looking forward to the Barackumentary and hope it's one long celebration.
  • Nevernude
    OBAMA 08! Change Has Come!
  • Where's the version for us registered independents?
  • Independent Version:

    Ralph Nader and Ross Perot will have plenty of time over the next year to watch a new HBO documentary, etc., etc., etc.

    Happy?
  • George W. Bush is also the United States' most popular president with an approval rating of 92%. He also won re-election. So far, Obama is just the most popular president to have yet served as President.

    Though if 90% of people approved of Bush at some point, and now like 60% or more disapprove, that means that like 90% of the people who disapprove of Bush are flip-floppers. WHAM LOGIC BOMB.
  • Aleric
    Why make a documentary, just show all the highlights of the Jimmy Carter presidency and simply CGI in BO? After all he is simply another version of Carter only now he can truely put America at Risk with all the trouble in the world.
  • Yes, Robert, because if W has taught us anything, it is that once you believe something, you should continue to believe that thing, no matter what evidence to the contrary, and regardless of how destructive that belief becomes to the nation as a whole.

    WHAM SARCASM SCUD MISSILE!

    Aleric: Similar statements were made prior to Clinton's presidency--one of the most popular presidents ever, who presided over eight years of growth and prosperity. I think that's a more apt comparison--Clinton without the personal foibles. A disciplined White House. A president not afraid to be intellectual. Someone who can give the equivalent of the JFK "man on the moon" speech in regards to energy and finally get this country away from using oil--something that's been long overdue. And, as I said before, a president who can serve as a role model.

    Am I prepared to be disappointed? Sure. But for now I remain optimistic about the future of our country--something I haven't experienced in over a decade.
  • Clinton's approval rating was never above 73 and was as low as 36 and much of the growth during that period can be attributed to the market doing exceedingly (and over-reachingly) well on its own, regardless of who sat in the Oval Office. Economists pin the exact start of the 2001 Recession in February/March 2001, which is clearly too early for the policies of George W. Bush to have been the root cause.

    Not to be the consummate nay-sayer, but when Chris Matthews describes his job as a journalist to as "My Job Is To Make Obama Presidency A Success," perhaps everyone has had a bit too much of partisan kool-aid.

    Regardless, at least in terms of economics, most Presidents merely preside (get it?) over the economy, rather than influence. Though that's not to say poor policies can't ruin, but when the market does well, it often does well because of itself, not the government.
  • One thing I've noticed: when people feel good about their president, the economy does well. When they don't feel good about the president, it goes in the tank. Is that a self-fulfilling prophecy? I don't know. Eisenhower's administration implemented policies that pretty much created Middle Class America. JFK cut taxes on the middle class. And during that time, the economy was good.

    LBJ deepened the Vietnam quagmire and filled the pockets of the military industrial complex that Eisenhower warned us about a decade before. Nixon refused to leave Vietnam for the longest time, and help increase our dependency on oil products with his oil company-friendly policies. The economy got increasingly worse through all of these administrations, through Ford and then on through Carter.

    Then came Reagan. You're saying he did nothing to improve the economy? That he couldn't have done anything?

    By the time we get to Bush, we're sliding again. But people are much more aware that the national debt is becoming a problem. Clinton raised taxes on wealthiest Americans, but greatly reduced deficits, and paid down the debt. I believe this was a major factor in driving the Clinton economy. All through Bush 1, I remember very well stock markets falling over "investor concerns about the national debt."

    Then comes Bush. I think we'll need another few years before we can write that history. But I disagree with you only in part. I don't think the president or the government can MAKE the economy, but through sound policies, investors gain reassurance and are more likely to get money flowing.
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