In “Looking for love by bashing Hillary” (Commentary, Aug. 23), Clarence Page reported that NBC and CNN were planning a movie or miniseries depicting the life of Hillary Clinton. Page said that no one in the Hillary camp expects either of the networks to produce a puff piece about her. Really? For starters, how about the report that the beautiful and vivacious Diane Lane was approached to play the lead role? I suggest that the networks look to either Rosie O'Donnell or Roseanne Barr for the lead. They both have Clinton's personality and demeanor.Holy crap.
Mr. Gentis is talking about this piece from Clarence Page, where, as noted, some proposed made-for-TV movies about Hillary Clinton are discussed. The column itself is a smart piece that uses the proposed Clinton movies as a jumping off point to talk about larger issues of party politics. Mr. Gentis, though, frothing over "media bias"after years of watching Fox News and listening to AM talk radio, and who no doubt has limited reading comprehension skills, latches on to the "puff piece" line and runs with it.
All of this is a set-up, though, for what can only be described as a childish insult. While he disguises this by saying that Clinton has the "personality and demeanor" of Rosie O'Donnell or Roseanne Barr (as though he has any idea), the real comparison is in looks-- no one would consider either of these two women to be attractive, seeing as they are short and overweight. Notice how he describes Diane Lane as "beautiful and vivacious"-- nothing about her "personality and demeanor" is mentioned.
We all know that the Oklahoman likes to run hit-jobs on Clinton-- they've done it for years. But would any real paper run a letter that amounts to "Clinton is fat and ugly"??? That's schoolyard stuff and something that major newspapers would be above running. But the Oklahoman isn't a real paper and any chance they get to attack major Democratic players like Clinton, they'll take it.
It's truly embarrassing.
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