Jim Wrenn the Editor of PoliSat.com, asks a pretty fair question [1], given the political conetnt and angle of the movie:
Who has the financial clout and production skills to counter Hollywood’s “Lions for Lambs” campaign-ad? Does not McCain/Feingold unconstitutionally limit the capacity of political parties, candidates, their supporters, grass-roots organizations, etc. to effectively counter such naked propaganda? Of course it does. Are we who opposed McCain/Feingold now entitled to say “We told you so”? Of course we are, but there’s no satisfaction in that.
How can opponents of such naked propaganda counter it? Here’s one of my meager attempts at http://PoliSat.Com/BaseballFootballAndWar.htm [2] (which includes a windows movie video) or, if you insist on giving traffic to Google/Gorgle, you can view the video on YouTube at http://youtube.com/watch?v=1ww3VocsYFc [3]. The only “good” news is that at least so far, the Hollywood Left’s most recent hurt-America-in-order-to-hurt Bush “blockbusters” may prove to be wallet-busters for the Hollywood Left, but given the scope of resources they possess and their fanatical willingness to expend them hurting America in order to hurt Bush, there’s little cause for optimism. The only thing that will ever get their attention is when enough consumers stand up on their hind legs in the market place and say “Enough.”
Well, given the sales figures we’re seeing from the movie, it would appear that that has already started. That said, however, I will point out that a goodly portion of the people exposed to this propaganda, aren’t going to be Americans. They’re also in some part going to be people who seriously approve of this nonsense. So Hollywood is insulated from American reaction.
All this does raise the question about McCain Feingold, however. Just how far do we take that? I suppose, ultimately, that entirely depends on what and who the law is being applied to. Which is what those of us who have been speaking out against it all along, have been worried about.