Frost/Nixon/Bush

January 26, 2009 · Filed Under George W. Bush · Comment 

Having one popularity-challenged president exit last week, seeing Ron Howard’s Academy Award nominated film,  Frost/Nixon, seemed apropos. As I watched an outstanding perfomance by Frank Langella as Richard Nixon.  I remembered just how much I hated Nixon; how important it was to me when the press stood up to him (thank you, Dan). He had stretched the Vietnam war over far more American bodies than needed to die. It hit me that as much as I despised Bush 43, I did not despise him anywhere near as I did Nixon. But the film brought up another perspective for me.

Langellla’s dour and thoughtful dramatics actually made me feel sad for Nixon, something I thought I was incapable Read more

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