Mommy...what does this red button do?

Evidently the Republican National Committee is trying to put the kibosh on CBS's biopic miniseries 'The Reagans':

Though no one at the RNC had seen 'The Reagans,' the letter [they sent to CBS] insisted that either a panel of Reagan pals and historians screen the project before broadcast for "historical accuracy" or the network run a disclaimer crawl at the bottom of the screen every 10 minutes during the movie, advising viewers that "the program is a fictional portrayal of the Reagans and the Reagan Presidency, and they should not consider it to be historically accurate. . . .

"It would be reassuring to know that the program in its entirety . . . had been subject to review for accuracy.

To be fair, the RNC simply want to make sure quotes attributed to Reagan erroneously such as, "They that live in sin shall die in sin" in reference to victims of AIDS, are replaced with his actual words, which in this case were: "maybe the Lord brought down this plague" because "illicit sex is against the Ten Commandments."

I, for one, applaud and support the RNC's desire to make the miniseries 'historically accurate', if for no other reason than to watch their golden boy be hoist by his own petard.

Posted by Antigeist at November 4, 2003 12:33 PM