Has '24' Gone Bush-Bashing? (**Spoiler Vanity**)

[Lunatic Fringe]

So it seems that the plotline for this season's '24' is that a dark, shadowy conspiracy of white American puppetmasters is exploiting the threat of terrorism in order to 'secure the flow of oil for the next generation,' manipulating a weak, dim-witted President to achieve their diabolical goals of world domination and economical power.

[Der_Hirnfänger]

I believe that the ultimate bad guy is a Russian oil man actually...but hey.

[Blzbba]

Nah. It's just a TV show.

[neodad]

All I know is that Jack's cell phone ringer sounds the same as mine. I kept having to check my phone everytime his rang.

[ozoneliar]

dim-witted President

Logan(the President from 24) isn't meant to be dim-witted;rather he is indecisive.

[RabidBartender]

I read somewhere that at season's end, Jack retires to farm sheep with a childhood friend in Wyoming.

That might have been something else, though.

[isthisnickcool]

The guy playing the president does not remind me of George Bush at all. He's kind of a bad Nixon parody so far.

[Lunatic Fringe]

We have a guy in our office whose cell phone ringtone is 'Lowrider'.

*rolleyes*

[1066AD]

You must be new to "24".
Time will tell, there will be many twists and turns as the season progresses.

[gooleyman]

Only if you think Bush is a "..weak, dim-witted President."

I don't believe he is. The Bush-Bashers want that to be the perception, but the "dim wit" keeps outwitting them. What does that make them? --hehe

[wallcrawlr]

I dont think there is enough info yet to determine what their ultimate goals are.

So far we've only been treated to what Walt thinks was the plan.

[sageb1]

I picked up on this, too. I just sent an email to my husband who is out-of-town that I was not happy at all that there was indication of a conspiracy to fake WMDs.

[righttackle44]

"Has '24' Gone Bush-Bashing?"

Don't think so. Hugh Hewitt worked for
President Nixon, and he thinks that
Mr. Nixon is their character model.

Seemed to me was series when he said it.

[conservativebabe]

I think they are illustrating what can happen with a weak and indecisive president. Don't think it is meant as a Bush bash, but that's just my opinion.

[bybybill]

I`ve been watching 24 this season and am quickly coming to the conclusion that the dim-witted one is me.
Question: Why do all the characters whisper? Drives me nuts.

[dirtboy]

I've been raising the point that 24 has never had a storyline where the terrorists are Islamists acting alone.

But try getting the faithful to deal with that:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1556686/posts?q=1&&page=3931

[HOTTIEBOY]

Oh No. Not another television post.

B-B-B-B-Bam!!!!!

[dirtboy]

This is what happens when you turn the TV off - you start drinking Busch Light?

Turn that bitch back ON!

[Dan from Michigan]

It's a TV show. It's also known for twists and turns.

Logan reminds me of John Kerry. Walt reminds me of your run of the mill evil bureaucrat which is a dime a dozen - in any party.

[Spyder]

The president to me seems to be modeled more after Kerry. Wimpy, big wuss.