Linklater on Bush
Promoting his new movie A Scanner Darkly, Richard Linklater had this to say on Alex Jones' syndicated radio show:
"Man, is he in over his head as the President of the United States - that's your worst combination of someone not prepared with their impulses being almost wrong every time - it's painful to watch as a Texan."
I find Linklater's Nixon comments most enlightening. If you look at Nixon's record, he's dead on.
The link: http://www.infowars.com/articles/media/hit_movie_director_slams_bush_admin.htm
"Man, is he in over his head as the President of the United States - that's your worst combination of someone not prepared with their impulses being almost wrong every time - it's painful to watch as a Texan."
Linklater outlined the kind of watchdog role Americans should assume - a necessity that his latest film warns against the consequences of abandoning.
"That's our role, that's our duty - that's what the founding fathers certainly wanted - a kind of a robust dialogue where everyone's a little unsatisfied - what we have now is a small group who are very satisfied - they've taken total control," said Linklater.
"Once you own the media and the outlets and you can control the debate to such a large degree, I wonder if the dissenting voices can even be heard."
Linklater agreed that Bush had dwarfed the crimes of Nixon commenting, "Nixon's a liberal compared to Bush - at least he cared about air quality, drinking water, things like that."
I am not of the school of thought that filmmakers and artists have nothing legitimate to say about politics. That's right wing nonsense.I find Linklater's Nixon comments most enlightening. If you look at Nixon's record, he's dead on.
The link: http://www.infowars.com/articles/media/hit_movie_director_slams_bush_admin.htm
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