Commander In Chief
*sigh*
Look, its a good concept. Female independent VP takes over the presidency, having to keep the family together while also trying to prevent the presidency from falling apart around her. Strong female role model and all.
But...
I don't know. I feel like they're pumping up the "OMG ITS A WOMAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE" aspect too much. The Speaker of the House is a charismatic, well spoken, clever ass who doesn't seem to have a single good bone in his body. I know, he'll probably make a grand reversal at episode 12 or so, and allow the VP and cabinet nominations to go through. The democrats are conspicuously absent, despite being the majority in the Senate, the more powerful part of the government.
Also, there are some weird things about the show. For example:
The SOB speaker of the house keeps saying how there's no way any of the president's nominations will get confirmed, but that doesn't really matter, because HE DOESN'T HAVE A SAY IN IT! Nominations are confirmed only by the Senate. Evil old white guy doesn't even get a vote. And, since the senate is democratic controlled, the prez won't even have to look in the republican's direction, save to avoid a fillibuster!
Things always work out for her. In a job as important as hers, things never work out that well. She follows the philosophy of "When faced with two options, pick the third", but without the messy screwups that it sometimes creates.
She always seems to have a pound of makeup on. It might just be me...
We never hear about comments outside of the white house or capitol hill.
If this speaker is such a dick, then why does everyone keep bowing down to him? We've got Tom Delay in that spot in real life, and every democrat thinks that Delay is an asshole, and probably a few republicans, too.
This is not a good show about the Commander in Chief. Want a good one, look up West Wing, which is turning rather surreal with the presidentai campaign looking a lot like the 2004 one, excluding the fact that the nominees are a senator from California and a Representative from Texas.
Oh, and in case you don't know, the Republican is the guy from CA, and the Texan's a Democrat...
Weird. But still better than a show that claims to be revolutionary but doesn't do anything new, other than a gender and party change.
Look, its a good concept. Female independent VP takes over the presidency, having to keep the family together while also trying to prevent the presidency from falling apart around her. Strong female role model and all.
But...
I don't know. I feel like they're pumping up the "OMG ITS A WOMAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE" aspect too much. The Speaker of the House is a charismatic, well spoken, clever ass who doesn't seem to have a single good bone in his body. I know, he'll probably make a grand reversal at episode 12 or so, and allow the VP and cabinet nominations to go through. The democrats are conspicuously absent, despite being the majority in the Senate, the more powerful part of the government.
Also, there are some weird things about the show. For example:
The SOB speaker of the house keeps saying how there's no way any of the president's nominations will get confirmed, but that doesn't really matter, because HE DOESN'T HAVE A SAY IN IT! Nominations are confirmed only by the Senate. Evil old white guy doesn't even get a vote. And, since the senate is democratic controlled, the prez won't even have to look in the republican's direction, save to avoid a fillibuster!
Things always work out for her. In a job as important as hers, things never work out that well. She follows the philosophy of "When faced with two options, pick the third", but without the messy screwups that it sometimes creates.
She always seems to have a pound of makeup on. It might just be me...
We never hear about comments outside of the white house or capitol hill.
If this speaker is such a dick, then why does everyone keep bowing down to him? We've got Tom Delay in that spot in real life, and every democrat thinks that Delay is an asshole, and probably a few republicans, too.
This is not a good show about the Commander in Chief. Want a good one, look up West Wing, which is turning rather surreal with the presidentai campaign looking a lot like the 2004 one, excluding the fact that the nominees are a senator from California and a Representative from Texas.
Oh, and in case you don't know, the Republican is the guy from CA, and the Texan's a Democrat...
Weird. But still better than a show that claims to be revolutionary but doesn't do anything new, other than a gender and party change.
posted by Wraithy at 10/19/2005 12:37:00 AM
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