Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Reince Priebus Scared of Hillary Clinton

I love that Think Progress used this image of Sigourney
Weaver from Political Animals for this story. It's an
excellent way to see how the RNC must see Hillary.
Hillary Clinton has not even announced whether or not she intends to run for President in 2016. But the threat of it apparently needs an early defense, or why else would ReiNCe PRieBuS be worried about her getting some kind of boost out a couple of documentaries? Frankly, it's just as possible for Clinton to come off poorly in the films, who knows? But it's hilarious that a right-winger would be upset about a Clinton documentary, since it was a Clinton documentary from the right that was the basis of the Citizens United Supreme Court case.

[Excerpt]

Why RNC Chairman Reince Priebus Is Freaking Out Over Pop Culture’s Hillary Rodham Clinton Obsession

Who’s afraid of Hillary Clinton? Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, apparently. Now that Hillary Clinton’s become a hot pop culture subject, with USA’s miniseries Political Animals in the rearview mirror, a feature-length biopic, Rodham in the works, Diane Lane starring in an NBC miniseries about the former First Lady and Secretary of State, and CNN working on a documentary about her, Priebus has told NBC and CNN that if they don’t suspend their projects, he will ask his members to agree not to hold debates on the networks or condone debates set up outside the RNC system that appear on NBC and CNN. The Hollywood Reporter explains. . .

Read more at: Think Progress

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