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ProudToBeBlueInRhody

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6. Dennis Haysbert was the President in "24" on FOX

Reply to JustAnotherGen (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 19, 2013, 10:36 AM

Mar 2013

Never watched it either, but black presidents in movies and TV always get shit piled on them. Someone wrote a satirical piece about not electing Obama because it would mean bad luck.

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Is “Olympus Has Fallen” anti-Obama? [View all] MinM Mar 2013 OP

This comes on the heels of the History Channel kerfuffle... MinM Mar 2013 #1

I had reservations JustAnotherGen Mar 2013 #2

Dennis Haysbert was the President in "24" on FOX ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2013 #6

Well of course JustAnotherGen Mar 2013 #7

Just the usual lack of imaginagion in Hollywood, I would think. bemildred Mar 2013 #3

sometimes a movie is just a movie..... bowens43 Mar 2013 #4

There's a reason the CIA, DoD, Secret Service... MinM Mar 2013 #9

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Wait....Jamie Foxx is the president??? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2013 #5

Oh wow! JustAnotherGen Mar 2013 #8

There's a perverse pleasure cbrer Mar 2013 #11

No erpowers Mar 2013 #12

Why is the White House under siege in so many movies? MinM Apr 2013 #13