http://www.theangryliberal.com/comoftheday.htmsnip
I admit it. I spend too much time watching movies. If I spent less time in front of the screens (big and small), I could probably find time to write more than one or two columns a month. Be that as it may, I'd like to spend a minute discussing one of my favorite films, The Dead Zone. For those of you who haven't read the book or seen the film, I'm about to ruin the ending of a very good story. I'll let you stop reading here as long as you promise to a) either read the book or watch the movie, and b) vote for John Kerry in November. Deal? Good. See you next time.
For those of you still reading, you may remember the moment in the film's climactic scene in which senatorial candidate Greg Stillson (played by a young Martin Sheen) is being shot at by Johnny (Christopher Walken). In a panic, Stillson grabs a baby from the arms of a nearby parent and uses it as a shield, hoping that the shooter's sense of decency wouldn't allow him to fire at a baby, or to take the next bullet if it did . While Stillson isn't hit in the attack, we find out later that he commits suicide after a photo of him hiding behind the infant makes the cover of a national magazine and ends his political career. That glimpse of Stillson living an honest moment ruined any chance of his reaching public office.
not much more...good read
Edited to add: if you get buzzflash, you have seen this already! :)