Stephen King Sounds Off: "I Suggested Jenna (Bush) Be Waterboarded"

[kpete]

Stephen King Sounds Off: "I Suggested Jenna (Bush) Be Waterboarded"
Time | Gilbert Cruz | November 26, 2007 04:31 PM



You know, this morning, the two big stories on CNN are Kanye West's mother, who died, apparently, after having some plastic surgery. The other big thing that's going on is whether or not this cop (Drew Peterson) killed his... wife. And meanwhile, you've got Pakistan in the midst of a real crisis, where these people have nuclear weapons that we helped them develop. You've got a guy in charge, who's basically declared himself the military strongman and is being supported by the Bush administration, whose raison d'etre for going into Iraq was to spread democracy in the world.

So you've got these things going on, which seem to me to be very substantive, that could affect all of us, and instead, you see a lot of this back-fence gossip. So I said something to the Nightline guy about waterboarding, and if the Bush administration didn't think it was torture, they ought to do some personal investigation. Someone in the Bush family should actually be waterboarded so they could report on it to George. I said, I didn't think he would do it, but I suggested Jenna be waterboarded and then she could talk about whether or not she thought it was torture. And then the guy from Nightline said, "Well, obviously you've not been watching World News Tonight with Charlie Gibson." But I do -- I watch 'em all!

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[Bolo Boffin]

1. How much do I love Stephen King?

I read The Tommyknockers all the way to the end, that's how much.

I love it when people like King have eff-you money.

[NobleCynic]

15. You're far stronger than me in that case

I like Stephen King, but I can never finish his books. His books are some of the best written, provided you stop before he finishes them. For having such brilliant build-ups, I swear I never never seen an author with such ... positively wretched endings. It's almost like he gets bored and stops trying.

That aside, I still like Stephen King. And stuff like this only helps to convince me I should go out and finish the Dark Tower series.

[Bolo Boffin]

18. I think he loses his nerve on endings sometimes.

Remember the ending of Carrie? Of Cujo? Of The Dead Zone? What good stuff.

But then there's IT, and the tommyknockers, and Dreamcatcher (OMG). At times, I like Richard Bachman better than King.

If you want to chase Roland the rest of the way, who can stop you?

[NobleCynic]

25. Don't get me started on IT.

Yeah... about the point the giant hollowed out shell of a metaphysical space turtle gets involved, you lost me.

Dead Zone? Good stuff. The screen adaption was even decent, but then again I'll watch anything with Christopher Walken in it, so I may be a bit biased.

[orleans]

19. the stand was a comfort book for me; i read it over and over and over

but i think i only finished it once.

[Iris]

46. hee! hee! Check out post #35!

I agree, The Stand is one of the best - read it one summer in high school and started my lifelong addiction to King's books!

[CrispyQ]

47. "Thinner" was fantastic! Great end!

And "The Running Man" was good, too. BTW, I still won't walk near a sewer grate, thanks to "It" & Penneywise the Clown.

Agree, though that some of his endings are anti-climatic. I haven't read King in many, many years.

[Cha]

38. I know!

Fuck you MONEY!.. That's what the bushites have with the corporatemediawhores on their payroll.

Fight Fuck you MONEY with FUCK YOU MONEY!

[Marrah_G]

39. I really liked that book

It was one of my favorite Stephen King novels.

[Bjorn Against]

2. "Well, obviously you've not been watching World News Tonight with Charlie Gibson."

Was that the guy from Nightline's actual response? If so wow. Just wow. Just when you think our so-called "newscasters" couldn't make themselves look any more stupid and arrogant they go and prove you wrong again.

[orleans]

20. nightline blows charlie gibson! n/t

[Bitwit1234]

3. Lets ask him to write the history of the bush white house

I bet'cha that would really be a horror story per King.

[Tesha]

35. I'm pretty sure "The Stand" *IS* the end-story of the Bush White House. (NT)

[Dukkha]

4. I imagine reading her new "book" would equate torture

certainly to Mr King.

[AzDar]

5. I have loved this man since I was 11.

Now, my 11-year-old loves him.
And it ain't just his writing.......:loveya:

[progpen]

6. Time to go out and buy another Stephen King book.

[skipos]

7. The Mist is getting good reviews. nt

[Ecumenist]

10. Oh my God, Skipos, I saw the Mist on Saturday and let's just say

that beyond the fact that it's a great and H-O-R-R-I-B-L-Y creepy show, it practically screams "eff" you bush, right wing radicals, batcrap crazy evangelicals- the whole political scene we find ourselves subjected to today. GO SEE IT IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY!!

[skipos]

17. Thanks, I will definitely see it.

[orleans]

21. and to think it was written YEARS AND YEARS ago. (i haven't seen it yet) n/t

[NoodleyAppendage]

24. Agreed. GO SEE THE MIST. I saw it today and was floored.

The Mist, like the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers, is a wonderful study in human nature and what it takes to lift the veil to reveal the "noble savage" underneath. While the movie has its creature/CGI moments, it is more about the characters and smartly does not reveal all letting our imagination magnify the horror rather than have it all laid out for us.

If you are tired of torture porn horror and wish to see a movie that reaffirms ones faith in the horror genre, then go see the Mist. It will have you thinking and discussing hotly after the movie has ended.

J

[NobleCynic]

26. Normally I'm iffy about screen adaptions of Stephen King

(Dead Zone being a big exception. I'll watch anything with Christopher Walken.)

But I just might have to drag myself out there to go see it then.

[YOY]

44. The Novelle did just that 30 years ago

It just has modern connotations to it.

[LittleClarkie]

8. What's up with his face?

Did he get that old when I wasn't lookin'?

[NeedleCast]

9. Bad Picture or he's making a face

But he's not a spring chicken anymore.

[Disturbed]

11. We have been living in a horror story since the SC annointed

Busholini.

[MissDeeds]

12. He was struck by a car a few years back

while walking his dog on one of the back roads in Maine. It did quite a bit of damage and he hasn't looked the same since. And he's getting older.

[LittleClarkie]

13. I guess I haven't seen him since then

He was lucky to survive it.

[FVZA_Colonel]

45. Didn't he actually buy the van that hit him and take a sledge hammer to it?

n/t.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

36. He's sticking out his chin. No idea why they used that picture.

I think he's actually gotten better looking in his old age.

[whopis01]

42. I think he is impersonating Janet Reno... n/t

[Marlie]

14. He's a great guy

Remember last year he decorated his house for Christmas with a great big peace sign in lights? No stars, reindeer, etc., just a big old peace sign. Have to love him.

[orleans]

22. that is so cool. i didn't hear about that. is there a picture of it somewhere? n/t

[Cha]

40. That's what it's all

about..

[frylock]

16. everyone always singles out jenna..

how come not Jenna always gets a free pass?

[momster]

28. Too Many Barbaras

You have to clarify which one you're talking about. Jenna is the only one of that name. Mind you, Barbara Sr. could probably take waterboarding and come up spitting at her torturer. That's one tough old bat -- despise her to the bottom of my soul, I do, but I'll give her that.

[MetaTrope]

34. Maybe he read Jenna's book

That is, the third-world girls' autobiography that Jenna put her name on.

[MilesColtrane]

23. He knows the thing in the White House is beyond what he could have come up with. n/t

[Bolo Boffin]

27. Switch authors, but have you ever read The Hellfire Club by Peter Straub?

Laura Bush is the heroine of that novel (!!!!).

[AlCzervik]

29. hehe and i highly recommend "The Talisman" co written with Peter Straub.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

30. I enjoyed that book

Did you also read the sequel, Black House?

[AlCzervik]

31. i've read them all, i was crying my eyes out in one part of the Talisman.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

32. Wolf?

Without giving spoilers, the end of the Sunlit Gardner section was very moving for me.

"Jackey...I kept...the herd safe?"

I was a spigot during that section of the book.

[AlCzervik]

37. yes, Jack, i swear i never cried like that ever reading a book.

and haven't since then.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

41. I thought that must be it

I let my emotion have free reign when I'm reading. It makes for a fuller more interesting experience. That was one instance where I wish I could have contained them a bit.

Of all the Stephen King books I've read, none has ever evoked that type of emotional response from me.

[Blue_Tires]

33. k+r

[lonestarnot]

43. K and R!

[FreeStateDemocrat]

48. Too much basic logic for the Nightline guy to process.