A Thousand Show Up for Clinton Film Debut

[redqueen]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040616/ap_en_ce/clinton_documentary_7

By CARYN ROUSSEAU, Associated Press Writer

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - More than a thousand people turned out for the world premiere of "The Hunting of the President," a film claiming to expose "the 10-year campaign to destroy Bill Clinton (news - web sites)."

The 90-minute documentary re-creates interviews conducted for the best-selling book of the same name by Joe Conason and Gene Lyons. Rough versions have played at four film festivals.

The first public showing Tuesday night, at $50 a ticket — with the proceeds going to several Arkansas-based charities — drew a large crowd to a ballroom at the Statehouse Convention Center, a short walk from where Clinton celebrated his two presidential election victories. It is also next door to the Peabody Hotel, formerly the Excelsior, where Clinton accuser Paula Jones said he harassed her when he was governor.

Attendees included Susan McDougal, who went to jail rather than cooperate with Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr; retired Gen. Wesley Clark (news - web sites), who sought the Democratic Party's presidential nomination this year; and former Arkansas Sen. David Pryor.

[lovedems]

1. I saw the producer of the documentary on one of the news programs

and he said (paraphrasing) Hillary had it wrong when she called it a "vast right wing conspiracy". He said it was only a handful of those who were conspiring to trash the Clinton name.

I would say 2004 is the year the conservative movement self implodes. If events keep going the way they are, we are at the beginning of the end and the country is going to see the extreme right for the crooks they are. Wishful thinking? I hope not.

[wryter2000]

2. Lord, I hope you're right

I would say 2004 is the year the conservative movement self implodes.

If so, it'll be the only thing we can thank * for.

[lanparty]

4. Vast as in WELL FUNDED

They were pumping millions into the effort to smear Bill Clinton. And then our whore media joined in by quoting mere rumors propogated through the Republican noise machine.

[2Design]

3. Wow this looks good.....god I hope we can wake people up eom

[peacetalksforall]

5. I don't agree with the producer.

These people are exquisitely orchestrated and it took many, many people working on this. If you could watch reruns of the cable shows it would be perfectly evident. Even elistist right wing planners like C. Boyden Grey and Ed Meese wenot on cable. The cable batallion was what we saw - from all the Women organizations, to all kinds of Town Hall representatives. Behind the scenes, they had and (mis)used the FBI to assist. They used all kinds of lawyers and foundations. I can't imagine why he said it wasn't vast.

[robbedvoter]

6. Me neither - and I am surprised. I read the book - it was vast - layers

and layers - from the money bags, the BFEE, the local AK hillbillies, the mediawhorses , the religious nutz, the UK counterparts, the assorted flavors of pimps and freepers of all stripes. vast doesn't begin to cover it!