So Goes the Nation
by Adam Del Deo, James D. Stern
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Actor: Ed Gillespie, George W. Bush, James Baker III, John Kerry, William BaconDirector: Adam Del Deo, James D. Stern
Brand: Genius
Producer: Adam Del Deo
Producer: Alex LaGory
Producer: Christopher C. Chen
Producer: Don Kempf
Producer: Douglas Hansen
Producer: Eleanor Nett
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-02-13
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 79869
Studio: Ifc
Product features:
- Ohio proved to be a key state in the 2004 Presidential election, and SO GOES THE NATION profiles exactly what happened there in the build-up to the big day. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES Rating: NR Age: 796019798693 UPC: 796019798693 Manufacturer No: 79869
DVD Reviews of So Goes the Nation
DVD Review: Far too limited
Summary: 2 Stars
I was hoping for a balanced appraisal of the 2004 election towards which I express countless doubts. (Look on the Project Censored web page as to the many things that MUST have happened if we are to believe that Dubya won legitimately in '04). In that sense, this DVD was a real letdown.
I'll start, however, by admitting that the film did have its positive attributes. I agree, for example, that Kerry could have campaigned more strongly. A Marine officer friend of mine and I talked on how we would have responded to that obscene Swift Boat nonsense. First, those who perjured their way through it should have been tried for treason, and Kerry should have confronted them right off--use it against them like Clinton had been able to do. That's one of several examples of items on which I do agree with the film.
Overall, my biggest disappointment is that the film didn't address the superficiality of the whole electoral process. Yes, the GOP used fear, they used religious right "values," particularly same-sex marriage (even when it was completely irrelevant to the lives of those who were confronted with it), and on and on. But, WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH THAT? The matter is that those who vote are so out of touch with the issues that it's not funny. Their lack of touch is a result of many things. My in-laws, for example, are so completely ideological--their issue is abortion--that nothing else exists. Others don't have the time. Still others are marginlized by events of nonexistant importance such as sports. One could list countless others. But in order for a democracy to exist, the people need to have some grasp of the issues. Those in power--of both parties--thrive on us not knowing anything, thereby transferring our "power" to those in power. To use completely superficial toys to win elections doesn't enhance democracy, it threatens democracy, demeans it. Sure, that's a brief summary but I don't have much space here.
There was also not enough focus on how the white districts in Ohio, the ones most likely to vote for the GOP, had plenty of voting machines, while the ones in the less-white districts, the ones with a clear Democratic majority, had too few machines so the voters had to wait for hours so many left without voting. That's something John Conyers suggested in his book. Yet the film implied clearly that that was NOT a problem.
Another critic rightfully compared Ohio's secretary of state with Kathrine Harris, the one in Florida who stole the election in 2000--a fact that history confirms! There wasn't enough in the film about that fiasco, except that one young Democratic campaigner was really ticked off that a public official could be so blatantly partisan--and, I contend, criminal.
Oh, and the way the GOP used some of Kerry's traits against him, you could complain about Kerry as he is somewhat responsible for that. But what about blaming the GOP--Remember, they're the ones who used Willie Horton back in 1988?--for their complete lack of integrity in their sort of mudslinging.
Frankly, I was disappointed with many of the Democrat bigwigs they talked to in the film. Some of them must expect that there's nothing wrong with an electoral system of such sleeze. They suggested they might have used the sleeze issues better too. Yeah, one guy--forgive me for forgetting his name now--did get pretty graphic in describing Dubya's tax cuts, how they affect someone like Paris Hilton, for example, while the waitress who's serving Hilton her $10 latte and makes $25,000 a year, pays more taxes than before. There were also implications of the FACT that Bush comes from a far, far more affluent background even than Kerry, and the media barely touched on it. But the commentator also stated that the Bush campaign was classy and effective, not degenerate, perverted, and inappropriate for ANY place that calls itself "democratic."
Many of those interviewed,even Democrats, praised Dubya for his campaign brilliance. Nonsense. Dubya couldn't argue his way out of an Air Force physical. He, like Reagan, was the tool of the neocon ideologues who control his immage, e.g., Karl Rove. And anyone with an IQ over 60 knows it. The film didn't address that, but gave Dubya much, much more credit than he deserved. So now the whole country looks like a bunch of bumbling idiots.
Anyway, while watching this, I thought a lot of the fabulous Bageant book, "Deer Hunting with Jesus," which I've recommended in these pages. Yes, I understand now how some of those folks vote. But what's important is to make those people more aware of the issues, to "educate" them, not to accept a society in which the marginalized continue to vote for their further marginalization!
If we don't do so, neither party is representing a democracy, and both are doing little more than staging a second-rate quiz show.
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