Word: stantons
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...something beyond the powers of political commentary or literary criticism to convey. It is much more than a conventional ambition, a presidential dream. Lots of men entertain that fantasy. What drives him is an unacknowledged anarchy of the soul. There is no reason why Willie must possess aristocratic Anne Stanton (Kate Winslet), daughter of the state's last great Governor and the woman Burden has impotently loved his entire life. It is just that she is there--blond, vulnerable and an all-too-symbolic representative of the class he can never join but has to screw any way that...
...Stanton is a doctoral student in history at Columbia University, writing her dissertation on Middle Eastern radio in the mid 20th Century
...values it pokes fun at; especially its love for the greedy American stereotype it eviscerates, epitomized by Martin Tweed (Hugh Grant), the Simon Cowell/Ryan Seacrest-hybrid host of “American Dreamz,” who is one of the movie’s highlights.Dennis Quaid plays President Stanton, a dead-ringer for George W. Bush, who wears a constant expression of befuddlement on his face and offers pearls of wisdom like, “Hey, did you know there’s two kinds of Iraqistanies...
...Obviously the morale of the country was down because of the defeat in the Peninsula Campaign. When Lincoln shouldered that responsibility for it, it meant he could keep Stanton, who turned out to be an historically good secretary...
...That was what McClellan argued about Stanton. That he was stubborn, didn't listen, was arrogant. But what makes this such an unusual moment now is there's a number of people coming in short order, one right after another. It produces a kind of groundswell of opposition. There's also access to the media. At that time, newspapers had editorials calling for Stanton's resignation, but today people are on television shows and cable news and are able to express their views. It allows [the public] to really look at what they're saying and not dismiss...