Post by Lesa on Oct 16, 2005 22:39:55 GMT -6
I finally got to see a rerun of this last night, and I think it was the 2nd ep.
First off, hubby and I have been talking about it, and knowing how much cronyism runs in the Republican party (not that Democrats don't have their share of cronyism as well), it's hard to see them picking an Independent to run for vice president in the first place. To make it more believable, they probably should've picked a fair-minded Republican (yes, I admit that they do exist, although it seems pretty rare) woman to run instead, and they still could have pointed out the corruption if Allen were a Republican... although I must say that I prefer her as a Dem... err, uh, Independent.
I love the scene where Mac addresses the press, telling them as Mac the mom, and not Mac the president, to leave her kids alone. This is the same type of wanting what's best that makes her such a good president...
The brutal murder of nine U.S. citizens was ordered by a general who had overthrown a president and put himself in power as a dictator. Because of the politics involved, and because there was no financial gain to be had by attacking that country, most presidents probably wouldn't have done a thing about it. But Mac would not back down, no matter how many people told her that there was no recourse, and she found a way to take the general out of power quickly, without hurting international relations or causing great harm to that country's economy. Thanks to Mac's intelligence and desire to do what's best for everyone, the dictator was overthrown, and the president that was elected by that country's people was returned to his rightful position.
Despite his biggoted remarks and seemingly reflective attitude, I'm not so sure that Donald Sutherland's character is the bad guy. I get the distinct feeling that he is playing devil's advocate by acting like the devil, just to keep Mac on her toes and make sure she doesn't become complacent. This seemed apparent during his flashback conversation with the recently-deceased president, when that president was trying to get Sutherland's character to take over as vice president before he died.
I hope they play reruns of this every Saturday night like they did last night, because lately I've been scheduled earlier hours at work on Saturdays.
First off, hubby and I have been talking about it, and knowing how much cronyism runs in the Republican party (not that Democrats don't have their share of cronyism as well), it's hard to see them picking an Independent to run for vice president in the first place. To make it more believable, they probably should've picked a fair-minded Republican (yes, I admit that they do exist, although it seems pretty rare) woman to run instead, and they still could have pointed out the corruption if Allen were a Republican... although I must say that I prefer her as a Dem... err, uh, Independent.
I love the scene where Mac addresses the press, telling them as Mac the mom, and not Mac the president, to leave her kids alone. This is the same type of wanting what's best that makes her such a good president...
The brutal murder of nine U.S. citizens was ordered by a general who had overthrown a president and put himself in power as a dictator. Because of the politics involved, and because there was no financial gain to be had by attacking that country, most presidents probably wouldn't have done a thing about it. But Mac would not back down, no matter how many people told her that there was no recourse, and she found a way to take the general out of power quickly, without hurting international relations or causing great harm to that country's economy. Thanks to Mac's intelligence and desire to do what's best for everyone, the dictator was overthrown, and the president that was elected by that country's people was returned to his rightful position.
Despite his biggoted remarks and seemingly reflective attitude, I'm not so sure that Donald Sutherland's character is the bad guy. I get the distinct feeling that he is playing devil's advocate by acting like the devil, just to keep Mac on her toes and make sure she doesn't become complacent. This seemed apparent during his flashback conversation with the recently-deceased president, when that president was trying to get Sutherland's character to take over as vice president before he died.
I hope they play reruns of this every Saturday night like they did last night, because lately I've been scheduled earlier hours at work on Saturdays.
