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Wag The Dog

The movie starts with the President hit with the claim he had sexual relations with a firefly girl during a tour of the white house, and all this happens two weeks before the election. I’m not sure if this movie was actually based upon the Lewinsky scandal that our current president is facing, but it seems this movie came at the right time. The story is similar, as far as the sex charges, and a war to cover it up. Clinton did declare attacks on Iraq, which was after this movie was released. I’m not saying that the movie gave Clinton the idea of attacking Iraq or if it was actually needed.
This movie made me think allot, about how things really work in the government. The whole movie is how they are trying to take the publics mind off the sex charges to keep the president the favorite for the upcoming election. The main characters were Conrad Bream, who’s main objective was to “Change the story”, it was his idea to fake a war with......

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