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...war criminals.

"But worse than that, and the big eye-roll of a twist involving its narrator, the film lionizes Christian Bale's Cheney, framing his story as that of an underdog-hero who cannily worked his way up the political ladder, and completely absolves Bush of any responsibility. As I wrote in our review, "this depiction of W. as a good-ol'-boy airhead, a patsy puppeteered by Cheney, will only further absolve him of responsibility for his disastrous presidency-just as we've seen in the media, who not only line the pockets of his former minions (see: David Frum, Nicole Wallace) but also have been hell-bent on rehabbing his public image, portraying one of the worst presidents in history-a man who conned us into war, mainstreamed torture, destabilized the Middle East, and sank the global economy-as a candy-passin', joke-crackin' eccentric artist." That it received the most Golden Globe nominations (6) of any film this year is truly mind-boggling."



Edits: 12/26/18

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