Dick Gregory says Bush assassination film may prove prophetic

posted at 3:27 pm on September 12, 2006 by Allahpundit
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Not so much truth to power as John Wilkes Booth to power:

Gregory, a harsh critic of the United States and one-time presidential candidate, told a talk radio show host the documentary-style film “Death of a President” may be on target.

“And when this happens this here documentary is going to look like they was prophesying,” Gregory told XM 169 The Power Host Mark Thompson.

Gregory also told Thompson he is already on record saying Bush will “get busted” and have to leave office early.

“He is not going to finish his term out,” he told Thompson, who was broadcasting live from the Congressional Black Caucus’ 36th Annual Legislative Conference being held in the District.

Gregory’s black and a comedian, which means his “authenticity” rating is off the charts. I’m surprised the left hasn’t capitalized on that more, frankly. If you want to mainstream insane ideas like killing Bush or comparing jihadis in Iraq to the minutemen, don’t enlist homely white suburbanites like Michael Moore or Cindy Sheehan to be your spokesmen. Enlist Dave Chappelle or Chris Rock. Everything they say is true, simply by virtue of the fact that they’ve said it.

British lefties are a little brighter than ours, though. Roger Friedman was at the screening of “Death of a President” at the Toronto Film Festival and filed his report yesterday. Spoilers ahead so don’t read on if you’re planning to see the movie — which, thanks to Newmarket Films, you’ll soon have a chance to do. Friedman:

I will cut to the chase. After Bush is killed and Dick Cheney becomes president, it takes about seven months for law enforcement to arrest a Syrian-American for the assassination. He’s tried and convicted. In the meantime, we meet a black soldier recently returned from Iraq. He is initially suspected but later dismissed. Then it turns out his brother died in the war, and their distraught father has killed himself because of it. The soldier goes through his father’s things and realizes that his grieving dad was Bush’s real killer. He held the president responsible for his son’s death.

Authenticity to the hilt: a grieving parent and black. If it were a white assassin, even the father of a dead soldier, we might still dismiss him as a crackpot. But a black assassin? That’s not a bullet, baby. That’s justice.

Johnny Dollar has audio of an interview Friedman did with Matt Drudge a few nights ago. Quote: “I objected to a black man being used as the victim here in order to assuage the Arab feeling. I thought that was completely wrong.” Indeed.

The BBC says people applauded at the end. That’s true, says Friedman — but they only applauded a little. Whew!

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