Though The Kennedys had terrible luck finding a cable home, HBO is developing a new political mini-series that may be better received — and why wouldn't it, since it's about friendly, sympathetic former Vice-President Dick Cheney. The project — to be written by The West Wing's Rick Cleveland — will be based on Barton Gellman's book Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency and the Frontline documentary The Dark Side, and will chart the "single-minded pursuit of enhanced power for the Presidency [that] was unprecedented in the nation's history," say producers. Start your fantasy casting!Obviously I hope Dick Cheney will agree to play himself, because I just can't picture anyone else shooting an old man in the face in the middle of a canned hunt that's essentially skeet shooting with the added benefit of actually murdering living things. It's like trying to remake Troll 2; sometimes you just can't improve on an original, you know?
But, failing Dick Cheney agreeing to star in this Dick Cheney masterpiece, I hope they cast Megatron.
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