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Only in Bill Clinton’s dreams.

That question is the byline to John Fund’s editorial this morning which examines CBS’ upcoming new series about a female U.S. president. It appears that Hollywood is starting to clear the runway for Hillary.

“The series pits Academy Award-winner Geena Davis against the patriarchal world of national politics until her “You Go, Girl!” attitude puts to rest the doubts of her many detractors. The creator of “Commander in Chief,” Rod Lurie, is apparently trying to broaden the show’s appeal by promising that he won’t be using it as a soapbox for his admittedly liberal views. He is quick to note that Ms. Davis isn’t playing a Democrat. Instead she is an independent who landed on a Republican ticket in order to offset a conservative candidate’s low approval rating among women.

Mr. Lurie insists that red-state viewers need not shun the show. He admits that he “can’t write to a belief system that I can’t swallow myself,” but he says that he has hired some conservative writers to make up for his deficit. Not that a balanced approach was evident at last week’s series-celebrating parties, in Washington and New York, hosted by the feminist White House Project.” (Emphasis ours)

Ben Johnson had the scoop on this story two days ago — and he calls Hollywood onto the carpet.

“THE HILLARY CLINTON ’08 CAMPAIGN AIRED ITS FIRST, HOUR-LONG COMMERCIAL last night. Unfortunately, it came masked as a primetime network TV series.

ABC’s “Commander-in-Chief” stars Geena Davis as the first female president. Recognizing obvious parallels with Hillary Clinton’s presidential ambitions, its creator, stars, and assistants – not a single Republican amongst them – carefully distanced themselves from the notion their new program would promote either Hillary proper or left-wing politics in general.
. . .

As usual, the Hollywood Left lied.”

Debbie Schlussel agrees, and gives us this perspective:

It’s not just that the show about the first female President is a weekly hour-long campaign commercial for Hillary Clinton. It’s not just that conservatives are mean and evil on this propaganda hour.

It’s that this is what a female President will be like as brought to you by Oprah and the women of “Desperate Housewives”–and the legions of female fans who love them. Do you want them picking the leader of the free world?

I don’t. Here’s why.

Michelle Malkin calls it another example of why she “rarely tunes in to network prime-time TV anymore”

For most of our readers, there’s little doubt that Hollywood would create yet another vehicle to advance a pro-Democrat agenda. Only this ride is custom made with an eye on ‘08.

But leave it to The S.F. Chronicle to look past the politics, as TV critic Tim Goodman concludes:

Will ‘Commander’ help Hillary? Who cares? It’s just a good show.

Who knows what “Commander in Chief” will mean to Hillary Clinton, but its quality certainly makes Tuesday nights a bigger quandary for viewers.

Goodman highlights:

What makes “Commander in Chief” work is its potential, just as “The West Wing” rose up and surprised everyone. In one scene here, Bridges’ widow surprisingly throws her support to Mackenzie, with a you-go-girl flourish: “Mac, you’re the first female president. If Moses had been a woman leading the Jews in the desert, she’d have stopped and asked for directions. They’d have been in Israel in a week.”

Well, with sassy lines like that, it’s not hard to see why this will be a big hit among liberals — especially women.

And maybe Hillary will use “You go, girl” for her campaign message. Depends on the ratings.

UPDATE: (11/16)
Brent Baker explores how ABC Gives Conservative GOP House Speaker a History of Advocating Segregation.

Somebody call Rod Lurie…

Don Surber rightly quips: “That does seem to run counter to the reality that MoveOn lefties now idolize the old Exalted Cyclops himself: Robert C. Byrd.”

Indeed.

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