Democratic National Convention '08

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by Alex

Interesting political thriller. Black president, female vice president. President is assassinated shortly after taking office not because he's black but because the shooter wanted a female president.

Some years ago, I wrote a screenplay that sets the Oedipus story in what was essentially the Clinton White House. The president puts out his eyes--or does he--in a gesture of fake contrition calculated to keep power. Ultimately, he kills himself when it's revealed that he has a black father because he feels the American public would never accept that.

I may have to dust it off if Obama loses.