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March 07, 2006
Tom DeLay, the Movie
I was lucky enough to get dismissed from jury duty today early enough to attend the press conference for the release of The Big Buy. The new documentary that focuses on the story of Tom DeLay. Unfortunately, although Mr. DeLay received numerous requests to be interviewed for the film over the course of the 3 years it was in production, his office did not respond to the requests.
I came home with a copy of the DVD but no time to watch it today. The teaser, which you can download at http://tomdelaymovie.com/ is very powerful, ending with Jack Abramoff saying, "Tom DeLay is who we all want to be when we grow up. Thank God Tom DeLay is the Speaker of the House".
The speakers at the press conference were the film's directors, Mark Birnbaum (who, far from being a liberal partisan, voted in the Republican primary) and Jim Schermbeck as well as BraveNew Films' Chairman Rick Jacobs.
KHOU, Channel 11 filmed the entire press conference (including a long shot of my David Van Os Tshirt). AP was there and KTRK, Channel 13 showed up at the end.
Those of us who've been following it know the story. It's about time the rest of the nation learns how corrupt Tom DeLay really is.
Posted by Lyn Wall at March 7, 2006 04:30 PM | Permalink
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Sadly, the DVD in the press kit was only the teaser.
A minor correction, also: Abramoff thanked God for having Tom DeLay as the Majority Whip, not the Speaker.
KPFT was also in attendance and will be running this story on the air right now!
I'm glad I could be there and it was cool to see interested parties. I can't wait to get a copy and share it with people in Congressional District 22.
Posted by: Robb Zipp at March 7, 2006 06:01 PM
Good point Robb, I'm embarassed to have made such a stupid mistake. What a disappointment that the DVD was only the teaser!
Posted by: Lyn Wall at March 7, 2006 06:08 PM
Thanks for the report Lyn! This film will premeir in May and the producers are reportedly going to look to activist here in our area again to help with the opening splash...stay tuned!
Posted by: Leah B at March 7, 2006 10:57 PM