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October 1, 2003
White House Leak Story Has No Legs, But Plenty Of Boobs
Representative Peter T. King of Long Island said the controversy surrounding crimes committed by White House leakers "shouldn't have legs". . ."It doesn't have legs," said King. "I think everyone will agree with me when I say it's simply not box office boffo." "I think today's audience is much more interested in a story about cigars and genitalia than a simple `white-house-calls-reporter, ruins-career-of-undercover-CIA-operative, endangers-WMD-intelligence-gathering-and-possibly-people's-live's' story," he added. Peter Bart of Variety doubts the story can appeal to the critical 18- to 49-year-old consumer group that drives film advertising. "I'm sure you saw my story," Bart said. "Leaks Reak, Studio To Nix Flix On Novak Hack." Some would say that this is a classic tale of imperial presidential arrogance, the corruption of absolute power, of petty revenge, he remarked. "But with this administration, it's kind of a tired cliché." 
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