Conservative Movie Review -- Game Change

     I watched the HBO film Game Change last night.  It had the top production values and dramatic qualities one would expect from an HBO film.  However, it required too much suspension of belief to be taken seriously.

     Based on the book of the same name by Mark Halperin, the movie puts its focus on the campaign of John McCain and even more narrowly, examines the choice of Sarah Palin as McCain's running mate.  I have been around many campaigns and politicians.  I'll admit that politicians in general are by nature self-centered.  I've also known some that weren't very bright.  Like professional fighters, candidates also have to have some bi-polar psychological characteristics,whipping themselves into a manic frenzy of positive energy and activity up until Election Day, only to crash the day after.  

   Still, the movie Game Change portrayed Palin as a cartoon character.  Nobody could be as self-centered, ignorant and unstable as the Palin character and become the Governor of a state.  As a Conscious Conservative, I was no fan of the McCain/Palin ticket.  In many ways, Obama is more conservative than either of them.  However, I also do not believe that John McCain and Sarah Palin are as simple as this movie shows.