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I guess medical attention was out of the question?

posted 11 years ago by patchesdf-62-114042
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You would figure when a president got shot in a situation like that a crack medical squad would be descending down on him like a SWAT team or something to beat life back into him. The president was shot and not only was there no med team anywhere in sight (not even an ambulance on stand by) not a single character even mentioned the idea maybe a doctor could be of help.

"The president has been shot? Well kick him in the hole, he's dead."

[–] bastasch8647 10 years ago

Had they indicated that the president could be patched up, they'd have lost the great crisis moment caused by the president's dying request that the Melvin Douglas character tell the world the truth about Vietnam. With the president definitely "on his way out", Douglas' decision, for or against, is a stark, poignant question. Had the president lived, then there was always the possibility that the whole Vietnam question could be worked given time. The entire point is that there was no more time left, and the American people and the world needed to hear the truth now.

[–] steve112547 8 years ago

You make good points, no argument here. But the first post is valid - I could not believe all the armored vehicles and no sign of a ambulance for this sniping exercise....lack of common sense and authenticity.

*Everything happens to me! Now Im shot by a child! (T.Chaney)