Two Thumbs Up For Tuesday

For the combined purpose of emerging from our recent disappearance and sharing some commentary on one of this season's new TV shows, we wanted to tell you what we are now doing with the one rare free hour we have in a busy and hellish, yet typical, week.
Some call it a liberal manifesto in prime time. Some call it a not-so-subliminal plug for Hillary Clinton's future designs on the presidency. Though it may be both, we simply call ABC's "Commander In Chief" really good television. Yes, it's like many other political dramas, in that the "heroes" are the more liberal characters and the "villains" are the declared conservatives. Only two episodes have aired so far, and it still seems that President MacKenzie Allen (Geena Davis) may exhibit an occasional conservative tendency now and then. Party-wise, her character is called an Independent. And, while she was the Vice President in a Republican administration, she holds nothing back when disagreeing with the team that the dead President Bridges left her. On the other hand, she also, very thoughtfully, attempts to keep as much of that team intact as possible (Chief of Staff, Cabinet, etc.). We have faith that President Allen will, in some cases, show a dash of conservatism, but that is not to say that the writers will ever make House Speaker Nathan Templeton (Donald Sutherland) a hero in any sense.
Some of our fellow conservatives think it foolish that we should watch such a show as this. But, if we were to shun all television and films that present political and moral ideologies which oppose our own, we wouldn't own a TV at all. It's just good television, and the first new show that we have faithfully watched since CBS's "Family Law" went off the air (a shame to the TV world). So, to those of you who haven't experienced "Commander in Chief," which is part of ABC's Tuesday night line-up, check it out. You'll be glad you did. We are usually conducting our royal business and affairs of state on Tuesday nights, but that's why God made the VCR. So, if anyone writes in wanting to talk about the show, it may be a while before we will have seen the latest episode. C'est la vie, mes amis.