All the President's Dudes

Roger L. Simon has a modest proposal for a famous screenwriter:

Hey, William Goldman.  You’re getting a little long in the tooth — we all are — but America needs your Oscar-winning brilliance for a new screenplay, a must-do sequel to your original called All the President’s Dudes. 

You won’t be able to use Hoffman and Redford this time.  They’re also, er, a little long in the tooth to play, say, Tommy Vietor.  But there are a number of younger players out there.  (I see Justin Bieber as Tommy.) 

Look, I know you’re a liberal and want to protect the fort.  But don’t you think things have gone a bit far with this Benghazi business? 

I know. I know. It’s not over yet. We need a Deep Throat or at least a John Dean to put an icing on the proverbial cake.  Maybe we’ll have one.  But even if we don’t, think of think of the dramatic possibilities...

Never mind the dramatic possibilities. The casting possibilities make one's head spin. Meryl Streep as Hillary Clinton? Queen Latifah as Susan Rice? Peter Krause as Ambassador Chris Stevens?

Jay-Z and Beyoncé as, well, Jay-Z and Beyoncé?

And how about this for the movie's tagline:



Update: He is not a crook!