Issue: Me thinkst thou protest too much?TV show depicts 9/11 as Bush plot - The Washington Times: World - June 09, 2005: "TV show depicts 9/11 as Bush plot"

Specific #1:"According to the plot, which was seen by approximately 7 million Germans, the dead man had been trained to be one of the September 11 pilots but was left behind, only to be tracked down and killed by CIA or FBI assassins.
The woman, who says in the program that the September 11 attacks were instigated by the Bush family for oil and power, then is targeted, presumably to silence her"

Specific #2: "Any claim or suggestion that the United States government was behind the 9/11 disaster is absolutely absurd and not worthy of further comment," said Robert A. Wood, spokesman for the embassy.

Observation: This TV show was not presented as reality

Comment:Okaaay. Why is this being reported here in the states? Why is it worthy of a diplomatic exchange? A possible pattern begins to emerge. Republicans wishing to be upset at fictional content. Or are they actually open to discussing different points of view? Recently it was Tom Delay commenting on Law and Order. Before that there was Dan Quayle and Murphy Brown.

What's curious to me about all three events is an apparent rhetorical diversion of sorts. The focus of the episode aka the directors artistic commentary is ignored. The focus of the episode aka the directors artistic commentary is not addressed head-on.

The Republican pattern still remains clear - do not engage.
Pursuit of the development of a shared or centrist governance is not done by Republicans.
Is there not a responsibility of those with power, to manage it for the benefit of all?
Republicans of this generation do not seem to acknowledge this responsibility.

It will be quite a day, when a Republican of this stripe, seeks to build on from ideas presented as fiction. Democrats do it and they are denegrated.