Drudge Report Flash: Meet the President!

They have got to be kidding!

This is supposed to be the President of the United States?

The woman in the graphic is Geena Davis, who has been a Democratic activist for some years. So now she will appear in a two-hour series pilot titled Commander in Chief. An open casting call will take place this Saturday at the venerable Willow Lawn Shopping Center in Richmond, Virginia. The casting director is looking for people to portray government officials and Secret Service agents.

That this show should pick Richmond, Virginia for such a casting call strikes me as curious. But Geena Davis as President? That's absurd. I can think of many, many actresses who would be far more convincing as a woman President than Geena Davis. Meryl Streep (who appeared in the remake of The Manchurian Candidate) is one of them; Glenn Close is another; and Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry, Million Dollar Baby) might--just might--be a third.

But Geena Davis? Here's a rundown on her prior projects. Thelma and Louise--enough said. And if you think that's bad, how about Earth Girls are Easy? Or how about the made-for-TV movie Secret Weapons, where she plays a student at the old KGB Girls' Charm School for female honey-trap artists? (To be fair, she does have one Oscar to her name: she won as Best Supporting Actress in the 1988 release year, presumably for her role in The Accidental Tourist.)

Sorry, Geena, but you are not Presidential material--and this has nothing to do with the question of whether a woman could properly do the job of President of the United States. Maggie Thatcher, or even Hillary Clinton, you are not. If you go through with this project, you will embarrass yourself more thoroughly than any actress I can remember.