Swing Vote
Swing Vote Stolen From Former Bush Aide?
The plot of Swing Vote, the new political satire, starring Kevin Costner and Kelsey Grammer, about a lazy dad from New Mexico whose unintentionally-cast ballot ends up being the presidential election’s deciding vote, was stolen, a former Bush aide is claiming.
The Associated Press is reporting that Bradley Blakeman, a political commentator and one-time deputy-assistant to president Bush, has filed a lawsuit claiming that, in 2006, he gave Mr. Grammer a copyrighted screenplay called Go November, and that Mr. Grammer had agreed not only to develop the project, but also to star in the film as an incumbent Republican president, similar to the role he plays in Swing Vote. read more »
