Poetic justice or the reason thousands of Tea Party members are contemplating suicide

According to The Guardian, director Lee Daniels, whose previous effort was the widely lauded Precious, is now working on a film about Eugene Allen, who served as the White House butler for 34 years and eight U.S. presidents.

Oscar winner Forest Whitaker is the leading contender to play Allen (who retired in 1986 and died March 31, 2010) with Oprah Winfrey possibly playing his wife. Daniels is also hoping to sign Liam Neeson to play Lyndon B. Johnson (if Neeson can tear himself away from those brain-dead paycheck films he’s been starring in of late) and John Cusack to play Richard Nixon.

But the real killer here is none other than Jane Fonda is talking to Daniels (or at least her agent is) about portraying Nancy Reagan in the movie. That’s the Jane Fonda who opposed the Vietnam War, supported the Black Panthers and fueled a civil rights campaign for Native Americans — basically the person who opposed everything Ronald Reagan stood for. There are still Reaganites out there who refuse to see a Jane Fonda movie for the same asinine reasons liberal Democrats refuse to see a John Wayne movie.

Nancy Reagan was 68 when her husband left the White House. For what it's worth, Jane Fonda is 74.

This could get interesting.