The other weird thing is that it actually came out in the nineties! Which you wouldn't think to look at it, what with it being set in the mid-eighties except for someone at the con dressing as Sylvester McCoy...
I was expecting something where two apparently good but flawed men, both with valid points, found themselves in tragic opposition. Instead, it's made clear right from the start that Lindsay is a dangerous nutjob and utter bastard, while Palin is stronger than he thinks and an all-round good egg. Unless there's a reversal coming in which Palin suddenly starts bumming the special needs children, but somehow I doubt it.