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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (9751)	6/22/2004 1:08:24 AM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 90947

So the Willie Horton ads cost Dukakis the election not Forrest Gump? Actually they both did, plus a lot more. Such as the shortest candidate usually loses. And the one who is less physically macho. Put it all together and Bush beat Dukakis. Forrest Gump definitely had a big influence. If you deny that you don't understand mass psychology. If 40 million people see FARENHEIT then Bush will lose. Watch it happen. The only difference is that Forrest wasn't made for that purpose, it was just accidental.

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (9751)	6/22/2004 1:19:55 AM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 90947

This is the election I was talking about FORREST influenced. Notice the big gains in the south the GOP made. FORREST was a must-see film that summer for everyone in the south. It made them distrust liberals. "The modern South is a critical region in shaping national elections and American public policy. The only Presidents who have been Democrats since John Kennedy have been southerners. When the Republican party gained control of both houses of Congress in 1994 for the first time in forty years, it was because for the first time a majority of congressional seats in the South were captured by the GOP. Clearly, an examination of how the parties' fortunes have changed in the South over the past thirty years, and why these changes have occurred is instrumental to understanding the future direction of our nation." Sorry about the error.