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Politics : Fahrenheit 9/11: Michael Moore's Masterpiece -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (1871)	7/4/2004 12:23:40 PM
From: exdaytrader76	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2772

And why don't you comment on Bush's performance in the film? Then I would be preaching to the choir, but ok. The Bush clips were the highlights of the movie. And Bush's performance on the morning of 9/11 was pathetic, void of leadership, and embarrassing to all Americans. But I knew that before I saw the movie. How can you say Moore is racist? The racism is just a byproduct of his narcissism. He is not filled with hate, so much as he overflows with love for himself. for black youths under Bush there is almost no alternative other than enlisting to surviving in life. Why do they have to be "blacks?" Why didn't he depict poor white people who didn't know any better than to get fooled by the recruiters? Why does he film two white recruiters tricking black recruits? Why does the one interview with a white student depict a teenager who engages in critical questioning of authorities? Moore is "playing the race card" with these scenes. He's trying to be as incendiary as possible. And he knows that once he becomes identified with the political left, he will never be called a racist.

To: American Spirit who wrote (1871)	7/4/2004 3:47:05 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 2772

Florida legislature authorized getting felons and dead people off the rolls because of a scandal in the 1997 Miami mayoral race. Miami Herald won a Pulitzer reporting how dead people and felons voted in that election. Those to be removed from the voters list were notified months in advance of their removal and could appeal. Palm Beach Post reported appellate board heard 5400 appeals and reversed 2500. Only 108 cases were unresolved by the election. Miami Herald later did a study showing some predominantely Democrat counties ignored the lists of suspected felons and let them vote illegally. The paper identified 39 felons who voted illegally.