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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (1630)7/8/2004 10:16:55 AM
From: mph  Respond to of 4965
 
I think what it comes down to is the agenda and power.

As long as the liberal agenda is being championed and
its proponents are firmly in power, the actual figureheads
don't matter. They can be obnoxious, dishonest, etc. etc.
So long as they toe the party line, they're above
reproach.



To: Oral Roberts who wrote (1630)7/8/2004 11:33:33 AM
From: Ann Corrigan  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 4965
 
Not ALL morons--just those who believe Michael Moore. The majority of Americans consider him an over-inflated blimp that's way off course.



To: Oral Roberts who wrote (1630)7/8/2004 12:59:51 PM
From: miraje  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 4965
 
French Flock to Moore's'Fahrenheit 9/11'
By ELAINE GANLEY
Associated Press Writer

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PARIS (AP) -- France's passion for cinema and its collective antipathy for President Bush made Wednesday's opening of "Fahrenheit 9/11" a headline event that quickly proved a boon at the box office. But even Michael Moore could not escape that critical Gallic eye.

The movie that won the highest award at May's Cannes Film Festival wracked up "extraordinary" ticket sales for its first afternoon showings in Paris, according to the MK2 movie chain.

Elevating the movie to an event, the left-leaning newspaper Liberation left the laudatory commentary to its nationally known executive editor. "Michael Moore is a television show unto himself," Serge July wrote, praising the director as the "American Falstaff of documentaries."

The cover of the Communist daily L'Humanite's portrayed Moore dressed up like the Statue of Liberty, wearing a smile and a baseball cap...