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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (52092)	7/26/2004 9:17:19 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 89467

Moore to Show 'Fahrenheit' in Bush's Texas Town ______________________________ Mon Jul 26, 2004 05:10 PM ET CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - Filmmaker Michael Moore will bring his antiwar documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" to President Bush's Texas hometown on Wednesday and has invited the commander-in-chief to attend the viewing, organizers said. In the parking lot of the Crawford High School football field, Moore is expected to make a presentation about the film to an audience that could temporarily double the tiny hamlet's usual population of 705, according to peace activists who first proposed showing the satirical film on the side of a barn. The activists, who have staged demonstrations during Bush's past trips to his Crawford ranch, are charging $8 admission. "This was our original vision, to have a place where people could come to present alternative views," said John Wolf, a bearded 49-year-old from Dallas who bought a wood-frame house in town last year and turned it into a center for activism called the "Crawford Peace House." Elsewhere in Crawford, about 20 miles southwest of Waco, Texas, American flags and yellow ribbons decorate several main street businesses devoted to the sale of Bush souvenirs. Bush's 1,600-acre (647 hectare) ranch lies seven miles from town. Moore's documentary, which Republicans have castigated as liberal propaganda, has earned more than $103 million at the box office. It opened last week in Waco but has never been seen in Crawford. The filmmaker has said he hopes the film will help oust Bush from office in the Nov. 2 election. Moore posted a letter on his Web site inviting Bush to be his special guest at the viewing, set for dusk on Wednesday. "I am very much looking forward to this Crawford premiere because, after all, so much of the film is set there in the months leading up to 9/11," Moore said in verbal jab at Bush's lengthy summer vacation schedule before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The White House had no comment. reuters.com