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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (198573)	8/26/2004 6:05:40 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576120

CJ, How is this relevant? The revenues, minus expenses, are profits that the company that is distributing the movie takes as profits. This is different than money spent on airing commercials... I figure anyone and everyone who paid to see "Fahrenheit 9/11" effectively made a political donation to the Democratic Party. None of that is subject to campaign finance laws, and none of it should be, either. But if money truly corrupts politics, then $100M in revenues just corrupted Hollywood politics. Very little of what you said above is true. MM is a private citizen who may or may not be registered Democrat. Money paid to him or his distributor does not go directly to the DNC. In fact, if I remember correctly, the distributor is a Canadian firm. Although it has not been announced, its very likely MM contributes to the Democratic party; however, the amount of his contribution is restricted by campaign laws just like with everyone else. ted