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<DIV>Or Duke. Or Ah-Nald.</DIV>
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<DIV>"But the movie ['D.C. 9/11'], which includes some documentary news footage,
has already drawn scattered criticism. Writing in the Toronto Sun, columnist
Linda McQuaig compared it to Hollywood's mythologizing of figures like Wyatt
Earp and added that it 'is sure to help the White House further its two-pronged
reelection strategy: Keep Americans terrified of terrorism and make Bush look
like the guy best able to defend them.' And Texas radio commentator and
self-styled populist Jim Hightower has derided 'D.C. 9/11.' On his syndicated
radio program this week, Hightower said the movie will present Bush as 'a
combination of Harrison Ford and Arnold Schwarzenegger. . . . Instead of the
doe-eyed, uncertain, worried figure that he was that day, Bush-on-film is
transformed into an infallible, John Wayne-ish, Patton-type leader, barking
orders to the Secret Service and demanding that the pilots return him
immediately to the White House.' "</DIV>
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<P>Hell, they should have Bush spin-kick a Secret Service agent in the jaw, and
then take control of Air Force One (he's a fighter pilot, remember). Cigar in
mouth. Determined expression. "I'm taking the bird back to the nest, boys," he
says, chomping on his stogie like Sgt. Rock. "Got a little date to keep with
some towel-head scum." </P>
<P>And I love this:</P>
<P>"In researching 'D.C. 9/11,' [Lionel] Chetwynd had access to top White House
officials, including Bush. What's more, Chetwynd ran the script past a group of
conservative Washington pundits, including Fred Barnes, Charles Krauthammer and
Morton Kondracke."</P>
<P>What -- Hitch and Sullivan were frozen out? </P>
<P><<A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11104-2003Jun18.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11104-2003Jun18.html</A>>
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<P>DP</P></DIV></BODY></HTML>