> I think some people will decide not to vote for Bush, and some people will
> be politicized in a more radical way, and both of those things are good. I
> think that's actually the strength of the film - it addresses people at a
> lot of different levels, so for some people the revelation will be that Bush
> is an elitist pig, and for some it will be that the Democratic Party stands
> for almost nothing (like the scene in which no Senator supports the black
> Congresspeople from Florida, and a couple other moments when Daschle et al
> look pretty bad) and for some it will be the larger points about the class
> system in this country, for others the footage and analysis of the war. I
> think it will bring a lot of things into mainstream public discussion that
> have been confined to spaces like this listserv. That's about all a movie
> can do. I can't think of a piece of recent political propaganda that has
> accomplished more than that.
True, it does connect on different levels. I like the first part of the film because it tied together all of the Bush family's financial history with the Saudis. There will be something in this film that will open eyes for everybody.
I don't know who else caught this, but I was on the road last week and spent too much time reading USA Today. There were several letters to the editor from Republicans who really liked the film.
I hate to admit it, but I was deeply moved by the part of the film about the lack of support shown for the Congressional Black Caucus. You would think that that incident would have become more famous after the 2000 election, but F911 was the first time I had heard about this incident. Of course, this was a scathing indictment of the Democrats.
Chuck0