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Imagine my surprise - Lawrence Journal-World entertainment editor Jon Niccum loves Mad Mike’s flick.
In “Fahrenheit 9/11,” Moore portrays the leader as a lazy, incompetent, indecisive tool with a history of having his father and friends bail him out. More disturbing, Moore paints a picture of the president as having more vested in Saudi Arabian interests than those of the American people.
These charges are hardly new. But Moore backs up his argument with his most powerful, cohesive and persuasive piece yet.
Among the most damaging pieces of evidence is in the president’s immediate reaction to the event — or lack thereof. Remember, he was reading “My Pet Goat” to Florida elementary school students when apprised of the situation. The media has always reported that he rushed off to take care of business. However, a teacher in the classroom was videotaping the entire episode.
This last one is the one that really pisses me off. On the day of the most devastating event in the entire lives of any American under 60, the President - or anyone else - is expected to jump up, control himself, and do something in under thirty seconds? What we saw is an incredibly human moment, and not the wheels spinning in an empty skull, as Moore and this reviewer try to portray. What do you suppose Franklin Roosevelt’s reaction to Pearl Harbor was? I’m amazed that it only took George Bush seven minutes to compose himself and do something - I’m still boiling with anger three years later.
When I want to read filthy leftist trash, the Lawrence Journal-World always delivers.
UPDATE : Just for fun (or as an exercise in self-abuse), I went and read some of the blog posts and comments hosted by Lawrence.com. Not all defended this film. So, I think it’s fair to say that Lawrence is a city of idiotarians with pockets of common sense (on the left and on the right). The J-W is still fish-wrap, though.
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