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F9/11 - what effect, if any?

🔗Jon Szanto <JSZANTO@...>

6/26/2004 4:48:49 PM

From an article in today's NYT, about crowds in smaller communities
viewing the film:

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And in Pensacola, Fla., Monica Moody, a 20-year-old restaurant
hostess who described herself as a conservative Republican, proved to
be Mr. Moore's perfect target.

"Oh my goodness, I cried," Ms. Moody said. "I'm still trying to
process everything. It really makes me question what I feel about the
president. I'm still going to respect him as our president, but it
makes me question his motives. Of course, I think that's the whole
point of the film, to question his motives. But after watching it, I
do question my loyalty to the president. And that's scary for me."
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I'm not so naive to think that this will be a common effect, and I'm
guessing that the polarization of the public at large will probably
become more hardened as we approach November. But in a close race, a
few people starting to at least question their previous blind support
has got to be a good thing. Or at least a hopeful thing.

Cheers,
Jon