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huckleberry Donating Member (729 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 12:46 PM
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Hollywood disaster film set to turn heat on Bush
Movie depicting horrors of global warming could boost votes for Democrat challenger

Dan Glaister in Los Angeles
Saturday March 13, 2004
The Guardian

Here's the pitch: a dullish candidate, outflanked by his opponent's serious money, attacked for his liberal leanings, is swept to an unlikely victory thanks to a blockbuster movie that focuses on the effects of big business and the agro-industrial complex.
Audiences throw their popcorn aside, pick up their ballot papers and realise that they too can make a difference. The studio behind the movie: 20th Century Fox, owned by Rupert Murdoch. The director: Roland Emmerich; no Martin Sheen-style bleeding heart Democrat but the brawn behind Independence Day.

It sounds unlikely, but this summer might just see an alliance of commerce, populist entertainment and feel-good concern combine to weaken President George Bush and hand votes to his expected Democrat rival John Kerry.

more at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0,13918,1168456,00.html

movie website
http://www.thedayaftertomorrowmovie.com/site/us/index.php
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boobooday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 12:51 PM
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1. The artists must do their part
To bring Bush down. It can't be done without them!

Art, and Helen Thomas, scare the Bushies the most.

http://www.wgoeshome.com



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DeepModem Mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 01:19 PM
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2. I think the environment is a sleeper issue --
I think Kerry should own it, and this movie may help.
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OKNancy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 01:33 PM
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3. That's a really cool website
for the movie.
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