San Jose Mercury News- 7/2/04
`Fahrenheit 9/11' is a wake-up call
As a lifetime Republican, I was skeptical of Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 911, but went to see it anyway, expecting a healthy dose of over-the-top banter between Mr. Moore and hapless interviewees in government, the popular press, and at large.
What I saw, however, was a compelling assembly of facts and testimony taken directly from our nation's collective experiences and a clear indictment of our government's behavior before and since the 9/11 tragedy.
And when you consider all of it, you cannot come to any other conclusion than this: The Bush administration and its benefactors have clearly manipulated the fears of the American people for the benefit of their own private interests.
When history is written, we will look back at this presidency, and we will be ashamed as Americans for what has happened, and that we were too complacent and trusting to notice.
Thank you, Michael Moore, for waking us up.
Robert White, Tracy
`Fahrenheit 9/11' is a wake-up call
As a lifetime Republican, I was skeptical of Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 911, but went to see it anyway, expecting a healthy dose of over-the-top banter between Mr. Moore and hapless interviewees in government, the popular press, and at large.
What I saw, however, was a compelling assembly of facts and testimony taken directly from our nation's collective experiences and a clear indictment of our government's behavior before and since the 9/11 tragedy.
And when you consider all of it, you cannot come to any other conclusion than this: The Bush administration and its benefactors have clearly manipulated the fears of the American people for the benefit of their own private interests.
When history is written, we will look back at this presidency, and we will be ashamed as Americans for what has happened, and that we were too complacent and trusting to notice.
Thank you, Michael Moore, for waking us up.
Robert White, Tracy
