AP: 'Fahrenheit 9/11' Making GOP Nervous

[DrFunkenstein]

DES MOINES, Iowa - Republicans initially dismissed "Fahrenheit 9/11" as a cinematic screed that would play mostly to inveterate Bush bashers. Four weeks and $94 million later, the film is still pulling in moviegoers at 2,000 theaters around the country, making Republicans nervous as it settles into the American mainstream.

Two senior Republicans closely tied to the White House said the movie from director Michael Moore is seen as a political headache because it has reached beyond the Democratic base. Independents and GOP-leaning voters are likely to be found sitting beside those set to revel in its depiction of a clueless president with questionable ties to the oil industry.

Based on a record-breaking gross of $94 million through last weekend, theaters already have sold an estimated 12 million tickets to "Fahrenheit 9/11." A Gallup survey conducted July 8-11 said 8 percent of American adults had seen the film at that time, but that 18 percent still planned to see it at a theater and another 30 percent plan to see it on video.

"Fahrenheit 9/11" is likely to gain an even wider audience when it's released on home video in the weeks before Election Day. The Gallup survey found that nearly half of the Republicans and independents who expect to see the film said they were likely to view it on video.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=493&e=1&u=/ap/moore_film_politics

[fdr_hst_fan]

1. And well it SHOULD!

[wtmusic]

2. Hah! a "political headache"

take two aspirin and see me on the lecture circuit

[tandot]

3. Good. I am glad that some Republicans are willing to see both

sides of the story, not just the "unfair & unbalanced" view they get from Fox news.

I am pretty sure that more Republicans will see it on DVD, in the privacy of their home.

[mzmolly]

4. Whoop!

:bounce:

I sure hope it educates the Faux Fed populace!

[RobertSeattle]

5. And just wait till the DVD comes out in Sept/Oct time frame

Banda-Bing - Back to Crawford we will fling...