Word: argument
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...running gag that Malone isn't a "real" moviemaker because he does documentaries. "Nobody likes documentaries," somebody says. "But many people find them restful." As it happens, Fahrenheit 9/11 earned more at the domestic box office than any movie David Zucker has directed. And though Grandpa Nielsen's closing argument is that "It turned out that people actually wanted to see movies that show all the good things about America," An American Carol hasn't exactly broken box-office records. After 30 days in release, it's earned about $7 million. The Bill Maher anti-God documentary Religulous, released...
...Zucker movie's argument is one we've heard a lot of over the past seven years: that people on the left who criticize government policies like foreign invasions and botched health care hate America. Is that the best case the right wing can make against the left...
...know. As a conservative, I expect them to be conservative. I'm really more of a conservative than I am a Republican. I'm not a party guy. I just think conservatives have had the better of the national argument in recent years, and we've had some genuine successes with conservative policies...
...Fort Collins, Colorado, 50,000 in Albuquerque. "We want to see and touch and talk to as many people as possible," says David Axelrod, Obama's top strategist. "This is momentum time." And for anyone who was disappointed by Obama's wonky convention speech, his closing argument is all gravy - all the inspirational lines that get people on their feet and cheering their hearts out. (See pictures of Barack Obama on the campaign trail...
...Obama's closing argument is still marked by his trademark reserve. As the crowds around him chant and cheer and pump their fists, Obama remains steadier than ever before. While he's always been calm, he has, over the last 20 months, acquired a self-assuredness, a confidence that he lacked during that long summer in 2007 when Hillary Clinton appeared to be the inevitable nominee and his speeches fell flat. This may feel like a Hollywood finish, but if Obama wins, he will very quickly come down to earth: America will return to the sobering reality of an economic...