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Gonzales helped Bush get out of jury duty in a 1996 drunk driving case—a strategically-key maneuver that allowed the then-governor to avoid revealing under oath that he himself had been arrested...
...example, Harvard’s own Shorenstein Center examined voters’ knowledge of then-governor Bush’s and Al Gore’s positions and found that on the average issue only 38 percent of respondents could accurately identify where the candidate stood, while 16 percent answered incorrectly and 46 percent admitted ignorance. Other studies have shown that 70 percent of Americans can’t even identify their senators or congressperson, let alone tell you how they stand on the issues. Voting a party line doesn’t seem to help either; when asked...
...invasion of Iraq. He shows a newsclip of Bush on a golf course saying sternly, "We must stop the terror," then reverting to country-club form by adding cheerfully, "Now watch this drive." There's a shot from a few years back of Moore elbowing his way toward then-Governor Bush, who recognizes him and says, "Behave yourself, will ya? Go and find real work." Moore's goal here is to show the corruptive influence of the war on Iraq: coarsening the American spirit at home and abroad, killing others. The film contains previously unseen footage of U.S. soldiers' abuse...
...years ago, Michael Moore spoke with then-Governor George W. Bush, who told the muckraker: ?Behave yourself, will ya? Go find real work.? Moore has made trouble for so many powerful people he has become a media power of his own. He can even make celebrities of mere movie reviewers: When his latest cinematic incendiary device, ?Fahrenheit 9/11,? had its first press screening Monday morning, American critics emerging from the theater were besieged by a convoy of TV and radio crews from networks around the world who wanted to know what they thought of Moore?s blast at the Bush...
...know what happened next. Nader’s vote totals in Florida and New Hampshire easily exceeded the margins by which then-Governor Bush edged out Al Gore ’69 in those states. Exit polls from 2000 indicate that, had Nader not been in the race, his supporters would have voted disproportionately for the Democratic ticket, and a win in either state would have ensured Gore the presidency...