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Victor Khomenko

In Reply to: one point.... posted by Cetaele on July 30, 2004 at 22:57:06:

Clean your other places? If so, then a movie could be made of you showing you in a not so pleasant light.
A public figure always offers wealth of video material, some flattering, some otherwise.
The most beautiful woman in the world could be shown ugly and unpleasant... as mags like Srar have done for ages.
So it is not the material, it is what the movie maker does with that material.
One could cut and paste phrases and bits from speeches of ANY figure to make it fit ANY agenda he wants, so it is not abotu material, it is about what is done with it.
Like all of us, Bush could be presented as a warm, smart, caring person (I believe he is such person) but selecting his videos.
Obviously Moore had a different objective, and one doesn't need Einstein's brain to understand how easy it is to build a satire.
That many fall for it is a great disappointment. But then - no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of American public.
Certainly Moore did not go broke.

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All primates pick their nose... - Cetaele 07:30:58 07/31/04 (1)
You are right, Victor, that anyone can be made to look bad by selective editing. However, in this case, one merely has to look at just about any footage of Bush speaking spontaneously--not just the snippets in the movie. The broad image thus created is not a flattering one in term of his linguisitic ability, and muddled linguistic abilities in one's native language is also a often a reflection of one's cognitive abilities.
I cannot adequately judge whether Bush is a warm, caring person--but his intellectual inabilities seem blatently obvious to me.
That being said, I know that this topic, and discussion thereof, is not going resolve the polemics--we'll simply have to respect each other's opinions and disagree, and move on to the next movie. :)
Cetaele (aka Bob)
- Fair enough - Victor Khomenko 07:42:27 07/31/04 (0)
  I will absolutely agree that Bush is not a good spontaneous speaker - no argument there, and I wish he was better in that area.
  But whether this correlates to the ability to make right decisions - that is not a given. I know a couple of people - quite bright - who are lousy public speakers. In addition I know I am very prone to stage fright, but I would not consider myself dumb and unable to think logically... how's that for nasty jokes invitation?
  Bush is not free of problems, but that is not what the election is supposed to be about... it is about the guy with more right fundamental approach. His conservative one is more right in my view, even if he faulters sometimes... that's all.

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