I did my second paper on the documentary Fahrenheit 9/11. It’s a documentary written and produced by the famous Michael Moore. In short, basic terms, Moore is trying to convince the public to be against George Bush in this documentary. He brings up old records that are supposed to be classified, testimonials from congress people, and shocking statistics. He uses emotions, such as shock, disbelief, pain, and sadness, to evoke negative feelings from his audience.

Moore starts off with the pre-election of 2000: when it was George Bush verses Al Gore. He brings up the popular debate over the results from Florida’s voting count. Bush, as later declared, won the state of Florida, but only after Fox went against every other television station and broadcasted the victory to Bush (Gore was proclaimed to be the initial winner of Florida). Moore points out that it was most likely a fixed polling, since his cousin was a big man on Fox TV, his brother was the governor of Florida, and the vote counter of Florida was the chairman of the Bush campaign. Thinking back on those days, I do remember a huge debate over the state of Florida. Moore also talks about how certain people were not allowed to vote, even though they were registered to vote and participate in the 2000 Presidential Election. Most of these people knocked off the voting-list were African Americans and democrats. What a coincidence? Moore doesn’t want to viewers to think so for one instant.

It’s scary, but as much as I don’t know if I should agree with Michael Moore, I find his statistics to be more and more persuading the more I hear them. I guess that’s the point of his documentary though, right? He wants people to agree with his beliefs, to raise people against the Bush administration, maybe even to revolt. In the documentary, however, Moore already proves that many people are upset with Bush winning the presidency in 2000. He shows that on inauguration day, President Bush can’t even walk to the White House (as is done in the usual, traditional inauguration day). He can’t walk out of his limo because so many protestors are pushing in on the parade and throwing eggs at his car.

I think it’s sad, that we as a country just can’t seem to act in mature ways. First, there are accusations against our President, our LEADER, our GUIDE, that he is a cheater and doesn’t deserve his responsibility. Fine, whatever you want to believe is your personal choice. Then we have to people that are upset about the cheating, yet don’t act in ways that are appropriate. I mean, the last time I remember egging someone’s car was when I was in fifth grade, doing midnight pranks on my neighbors. I believe that if you want to protest someone for acting immature (like cheating) then you shouldn’t sink to a similar level (like egging a car) if you want you point to get across in a serious manner.