re: #194 Ben Hur

Farhrenheit 911 was very well received, very extensively covered and pushed by the MSM, Dem senators, etc were at screenings all the time and he had the seat of honor at the Dem convention.

The reviews were, at best, mixed. But that’s not the point; it was the aftermath, with Bush not only winning by widening his margin, that woke the Dems up that pandering to the nuts was costing them elections. Let’s face it: the Dems absolutely should have won in 2004, across the board, without even breaking a sweat, and they tanked. Much of the credit goes to the looney toons sideshow freaks who were doing exactly what the GOP is doing now: grabbing all the attention they could and engaging in increasingly bizarre and insane behavior. It was a huge turn off for a huge number of voters, and it wasn’t until Dean started duct-taping their mouths shut that the Dems started winning again.