Here, show this to everyone.

[in_the_blue]

As a lifelong Republican, I was skeptical of "Fahrenheit 9/11," but I went to see it anyway, expecting a healthy dose of over-the-top banter between Michael Moore and hapless interviewees in government, in the popular press and at large ("Agent Provocateur," June 28). What I saw, however, was a compelling assembly of facts and testimony taken directly from our nation's collective experiences and a clear indictment of our government's behavior before and since the 9/11 tragedy. When you consider all of it, you can only conclude that the Bush administration and its benefactors have clearly manipulated the fears of Americans for the benefit of their own private interests. When history is written, we will look back at this presidency and we will be ashamed for what happened and that we were too complacent and trusting to notice. Thank you, Michael Moore, for waking us up.

--Robert White, Tracy, California

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