A further list of items contradicting Moore's film:
- The "Gore Wins Florida" headline was fabricated... taken from the editorial page of the newspaper in question, with a modified date and font and placed on the front page to make it look like an actual news story.
- The fact that the Florida recount has been verified as correct by multiple independent sources including CNN and other independent sources.
- Dick Morris, who worked closely with Bill Clinton, stating that Sudan offered the U.S Osama Bin Laden in 1996, but that the administration suggested they turn him over to Saudi Arabia, which wanted nothing to do with him. From that point, Bin Laden went to.... Afghanistan.
- The scene where a representative of the Taliban is shown as a guest of our government actually occured during the Clinton administration, as a guest of the Federal government, not a guest of Texas (of which Bush was then Governer).
- The much vaunted Unocal/Bush/oil pipeline connection was actually a Unocal/Clinton connection. An idea that Unocal floated during the Clinton administration, and abandoned before Bush was President.
- Dick Morris also stated that no one in the Federal Government took terrorism seriously before President Bush.
- That since 9/11 Al Qaeda has targeted the Hoover Dam, specific casinos in Las Vegas, and additional, multiple NYC targets without success due to the efforts of the current administration.
- To Al Gore's credit, he did head a makeover of the air travel security system that actually identified 8 of the 19 hijackers, but the Clinton administration watered the system down to where all that was done when someone fit the parameters was to guarantee that they boarded the plane with their luggage.
- The 42% vacation time number pulled from the Washington Post and used in Moore's film included weekends, travel time, and Camp David. Highlighted was a typical vacation week for the President, showing the amount of work, meetings attended, and decisions made during his "vacation".
- The function where Bush jokes that the "Elites" are "his base" was also attended by Al Gore, and was an annual event to raise tens of millions of dollars for children's charity... where it is tradition for the political attendees to crack jokes.
- The fact that there was no real tangible connection to the Carlyle group, and that many more Democrats than Republicans actually have serious ties to the company... including George Soros, who invested $100 million in that particular company. (Hmmmm....)
Article comments
1 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
hmm. this is all a bit mad. what next? FarhrenHYPE 9/11 IS A BUNCH OF SHIT - THE MOVIE, followed by FarhernHYPE 9/11 is a bunch of shit - the movie IS A BUNCH OF LIES - the movie
And on and on and on
2 - Vic
Nope. We can stop here.
Vic
3 - Eric Olsen
nice review Vic, and that is certainly a long and impressive list of "corrections" to Moore
4 - DR
Note about Dick Morris:
Although he has worked for two years for Bill Clinton, he is and has always been a Republican. He has worked for, amongst others, Trent Lott.
I will not try to debunk what the movie says, but know that it is very partisan; people always note the relationship between Morris and Clinton, but fail to mention that at the time, he was severely criticized (He was actually a traitor to the GOP).
Neither HYPE nor HEIT should be seen as true documentaries; they are both pamphlets.
5 - Yonah
"President Bush was following a mandate signed by President Clinton in 1998 to liberate the Iraqi people."
Oh yeah? Try reading the actual document itself. It does nothing more than grant $8 million for support of the democratic opposition in Iraq. No where in the document does it suggest the US should get involved militarily or invade the country and remove Saddam by force. It suggests the Iraqi people should do this by way of internal groups. It's the US way of saying, "We support you and we meant it by giving you this money. Good Luck!"
FahrenHYPE? More like FahrenTWIST.
6 - Coeur de Lion
Well talking about propaganda this film is a good example. Funny that these guys don't talk about the war buisness To me this point is one of the most important Don't forget Silberstein either. I have a great doubt that this film is more truthful than Moore's film The people talking in this film don't convince me a all. CDL from Switzerland. Amitiés
7 - Bogboy
Fuck republicans