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Judyt:
Below is a review of the film by
Amazon - and you recommend reading this? Offering no tangible proof? What
is it based upon?
Conjecture and slander to feed the
'hate Bush' part of the populace?
Editorial
Reviews
Amazon.com
A late bloomer among the rich harvest of political
documentaries released in 2004, Bush's Brain is potently revealing yet
maddeningly pedestrian in its attack on Karl Rove, the
powerful presidential advisor nicknamed "Bush's Brain" for serving in
effect as co-president in the George W. Bush administration. Slapped together for the sake of an expedient pre-election
release, the film makes a convincing case (while
offering no tangible proof) that Rove conducts
ruthlessly effective Republican campaigns on the belief that
"the ends justify the means." Based on the book by James C. Moore and James Slater
(both featured prominently in abundant talking-head interviews), the film lacks
the coherent structure that would've made it truly effective, assumes considerable foreknowledge on the part of the
viewer, and regrettably includes a tear-jerking, non sequitur digression
about the grieving family of a beloved Marine who was killed in Iraq. But the
film's shattering allegations and heartbreaking testimonies suggest, in no
uncertain terms, that Rove is pulling the Presidential strings, remaining
virtually untouchable while winning elections by any means necessary. As a
fascinating study of alleged corruption and unchecked
ambition, Bush's Brain is anything but balanced, but it's an
important film that invites viewers to draw their own conclusions. --Jeff
Shannon
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