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To: gopwinsin04
Frankly, this is a tempest in a teapot imho. Star Wars is great entertainment, and the parallels between Sith Lords and George W. Bush exist only in the minds of those already convinced Bush is evil.

The fact of the matter is that Bush isn't a dictator, robbing people of liberty. Anyone with half a brain--hell, a quarter of a brain--can understand what he's doing is protecting liberty.

Of course I wouldn't expect the Hollywood elitists or the LameStream Press to recognize it--they've been running 'round in self-applauding circles for years. But generally, I believe, the average American gets it.

So I intend to enjoy Star Wars and the story it tells.

17 posted on 05/15/2005 8:40:01 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat (I'm so glad to no longer be associated with the Party of Dependence on Government!)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

The left has been claiming that Bush=Hitler for years now, don't see why they wouldn't take the opportunity to claim that Bush=Vader now (especially because children have a better understanding of who Darth Vader is than they do Adolph Hitler).


50 posted on 05/15/2005 9:00:36 AM PDT by weegee (WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
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To: Recovering_Democrat
Frankly, this is a tempest in a teapot imho. Star Wars is great entertainment, and the parallels between Sith Lords and George W. Bush exist only in the minds of those already convinced Bush is evil.

And why does Medved care? (oh wait I know...he needs excuses to keep himself relevant) Bush won his 2nd term, for pete's sake, who cares what the left thinks about him.

104 posted on 05/15/2005 9:45:05 AM PDT by montag813
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To: Recovering_Democrat

I've posted it before and will keep posting it: Liberal writers have used science fiction to bash conservatives since the Mcarthy era!


184 posted on 05/15/2005 12:56:26 PM PDT by 100%FEDUP (I'm seeing RED!)
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To: Recovering_Democrat
Anyone with half a brain--hell, a quarter of a brain...

dang, there you go again, raising the bar to impossible levels which most DUers and Senate Dimp-o-crats can't possibly reach...

233 posted on 05/15/2005 4:34:15 PM PDT by chilepepper (The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

I had the pleasure of meeting and working with George Lucas back in 1986 a couple of times ... I gave him two brush-up dance lessons. He was a real gentleman, a nice person, with a wry sense of humor. He even stuck around for the practice party afterwards. It was during the Howard the Duck production period ("We're having problems with the duck."), and I was happy to see the amount of respect with which he treated me, a normal, non-Hollywood dance teacher. In a previous visit to the studio, he had brought Linda Ronstadt, and left quickly with her when she became obnoxious and embarrassed him.

The way a prominent person treats the non-prominent tells me so much about their character. He passed, she didn't.


262 posted on 05/15/2005 11:19:47 PM PDT by bootless (Never Forget - And Never Again)
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To: Recovering_Democrat
they've been running 'round in self-applauding circles for years.

Exactly, that's why I refer to liberalism as an "Intellectual circle-jerk"

273 posted on 05/16/2005 8:33:35 AM PDT by Auntie Dem (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
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