cormac_zoso while i rate this an 8 out of 10 for the quality of the documentary - it's assemblage and presentation - it doesn't tell the full story of this election ... the true winning strategy was the severe shortage of voting machines at black voting precincts where the new voters who were registered by the kerry campaign and the solid black base of the democratic party go to vote ... full day, 12 hour waits were not uncommon and many many people were turned away because of challenges on their registration ... many people gave up and left ... it is a well documented fact that this was the case ... the white republican areas were well equipped and had little wait time ... this is only touched upon in the film ... it doesn't even start to cover the computer voting machine fraud that has also been well documented outside the mainstream media ... check out some other election fraud independent documentaries for more on this ... the state chair of bush's reelection campaign was also the president of diebold the manufacturer of the electronic/computer voting machines ... at a fund raising dinner he 'guaranteed' bush would carry ohio ... again, this was not covered or just glossed over in the mainstream media ... his guarantee was genuine of course ... so while this documentary is like a michael moore 911 documentary that goes to the edge of the truth, it doesn't want to get into it and really tell the story ... but for a documentary and as far as it went, it was good ... check out the following documentaries for more on bush election fraud and electronic voting machine fraud-- Hacking Democracy [2006] -- Stealing America - Vote by Vote [2008] -- Unprecedented - The 2000 Presidential Election (Fraud) [2002]so when you hear the old adage, 'it doesn't matter who you vote for as long as you vote' you'll know it really doesn't matter who you vote for since they will be voting for you ...

John Seal This is a fascinating political documentary that focuses on the 2004 electoral campaign, in which one wealthy patrician convinced the electorate that he would be more fun to drink a beer with than the other wealthy patrician. The most revealing parts, however, come towards the end of the film, when we see massively long lines of African-American voters waiting to cast their ballot whilst Anglo voters waltz into the polling place and vote within seconds. There's also an intriguing clip that passes without comment: a group of white college students wielding Bush-Cheney signs chant 'O.J. was guilty' at a group of black college students. Nothing could sum up the unspoken truth about American 'race relations' and the national predominance of the Republican Party better than this fleeting scene.

overheated Very entertaining. It's clever, lots of good personalities on camera, the editing is witty. As a Democrat, a bitter pill to swallow.While I appreciated the focus on campaign strategy, it was impossible for me to sit through this without thinking about the murkier questions surrounding this event. I left feeling that the filmmakers had to turn a blind eye to those questions in order to get the story they were after. I suspect it would be a deeper film if they had explored the chaos created by the surprises of the campaign.line 10

CEC523 When I went to see this movie, part of me was expecting an hour and a half of Bush bashing. That can be fun every once and again but what surprised me about this movie was the fact that it looked at both sides of the election. The Kerry/Edwards campaign was represented and so was the Bush/Cheney campaign. No one side was made out to look like it was perfect. Faults were shown on both sides and high points were shown on both sides. As far as cinema goes, I thought this was a great film. When I left the theater, I was physically tired as a result of what I had just watched. The viewer gets so much information in this relatively short span of time. The film itself is well organized and well constructed, without too much bias (would it really be possible to have a film be completely without bias?). Whatever your political stance, this is a film that can be appreciated for the questions it raises: questions about political strategy, specifically. Because it does not take a pro-Bush or pro-Kerry stance, it can appeal to everyone.