The Iraqi Candidate :: Iraq Politics Political Essays

The Iraki Candidate To prefer evil to good is not in humankind nature and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he may hurl the less. Socrates Its the day of the 2004 presidential election. People swarm into public school gymnasiums, see the voting booths, and escape a while later into the crisp fall air. The trees have turned and the streets are covered in reddish-brown dust and yet, the States is tense today. Today, the day when many people find bulge whether all of their efforts have been in vain. Today is the day when the future of America is decided. Today is not just any day it has the power to careen Tomorrow. With so much riding on the 2004 election it is not move to find that presidential campaigns have gone to a whole natural level. People are using media that has never been used before to register their opinions about the election. The Michael Moore movie Fahrenheit 9/11 about the kinfolk 11th a ttack and the war that followed was a big step in using popular media to present political issues. That film was intended to cast off votes a stylus from President Bush by examining closely many of the mistakes he made during his presidency. Fahrenheit 9/11 is the first example of a movie trying to have a direct impact on an election. It is a documentary which was made to articulate Michael Moores feelings on certain political issues for the general public. Because it is an independent film it is not so surprising that it is in like manner biased. Unfortunately political propaganda has invaded mainstream movies as well, where people are not alert for it and the messages are more subtle and difficult to discern. I was shocked and shock to see a mainstream movie filled with political messages where there didnt learn to be any. After watching the 2004 remake of The Manchurian Candidate the nevertheless question that I am left with is whether the movie was meant to reflect the way Americans feel about terrorism or instill in us a fear of terrorism which would cause the election results to lean favourably towards George W.