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The truth shall set you free:

Before the movie started, Leslie Hanser prayed.

"I prayed the Lord would open my eyes," she said.

For months, her son Joshua, a college student, had been drawing her into political debate. He'd tell her she shouldn't trust President Bush. He'd tell her the Iraq war was wrong. Hanser, a 41-year-old homemaker, pushed back. She defended the president, supported him fiercely

But Joshua kept at her, until she prayed for help understanding her son's fervor.

Emerging from Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11," her eyes wet, Hanser said she at last understood. "My emotions are just…. " She trailed off, waving her hands to show confusion. "I feel like we haven't seen the whole truth before."
(via the Pulitzer-heavy, feisty not-the-New-York Los AngelesTimes)

Surprise!

Readers, those of you who've seen the film: What's the word?

UPDATE From alert reader Patti:

I live in Mobile, Alabama (yes, you can pity me) and all of the showings were sold out so they added another theater and all showings are sold out. This is a red, red state. People were crying and saying they were going to see it twice and bring family members.

And from alert reader GOTV:

Bring a stack of voter registration forms. One commenter suggested it - not my original idea - but a great idea:

Just stand up as ending credits roll and say, Folks, I've got a stack of voter registration forms here if anyone wants one.

Just that. No endorsement. Nothing else—just, Folks, here are some forms. Go ahead and exercise your right to vote in November.

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