About 300 attend debut of film about Crawford

[douglas9]

Source: Associated Press

CRAWFORD, Texas -

Instead of limousines and a red carpet, there were pickup trucks and a grassy football field for the local premiere of a documentary film about a tiny farming town that suddenly became the Western White House.

About 300 people turned out Sunday night for "Crawford," which started playing at dusk on a 50-foot-tall inflatable outdoor screen at the football field; the town has no movie theater. Folks sat on blankets and lawn chairs on the warm, windy night and munched on $2 bags of popcorn.

David Modigliani's documentary tells how small-town life changed for many of the 700 residents after George W. Bush, while governor, bought a 1,600-acre ranch here in 1999 in the early days of his presidential campaign.

The movie shows residents' varied reactions to the influx of tourists, the media and war protesters as the town's economy initially boomed with new souvenir shops and other businesses.

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[Atman]

1. The story should be about the SCAM Bush pulled in buying the ranch

IN 1999. And suddenly he became "a cowboy" and a good ol' boy. It was just the beginning of the 24/7 propaganda campaign against the people of the United States.

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[Mrs. Overall]

2. From just reading the headline, I thought it was this Crawford:

[Rene]

3. ranch? it was a pig farm.

and wasn't the area renamed to Crawford when it should be stated it's in Waco ?

[tularetom]

4. The gate to the pig farm won't hit him in the ass when he ain't the pres

He won't need that prop anymore. And besides he might accidentally encounter a horse there which would scare the shit out of him.