Newsday.com - AP Washington : 40 in Pa. GOP See 'Fahrenheit 9/11' Free

Newsday.com - AP Washington: "LEWISBURG, Pa. -- Maurice Brubaker probably wouldn't have gone to see 'Fahrenheit 9/11' on his own. After all, he's the chairman of the Bush/Cheney campaign team in Union County.

But Brubaker found the offer at the Campus Theatre too good to pass up.

Brubaker was one of 40 Republicans to take advantage of the theater's offer of free admission Saturday. One Republican insisted on buying his own ticket.

'Part of me wishes that we would have sold out the theater,' said Eric Faden, executive director of the nonprofit theater, who paid for the Republicans' tickets. 'But this is what we wanted -- we wanted people from all sides to see the movie so that there would be an informed debate.'

That's why Brubaker came -- and he didn't like what he saw.

Despite Faden's effort, Republicans who've seen 'Fahrenheit 9/11" will probably remain a minority. A CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll conducted July 8-11 found that only 4 percent of Republicans surveyed had seen the movie, compared with 10 percent of Democrats and independents. What's more, almost two-thirds of Republicans said they didn't want to see the movie."


By DAN LEWERENZ
Associated Press Writer