The Seattle Times: Local News: With "Fahrenheit 9/11," now McDermott is Rep. "Hollywood"

The Seattle Times: Local News: With "Fahrenheit 9/11," now McDermott is Rep. "Hollywood": "U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott can now add 'movie star' to his resume.
The eight-term Democrat from Seattle has more than a cameo appearance in the Michael Moore film 'Fahrenheit 9/11,' a not-so-objective look at the Bush administration's war on terrorism following the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks.
While McDermott is enjoying all the attention after the June 25 premiere, those who think of him as an out-of-touch liberal now have more ammunition, and the White House is clearly not pleased with his performance.
An assistant to Moore in New York said McDermott was chosen as one of a handful of lawmakers to appear in the film because of his background as a Navy psychiatrist and his opposition to the Patriot Act.

Interviewed by Moore for about 90 minutes last March in his Capitol Hill office, McDermott, among other charges, claimed the Bush administration purposely kept the public confused and frightened by manipulating the threat level.

And McDermott will headline a rally of young activists at the Democratic National Convention next week."

 



By Alex Fryer
Seattle Times Washington bureau