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PETER TRAVERS -
September 3, 2004
Can one little movie kick George W. Bush out of the White House? Michael Moore thinks so. If the prez gets a thumbs-down on Election Day, my guess is that Moore's will become the first documentary to win the Best Picture Oscar. Hollywood can't resist self-congratulation. Moore is not alone at Bushwhacking, but aside from the all-puppet political satire Team America: World Police, due October 15th from South Park's Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the only new