[finnigan2]

"Gibson, who insists ideology matters less to him than stories of "penitential hardship" like his Oscar-winning Braveheart, puts it more bluntly: "The fearmongering we depict in this film reminds me a little of President Bush and his guys."

- Hmmmm. I would be disappointed in Mel if he thinks that by portraying this story is some sort of allegorical Bush bash was in order to curry favor with the critics and re-ingratiate himself with the leftist Hollywood community.

[veronica]

I really think Mel is a card-carrying member of the paleocon right, which, in it's hatred of the Bush administration is not very different from the loony left. I'll go to my grave convinced that Mel is his father's son, that evangelical Christians (like Bush) irritate him, and that he has a love affair going with the blood and the gore of elemental civilizations. Mel is a very weird dude.

[Mrs. Frogjerk]

Fearmongering? Me thinks that Mel has swallowed a mouthful of the "Kool-Aid"!

I don't understand why people are so into bashing W because of his so called fear mongering. I don't need him to tell me that there is and was a major problem with Domestic Terrorism. I distinctly remember watching two buildings implode on 9/11. I guess these people want us to go back to the way we were. You know, ignorant and with our backs turned so that we can get kicked in the ass again! No thanks.

As for Mel, that fearmongering statement has me concerned.