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CONSERVATIVE APPRAISAL
No GOP takers
BY ADAM REILLY
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As of Tuesday, the Web site RepublicansReview911.com — which offers modest sums of money to political conservatives for high-quality reviews of Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 — hadn’t generated much interest. Jim Terr, the 56-year-old Santa Fe man behind the site, reports that he’s had exactly zero submissions in the week or so the site has been operational; as a result, he’s extending the deadline for submissions one week, to July 24. "It’s taking a little while," Terr acknowledges. "I’m just trying to get the word out now." Terr created the site with a simple purpose: he wants to pay Republicans to see Moore’s film. "It’s really a pretty bald-faced bribe to get Bush-type supporters to see the movie, which is the only way it makes an impact, besides amusing the rest of us who already agree with it," he explains. Fair enough. But it’s hard to get excited about Terr’s mission. The prizes he’s offering — $300 for the best submission and $100 for two runners-up — don’t seem to be more than pocket money to the average GOPer. The site itself, which was created on a tight budget, has an amateurish look: the phrase "Republicans Win Ca$h!!!", in pulsating neon-yellow script, hovers above a clip-art image of a male head-and-torso holding a bag of money and wriggling with delight. Would-be reviewers are urged not to use obscenities. And worst of all — in true liberal fashion — Terr comes clean with potential participants by identifying himself as a "flaming Leftie." The anemic initial response to Terr’s project suggests these liabilities may be too crippling to overcome. But Terr — who’s publicizing RepublicansReview911.com by sending direct-mail postcards to news organizations around the country — insists he’s holding out hope. "I’m just one little guy here in a cubbyhole in Santa Fe, trying to make a global impact — that’s my little mission," he says. "I think a lot of people could use $300. I don’t think all Republicans are rich."
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