I haven't seen Clones which has been during this period when I haven't seen much of anything but I did see Phantom Menace and see my feelings about it - see first of all I think that when you make a lot of movies your attitude about the movies changes.
Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance and popularity were fleeing and that this country's principles needed to be rooted in strengths greater than the passions and the emotions of the times.