Funny Moore quote

[Velvet]

"It is not the wealthy and the elite who don't vote," added Moore. "The non-voters are the poor, the disenfranchised, the single moms and young people. I am calling for a non-voter uprising, led by thousands of campus slackers who proudly sleep 'til noon and who believe papers are for rolling, not reading. They are rightfully cynical, but this year their motto will be: "Bush and Kerry Both Suck -- That's Why I'm Voting for John Kerry!"

[Velvet]

Gotta love the last line from his bio:

"Michael currently spends his time reading, gardening, and removing George W. Bush from the White House."

[bokonon]

hey those are my hobbies too!

[PalacePrincess]

heeheehee! those are great todd, thanks for sharing!

[doug]

If Moore supposedly has all the answers, why isnt he running for president himself? Or at least nominating a candidate who will actually do something different as president? I cant seriously believe that if Kerry somehow pulls off a miracle and defeats Bush, that he will be any different or better than any other president. He will simply become another scapegoat for people to blame everything on.

[secondtube]

Moore can't become president, he doesn't have the money...the family background.

Bush was meant to be a prez from the time he was 10 ...

only problem is, he still has the intelligence of a 10 year old...

Moore has done more for the average american citizen than ANYONE in the last decade, incluing ALL forms of Gov.

[Spudly]

....FYI, his most recent e-mail to his mailing list.....

9/20/04

Dear Friends,

Enough of the handwringing! Enough of the doomsaying! Do I have to come there and personally calm you down? Stop with all the defeatism, OK? Bush IS a goner -- IF we all just quit our whining and bellyaching and stop shaking like a bunch of nervous ninnies. Geez, this is embarrassing! The Republicans are laughing at us. Do you ever see them cry, "Oh, it's all over! We are finished! Bush can't win! Waaaaaa!"

Hell no. It's never over for them until the last ballot is shredded. They are never finished -- they just keeping moving forward like sharks that never sleep, always pushing, pulling, kicking, blocking, lying.

They are relentless and that is why we secretly admire them -- they just simply never, ever give up. Only 30% of the country calls itself "Republican," yet the Republicans own it all -- the White House, both houses of Congress, the Supreme Court and the majority of the governorships. How do you think they've been able to pull that off considering they are a minority? It's because they eat you and me and every other liberal for breakfast and then spend the rest of the day wreaking havoc on the planet.

Look at us -- what a bunch of crybabies. Bush gets a bounce after his convention and you would have thought the Germans had run through Poland again. The Bushies are coming, the Bushies are coming! Yes, they caught Kerry asleep on the Swift Boat thing. Yes, they found the frequency in Dan Rather and ran with it. Suddenly it's like, "THE END IS NEAR! THE SKY IS FALLING!"

No, it is not. If I hear one more person tell me how lousy a candidate Kerry is and how he can't win... Dammit, of COURSE he's a lousy candidate -- he's a Democrat, for heavens sake! That party is so pathetic, they even lose the elections they win! What were you expecting, Bruce Springsteen heading up the ticket? Bruce would make a helluva president, but guys like him don't run -- and neither do you or I. People like Kerry run.

Yes, OF COURSE any of us would have run a better, smarter, kick-ass campaign. Of course we would have smacked each and every one of those phony swifty boaty bastards down. But WE are not running for president -- Kerry is. So quit complaining and work with what we have. Oprah just gave 300 women a... Pontiac! Did you see any of them frowning and moaning and screaming, "Oh God, NOT a friggin' Pontiac!" Of course not, they were happy. The Pontiacs all had four wheels, an engine and a gas pedal. You want more than that, well, I can't help you. I had a Pontiac once and it lasted a good year. And it was a VERY good year.

My friends, it is time for a reality check.

1. The polls are wrong. They are all over the map like diarrhea. On Friday, one poll had Bush 13 points ahead -- and another poll had them both tied. There are three reasons why the polls are b.s.: One, they are polling "likely voters." "Likely" means those who have consistently voted in the past few elections. So that cuts out young people who are voting for the first time and a ton of non-voters who are definitely going to vote in THIS election. Second, they are not polling people who use their cell phone as their primary phone. Again, that means they are not talking to young people. Finally, most of the polls are weighted with too many Republicans, as pollster John Zogby revealed last week. You are being snookered if you believe any of these polls.

2. Kerry has brought in the Clinton A-team. Instead of shunning Clinton (as Gore did), Kerry has decided to not make that mistake.

3. Traveling around the country, as I've been doing, I gotta tell ya, there is a hell of a lot of unrest out there. Much of it is not being captured by the mainstream press. But it is simmering and it is real. Do not let those well-produced Bush rallies of angry white people scare you. Turn off the TV! (Except Jon Stewart and Bill Moyers -- everything else is just a sugar-coated lie).

4. Conventional wisdom says if the election is decided on "9/11" (the fear of terrorism), Bush wins. But if it is decided on the job we are doing in Iraq, then Bush loses. And folks, that "job," you might have noticed, has descended into the third level of a hell we used to call Vietnam. There is no way out. It is a full-blown mess of a quagmire and the body bags will sadly only mount higher. Regardless of what Kerry meant by his original war vote, he ain't the one who sent those kids to their deaths -- and Mr. and Mrs. Middle America knows it. Had Bush bothered to show up when he was in the "service" he might have somewhat of a clue as to how to recognize an immoral war that cannot be "won." All he has delivered to Iraq was that plasticized turkey last Thanksgiving. It is this failure of monumental proportions that is going to cook his goose come this November.

So, do not despair. All is not over. Far from it. The Bush people need you to believe that it is over. They need you to slump back into your easy chair and feel that sick pain in your gut as you contemplate another four years of George W. Bush. They need you to wish we had a candidate who didn't windsurf and who was just as smart as we were when WE knew Bush was lying about WMD and Saddam planning 9/11. It's like Karl Rove is hypnotizing you -- "Kerry voted for the war...Kerry voted for the war...Kerrrrrryyy vooootted fooooor theeee warrrrrrrrrr..."

Yes...Yes...Yesssss...He did! HE DID! No sense in fighting now...what I need is sleep...sleeep...sleeeeeeppppp...

WAKE UP! The majority are with us! More than half of all Americans are pro-choice, want stronger environmental laws, are appalled that assault weapons are back on the street -- and 54% now believe the war is wrong. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO CONVINCE THEM OF ANY OF THIS -- YOU JUST HAVE TO GIVE THEM A RAY OF HOPE AND A RIDE TO THE POLLS. CAN YOU DO THAT? WILL YOU DO THAT?

Just for me, please? Buck up. The country is almost back in our hands. Not another negative word until Nov. 3rd! Then you can bitch all you want about how you wish Kerry was still that long-haired kid who once had the courage to stand up for something. Personally, I think that kid is still inside him. Instead of the wailing and gnashing of your teeth, why not hold out a hand to him and help the inner soldier/protester come out and defeat the forces of evil we now so desperately face. Do we have any other choice?

Yours,

Michael Moore

www.michaelmoore.com

mmflint@aol.com

[doug]

I just hope he (Moore) take his tirades and propaganda and goes away for awhile after the election is over.

[StoneMtn]

I just hope he (Moore) take his tirades and propaganda and goes away for awhile after the election is over.

Good point. I mean, Michael Moore is certainly the one responsible for the majority of American propaganda these days. Oops, wait a second. I forgot about those childish attack-advertisements by the Republicans as well as the one-liner sound-byte speeches by their 'fearless leader' warning of doom and impending attacks and the need to give up all civil rights to deal with this rampant problem. So, wait a second, who is going off on tirades and proliferating propaganda again? I think I'm confused...

[AdamH]

[color:"purple"]Couldn't agree more Doug. I for one am sick of all his rhetoric...blah blah exercise your right. There's just so much of it it's getting ridiculous

[doug]

I was not implying that Bush doesnt have problems of his own. Thats a whole different topic. I just dont think that Moore has anything left that I wanna hear, and I definitely dont think he has the answers that will fix any of the problems/issues around Bush.

[StoneMtn]

My apologies, Doug. I must have misunderstood.

I was under the erroneous impression that when you suggested: "I cant seriously believe that if Kerry somehow pulls off a miracle and defeats Bush, that he will be any different or better than any other president. He will simply become another scapegoat for people to blame everything on," and "I just hope he (Moore) take his tirades and propaganda and goes away for awhile after the election is over", you did not actually mean that you think Moore goes on "tirades" and proliferates "propaganda" and for that reason should go away.

You actually meant that you, personally, have heard enough from Michael Moore, and since he "definitely" does not have the “answers that will fix any of the problems/issues around Bush" he should just go away and stop campaigning to those who may yet be undecided. After all, it would be a "miracle" if Kerry won, and in any event he would "just be another scapegoat" who "won't be any better".

Good point. If I may summarize your argument for simplicity’s sake:

Bush sucks, but Kerry will probably suck too, so why bother campaigning to get people to vote Kerry? Besides, even if Kerry wins, he will just be treated as a scapegoat, and we would not want to subject poor Mr. Kerry to that. Let's just take the laissez faire approach, because all that loud, annoying campaigning (by Moore) is just annoying. In fact, it’s not just annoying but redundant, because Doug has already heard it all.

How can anyone argue with that? I’m convinced. Down with Michael Moore!

[AdamH]

I don't need to phrase it that harshly, but when in time did it become acceptable to say you've had enough of something we all need to hear?

[B & Z]

Moore or no Moore, Bush has directly involved America in a holy war without just cause and opened the flood gates of hate and intolerance. For that, Bush must go.

Think of it this way. You live in a country where an evil dictator is in charge but most of the time, you keep your mouth shut, do your job, raise your family and nothing much happens. Then, the Americans "liberate" you by bombing your streets to rubble, killing people and stirring up religious crazies. Now your life is shiit and your country is in ruins. Who are you going to blame?

Moore is helping to get rid of the monster.

Steve