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Moore defends incendiary film (and flops doing so)
Dateline NBC ^ | June 18, 2004 | By Matt Lauer

Posted on 06/19/2004 11:14:44 AM PDT by The Bandit

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To: Vision Thing

Oh I don't think for a moment that Moore is a radical conservative working underground. Richard Gere and some other whack-job the other night were saying that they argee with Moore's message, even if they don't agree with his methods. Sure Richard, we're buying the methods end of that proclamation.


41 posted on 06/19/2004 7:42:16 PM PDT by DoughtyOne
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To: Grampa Dave; LPDen

Bump and ping for a great pic. LOLOL


42 posted on 06/19/2004 9:25:08 PM PDT by Annie03 (donate at www.terrisfight.org)
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To: The Bandit
Wow. I didn't know Matt Lauer had it in him.

I can guarantee that Stepinawfulstuff won't give him that hard of a time on Sunday. After all, Moore's PR guys are all fellow Clintonoids.

43 posted on 06/19/2004 9:34:03 PM PDT by L.N. Smithee (Just because I don't think like you doesn't mean I don't think for myself)
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To: Ciexyz
One of my co-workers was raving about "Roger and Me" and insisted I take the video home and watch it. I found it unbearable, unwatchable, spewing drivel from a self-absorbed jerk.

I have a REALLY hard time believing that someone has to catch and kill rabbits in order to eat after being laid off by GM.

44 posted on 06/19/2004 10:21:22 PM PDT by L.N. Smithee (Just because I don't think like you doesn't mean I don't think for myself)
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To: millstone
The best part was when Moore talked about how he criticized Clinton and didn't vote for Gore in 2000.

Yeah, we all remember his bestseller bashing Clinton, don't we?

It's like Kitty Kelley pretending that she hasn't got a political agenda, either. No one's life was more ripe for her trash-trawling treatment than Clinton, but she stayed silent during his eight years. Now, she's going after the Bush family later this year.

45 posted on 06/19/2004 10:28:03 PM PDT by L.N. Smithee (Just because I don't think like you doesn't mean I don't think for myself)
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To: Miss Marple
"Moore: "It was shot on December 12, outside of Basra by a freelance journalist. This is out in the field, now. This is not in the prison."

Lauer: "So you had your hands on this before the images from Abu Ghraib were made public."

Moore: "That's correct."

Lauer: "There's a decision to make there, on your part."

Moore: "I know. It was a really tough decision. And we're putting the film together and we're trying to decide what should we do here?"

Lauer: "But a critic would say, hey, send it to the right person a couple of months before these other photos go out and maybe –"

Anyone remember what happened on Dec 13, 2003?

Saddam Hussein Captured Near Tikrit

46 posted on 06/20/2004 9:17:56 AM PDT by A Citizen Reporter
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To: Petronski

He would then, along with a booster of hot gas, become "The Daft Zeppelin"!


47 posted on 06/20/2004 5:53:20 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty
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To: DoughtyOne
"This just does not compute. If Matt truly feels this way, then he should go after each and every leftist that comes on his show, and ask them what the hell is up with their actions, just as he did here to Moore."

I couldn't believe Katie Couric's usual liberal partner-in-crime Lauer hammered Moore as much as he had either, but we've gotta give credit where credit is due. He actually seemed insulted by the Chubby Traitor.

Moore was bobbin' and weavin', but Lauer kept boring in and nailed him good.

Maybe some libs need to reach a certain plateau of recognizing the BS before finally realizing they're being used by anti-America leftists....Dennis Miller -- for one -- comes to mind.

It remains to be seen if Matt Lauer's apparent outrage was sincere.

48 posted on 06/20/2004 6:16:29 PM PDT by F16Fighter
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To: DoughtyOne

I always considered Lauer a more moderate liberal than Couric.

He is definitely not Freeper material, but not a wacky liberal either; he has some sense and has intelligent reasons for his opinions.

That is partly why he went after Moore. Moore has no intelligence.


49 posted on 06/20/2004 9:51:38 PM PDT by rwfromkansas ("Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?" -- Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Vision Thing

If it had to do with company competition, why hasn't ABC said crap about the Moore film? Heck, the only coverage I saw tonight was on CBS, and they quoted somebody from the NY Post just ripping Moore to shreds....not something you usually see on an evening newscast.


50 posted on 06/20/2004 9:55:07 PM PDT by rwfromkansas ("Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?" -- Abraham Lincoln)
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To: rwfromkansas
Moore: "Well, because they had made this movie. I mean for a year they sent me a check every month so I could make this film. And this was all with the intent of, you know, this film's going to be distributed. To find out just weeks before it's supposed to come out, after Disney sends an executive here to New York, sits in my office, watches the movie and he's like, 'whoa,' you know, and then reports back. Then they have a board meeting the next week, and they say, you know, 'No. There's no way we're going to distribute this.'"

An absolute provable lie.

Among many others.

51 posted on 06/20/2004 10:10:04 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: Howlin

I have been out of town for 3 weeks...and failed to catch the followup to the story on Moore's fiming of the Berg son ....What became of that?


52 posted on 06/20/2004 10:14:21 PM PDT by woofie ( 99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name.)
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To: woofie

I want to know what became of this too. Seems to me it would be pretty easy to find out if Moore was in touch with Berg. Moore says he had all his film and information FEDEXED to him. He made a big deal out of how easy it was. Get those FEDEX records and see who and where they were coming from. I want to know too.


53 posted on 06/20/2004 10:20:57 PM PDT by Hildy ( If you don't stand up for what's RIGHT, you'll settle for what's LEFT.)
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To: woofie

Also, Moore says the prison stuff was filmed on December 12th. How hard would it be to find out where Berg was around that time? At one time he was working on the Towers next to the prison. Does anyone remember where that timeline is?


54 posted on 06/20/2004 10:24:33 PM PDT by Hildy ( If you don't stand up for what's RIGHT, you'll settle for what's LEFT.)
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To: Hildy

According to Nick Berg's website, his email confirms he was at Abu Ghraib on January 5th. He didn't get to Iraq until December 21.


55 posted on 06/20/2004 10:31:50 PM PDT by Hildy ( If you don't stand up for what's RIGHT, you'll settle for what's LEFT.)
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To: Miss Marple
Also, Moore says that some footage came from embedded media. We need to find out who.

That'll be pretty easy for the military to identify based on the unit. Expect to see an embed injail.

56 posted on 06/20/2004 11:33:33 PM PDT by McGavin999 (If Kerry can't deal with the "Republican Attack Machine" how is he going to deal with Al Qaeda)
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To: Vision Thing

nice.


57 posted on 06/20/2004 11:45:53 PM PDT by des
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To: The Bandit
"The 41st president of the United States, president Bush's father called you, I think you heard this, a slime ball."

ROTFL!! That's great. Serves him right, to be called a slime ball, that's what he is . A lying slime ball. Not to mention his "film" twists the facts for the purpose of trashing our military, while we are at war.

Here's a question for you Pig Butt:

What do you think would have happened to you, during WWII, if you had made an anti-American movie trashing our military?

Here's a request from America Michael Moore:

G E T........O U T!!!!!!!

Leave our country. You hate America, so why do you stay? Get out!! We are trying to fight a war, you ignorant puss sac. We don't need your propagandist, lying bulls%*t adding to the problems, and we sure as hell don't need you trashing the men and women of our military, while they are in harms way. You super-sized cockroach!

If I were in charge I'd have your sorry fat as* deported. So why don't you save us the hassle and move to France? Canada? Cuba?...it's your call. There are so many America- hating Socialist countries for you to chose from. Pick one and go. Don't come back, and take your Hollyweird buddies with you. At least if you live somewhere , like say, France, you can be around people who might actually like you.

Trust me Michael, it's you, not president Bush, who are one of the most hated men in America. Make yourself, and us, happy- move.

58 posted on 06/21/2004 12:03:44 AM PDT by fly_so_free (Never underestimate the treachery of the democrat party- Save USA,-Vote a Dem out of office)
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Look - can't we be more professional here? This sort of thing casts a bad shadow on political discussion. I found this image disgusting.


59 posted on 06/30/2004 6:58:25 AM PDT by ElizabethBird
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