Posted on 07/22/2004 7:29:36 AM PDT by byteback
Democrats were abuzz and Republicans aghast yesterday as Bush-hating filmmaker Michael Moore unveiled plans to descend upon, and steal some thunder from, John F. Kerry's hometown nominating party.
Moore will team up with the Democratic presidential primary's chief Bush critic, Howard Dean [related, bio], for one of his three Hub appearances in the first two days of the convention.
Republicans said the "Fahrenheit 9/11" creator will reflect poorly as a surrogate for Kerry.
"It's just another example of the pessimism and the conspiracy theories coming from John Kerry and John Kerry surrogates," said Kevin Madden, spokesman for the Bush-Cheney campaign.
"We're seeing a lot of hate and vitriol from this John Kerry celebrity set - Michael Moore, Whoopi Goldberg. It shows that their intent is to frame anger as an agenda."
Democrats, though careful to say Moore won't outshine Kerry, brimmed with excitement.
"Clearly the star of the week will be Sen. Kerry and Sen. (John) Edwards, but having Michael Moore in Boston to enjoy the events just adds a lot of excitement to everything else going on," Massachusetts Democratic Party spokeswoman Jane Lane said.
"I don't see it diminishing the real star of the week, but I think every Democrat in Massachusetts will be thrilled."
Kerry, whose campaign has gone out of its way to avoid Moore and his movie's controversial claims, wouldn't comment on his appearances.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bostonherald.com ...
please do! Picture him and fet Ted standing under a banner that reads "Democrats - the well rounded party"!
Good. The more the political center equates the this disgusting, lying, slob with 'Rat party, the better.
MEMEMEMEMEMEMEEMEMEMEMEMEEMEMEMEMEME!
When Moore threatens to "crash" a party.........he means, literally, "CRASH" the......oh, the image, the horror, the humanity..................yyeeeeccccchhhhhhhh! /sarcasm
man I hope michael stays out of the water! don't they still have whaling ships up there around Boston?..
You know the new tunnel's only so big...are we sure he can get from Logan into the city?
I'm a little confused at why Democrats would be "abuzz" and Republicans "aghast" at Moore "stealing some thunder" from Kerry. Does that make sense? Not to me.
HAH! Whaling Museum on Nantucket, I think.
It appears that the Dem Convention is going to make the Wellstone funeral look like appropriate behavior compared to the freak show the world is gonna see next week.
Yes! Kerry must be starting to feel like a springboard for every media whore on the left. I love it! Could he BE more irrelevant!?!
Appears that Moore doesn't get that the Dems just want him to shut up and make crockumentaries. He will only hurt the party. Yes!
Good. Let Americans see just how far left the Democrats have moved.
The JFK Democrats will be appalled.
Same here. I'd turn the phrases around. The GOP is going to get a lot of mileage out of the Moore/Kerry connection.
Of course. Moore is Maxi-Me.
Crash the party? What's he going to do? Sit in all the wicker furniture?
Oh this is great! I'd love to see Kerry tied to Moore.
Kerskin knew !!!!!!
LOL. The wrought iron furniture won't survive either.
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