Posted on 07/28/2004 2:56:40 PM PDT by swilhelm73
Boston, Mass — Promoting his movie Fahrenheit 9/11 at the Democratic National Convention, radical filmmaker Michael Moore launched into a shouting, red-faced denunciation of Republicans Tuesday, saying supporters of the GOP are different from "real Americans"; that they are "people who hate"; that they are "up at six in the morning trying to figure out which minority group they're going to screw today"; and that in the upcoming presidential campaign, they "are going to fight...smear...lie...and hate."
Moore, who sat in former President Jimmy Carter's box at the convention Monday night, has been welcomed by wildly enthusiastic audiences at his appearances in Boston. He made his remarks about Republicans during one of those appearances, at a forum sponsored by the left-wing organizing group Campaign for America's Future. The speech drew an overflow crowd; fans stood in line for hours for a chance to hear Moore speak.
"The right wing is not where America is at," Moore said. "Most Americans, in their heart, are liberal and progressive. It's just a small minority of people who hate. They hate. They exist in the politics of hate."
"They're not patriots," Moore said. "They're hate-triots, and they believe in the politics of hate-triotism. Hate-triotism is where they stand, and patriotism is where real Americans stand."
Moore, who predicted victory for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry — "It's all over but the voting," he said — warned that the Republican Party will do almost anything to keep its hold on power. "They're not going to go without a fight," he said, "and believe me, they are better fighters than we are."
"I mean, they are up at six in the morning trying to figure out which minority group they're going to screw today," Moore continued. "The hate, they eat for breakfast. They are going to fight and they are going to smear, and they are going to lie, and they are going to hate."
Moore conceded that there are "good Republicans." Those Republicans, he said, will vote for Kerry in November.
Moore also attacked the media for not asking the "right questions" before the war in Iraq, and he tantalized the audience by recounting a story in which he said a major — but unnamed — television personality told him that Vice President Dick Cheney had interfered with news coverage of the war. Moore said he was on a morning talk show recently, and, "After we went to commercial, the person who was interviewing me said, 'You know, you're right. When the war started, it was very difficult here to book the people we wanted to book and ask the questions we wanted to ask. In fact, I got a memo about my tone of voice. Apparently, the brass had received a call from Dick Cheney's office, they said they didn't like my tone of voice. I got a memo on it.'"
Moore said he told the person, "You've got to tell that story." But the person answered, "I can't." Moore continued: "I said, 'They can't fire you. You're one of the most well-known people in America. You've got to tell this story, and if you don't tell it, I'm going to wait maybe another week.'"
The audience laughed at Moore's threat to expose the newsperson. Moore promised to tell the whole story on his website and name the person involved. "That person is on notice now," Moore said, "and I'm doing it in a friendly way."
LOL! I'm up earlier than that most mornings, sipping my java and catching up on all of the leftist looniness posted here on FR. So many posts, so little time. Best part of my day is watching the sunrise at my desktop, getting my blood up for another VRWC day!
I agree,it's money and that's all it is.
I also think he is tipping over the edge,he's starting to sound insane.
Perhaps this makes sense...if you suppose that when the Republicans defeated slavery, voted (more then the rats) for the civil rights bill of 64, politically defeated the old Dixiecrat network, and recently appointed qualified (as opposed to token) people who happened to be minorities to real white house cabinet positions...we must have been too stupid to know what we were doing.
I suppose in Moore's little psychotic world, if you don't pander you must hate.
We forced the Rat party to remove the real chains over a hundred years ago. Now the Rats are trying to hold black people with psychological chains. The Rats want black people to be afraid of freedom.
I don't hate stupid people-I just hate stupidity.
Liberals are stupid.
BUMP
Probably not-high blood pressure only effects warm blooded species.
Yes, Mr. Moore. And, gratefully, they're Democrats.
>>My husband just remarked that somebody ought to tar and feather him, but with oil at $43 a barrel, it'd be pretty expensive.
I bet MM has a vat of used bacon grease he was saving for his biodiesel car. We could use that.
Yes, but the libs have painted over their minds with bait-and-switch words, such as "non-judgemental" and the like. Sounds like a lofty goal, but it masks the difference between truth and deliberate lies.
That's awesome!
More like 5AM.
...trying to figure out which minority group they're going to screw today.
Having been married to a Black woman for the last thirty two years, this is not a problem for me. Not up to 'groups' anymore, though.
Since they have the attention span of a gnat, and the reading abilities of a 3 year old and won't read this whole thread, why don't you rewrite it, if you have time...embellishing on it a tad, and then repost WITHOUT the sarcasm!!
Don't forget the Fax to Fellow Haters time slot. Talking points. Something like that.
HA!
I'd like to apologize to everyone... at six this morning I was reconfiguring my wife's computer's print server, so I didn't have a chance to figure out who to repress today. I promise I'll do better in the future.
(In case there's a DUnderhead reading, that was sarcasm.)
LOL!
You're too kind.
Michael Moore = Joseph Goebbels
"This guy is the spawn of Satan".
Yep, Ann was right!
LLS
Inside, Michael Moore is nothing more than a BIG, FAT, PUSSY!
I believe the term "Hatriotism" was coined in an editorial about MOOre himself -- someone who claims to love this country while doing everything he can to undermine it and its citizens. Talk about projection.
"HATE-RIOTISM" describes the new breeze blowing through the American media. It is now "cool" and "relevant" to mock everything for which our soldiers are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Criticizing democracy and America has long been in vogue in continental Europe from those who look with disdain at American "naivete," while still lamenting the Islamic onslaught.Now imported to our shores, hatriotism is the simplest way to get the growing contingent of professional protestors who populate television audiences to cheer: Mock America. Mock our involvement in Iraq. Mock President Bush ... and get rousing applause.
(note to self: don't get on sunnyside's bad side)
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