Michael Moore (courtesy United Artists)
Posted on 11/03/2004 2:27:08 AM PST by JohnHuang2
Minutes after polls closed in Florida, filmmaker Michael Moore packed his bags and wrapped up a large-scale effort to aim a "huge spotlight" on suspected dirty tricks at the polls in the battleground state.
His departure is being interpreted as a positive comment on the smooth election process in the state that saw scattered, but mild glitches amid an "amazing" record turnout, reports WPLG.
As WorldNetDaily reported, the director of "Fahrenheit 9/11" descended on Florida with video cameras rolling declaring he would prevent the Bush administration from "stealing a second election."
"Make no mistake about it. I will be there, I will have my cameras there. We will put a huge spotlight on them. They will not get away with it this time," Moore said in a statement in August announcing his intentions.
Michael Moore (courtesy United Artists) |
The director claims the 2000 vote count was tainted despite numerous recounts in Democrat-supervised counties which gave Bush a 537-vote victory, providing him with the needed electoral votes to win the presidency over Al Gore, who won the national popular vote.
Moore planned to station 1,200 professional and amateur videographers at contentious polling sites in both Florida and Ohio.
"I'm putting those who intend to suppress the vote on notice: voter intimidation and suppression will not be tolerated," said Moore.
In South Florida, the scene of the recount controversies during the 2000 election, all 777 precincts in Broward County opened on time and Miami-Dade County election officials said they "couldn't be happier" with the way the voting process went all day, according to WPLG.
In Palm Beach County where ATM-style voting machines replaced the controversial "butterfly " punchcard ballot, one major snafu was reported when nine of the machines' batteries wore down in Boyton Beach and 37 votes appear to have been lost, the Associated Press reports.
Minor problems experienced at some precincts stemmed from a widespread sabotage attempt. Voters in Charlotte, Marion, Palm Beach and Lee counties reported receiving crank calls falsely telling them their precincts had changed, according to the AP.
The unidentified callers directed voters to go to precincts much farther away than those listed in the newspaper by the county elections supervisors.
While Moore headed for Ohio with his camera crew, he allegedly left an "army of lawyers" behind in Florida. He vowed in August he would help pay for the attorneys who would spy on target precincts and be ready to go to court over suspected voting problems.
Oh joy. Another "documentary".
Gonna make another movie 'eh Michael?
I wish they could do something about this fat slob- I saw a little news feature yesterday about celebrities and how they would fare in the political arena - they referred to Michael Moore as " a common man of the people" -' Self proclaimed "man of the people"- why is it always some rich fat slob( Teddy Kennedy,Dodd, Jesse Jackson etc) that live in opulence, lie their butts off, and have media back them up as "for the people"!!!!!!!!Arggghhh!Barf!
Mike, O.J. has a better chance of finding what his looking for that you.
I would not be surprised if Moore claims the vote went smoothly because he was there. Thank God he is here to protect us.(gag)
....you mean "schlockumentary"........seeing as Moore's involved......
Like Kerry..he has no honour and he has no code...
Hey Mikey?....What happened???......That's o.k. have ten more cheeseburgers...you'll feel better.
Michael Moron and crew tuck tail and run - ping.
I think it's especially funny he said he would help pay for the lawyers.
Michael Moore is so yesterday.
I'm always amazed by the amount of love Michael Moore gets from the Dems since in 2000 he was campaigning for Nader.
Can someone make this guy go away??
dittos newz - I saw bajillionaire Bruce Springsteen here in Cleveland Monday night pretending to be Woody Guthrie as he introduced bajillionaire John Kerry as champion "of the people".
In case anyone is interested, The Boss was playing a black cut-away Takamine. Evidently, those homegrown Gibsons and Martins are just not good enough or are otherwise inappropriate to play out when you're trying to put a "global" spin on a performance. The Takamine sounded like complete and utter bullsh*t - thin and buzzy with some goofy electric-ee fake 'sustain'. The Boss read his lyrics and changes from a music stand.
Still, The Boss is The Boss is The Boss....(and Nebraska and Tom Joad are great albums)
That fat bastard made a killing off the stupid left and the universities run by them. Any public institution who spent tax dollars to bring this nut to their campus ought to be sued by the taxpayers of the state...or at least have their budgets cut by exactly the amount they paid him for his disgusting propaganda. And I heard this morning that the youth vote was about 17%...exactly what it was in 2000...because so many more adults turned out to counteract their mindless votes. Take that MM, Rock the Vote, Springsteen, and rappers. You just mobilized the apathetic adults to get off their duffs and vote.
He was fretting and fretting.
I thought Takamine was a pretty good guitar. Shame to see any kind of instrument put to such poor use.
By the way, I just started playing, and wondered who had the easiest fret board? My fingers have about the same girth as radiator hose.
Just wondering if Jabba the Moore left a slime trail as he oozed away? I hear that he glides on a layer of perspiration and hamburger grease.
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