Posted on 01/09/2005 1:21:17 PM PST by NYTexan
Even as Tribune Media Services announced it had dropped columnist Armstrong Williams after he admitted receiving $241,000 from the Department of Education to promote 'No Child Left Behind', new allegations surfaced today that the Bush administration may have paid Michael Moore to oppose the president's reelection.
Mr. Moore and the White House both deny the charges, but critics point to the "almost scary" relationship between Mr. Bush's electoral success and the vigorous efforts of the Oscar-winning filmmaker to tarnish the president's image.
"The more he attacked Bush, the more Americans loved the president," said an unnamed spokesman for the American Society of Correspondents, Editors and Writers. "You don't have to be Oliver Stone to see the outlines of a conspiracy there. Michael Moore practically handed Bush his second term on a silver platter."
"The outcry from professional journalists over these pay-for-commentary scandals is not surprising," the source added. "They violated the journalistic code of honor. It's appalling to think that these men received compensation for weaving their biases into their work. Meanwhile, thousands of hard-working journalists do the same thing every day at no extra charge."
Pinging the usual suspects!
(anyone wanting on or off the satire ping list, let me know!)
possibly!! :)
I can see it
Too funny!
Almost too true to be good satire.
Not a bad theory. Someone alert the idiots over at DU!
I reckon y'all need a laugh
lol. classic
Verily the genius of Karl Rove is wondrous to behold - why, to use Michael moore as an inflatable puppet is beyond brilliant!
bttt
Bush paid Moore? Heck no, he paid Kerry to run against him (Rove's idea of course). Rove's next idea is to pay Hillary to run in '08 against a Condi.
If he did, it's the best money he ever spent.
Darn, I thought the were starting to eat their own... well, we just have to wait a little longer. :-)
I knew it. That SOB! American couldn't have been that stupid. This conspiracy must stop! :)
Good one!
I wouldn't be surprised if Michael Moore came out and admitted he was really a Shill For Bush. Life's funnier than satire.
ROFL
Bill McCudddy on Fox just said that Michael Moore has been notified he won the people's choice best film award. Turns out he had (paid?) his supporters to stuff the online ballot box.
No Shrek2 or other movies were even close.
IOW Moore's movie was selected and not elected.
Bush may have paid Moore?
Yeah, right, Blame Bush for everything. (hehe)
I just read on the Internet that Karl Rove paid Govenor Dean to scream that day. And he paid Senator Boxer to complain about the Ohio vote....
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