Michael Moore: Bush Knows Osama's Location, Won't Go After Him

MRC ^ | Monday, May 12, 2003 | BrentBaker

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To the astonishment of Bob Costas, Friday night on HBO far-left crank/movie producer Michael Moore claimed, during an interview on Costas' show, that the Bush administration "absolutely" knows where Osama bin Laden is located and doesn't go after him "because he's funded by their friends in Saudi Arabia!"

Moore speculated: "Do you think that Osama bin Laden planned 9-11 from a cave in Afghanistan? I can't get a cell signal from here to Queens."

Setting up the May 9 interview on HBO's On the Record with Bob Costas, which airs at 11:30pm EDT/PDT, Costas played a clip of Moore at the Academy Awards after winning for his "documentary," Bowling for Columbine: "We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons [edit jump] We are against this war Mr. Bush. Same on you Mr. Bush! Shame on you!"

During the pre-taped interview, Moore asked Costas: "What happened to the search for Osama bin Laden?"

Costas naively suggested: "Obviously they're pursuing Osama bin Laden as we speak."

Moore challenged the premise: "Really, you believe that?"

Costas: "Yes."

Moore: "You do believe that?"

Costas: "Sure. And if they could find him, and perhaps they eventually will, they'd be gratified by that."

Moore: "You don't think they know where he is?"

Costas, clearly astonished as Moore's paranoid thinking: "You think they know where Osama bin Laden is and it's hands off?"

Moore: "Absolutely, absolutely."

Costas: "Why?" Moore: "Because he's funded by their friends in Saudi Arabia!

He's back living with his sponsors, his benefactors. Do you think that Osama bin Laden planned 9-11 from a cave in Afghanistan? I can't get a cell signal from here to Queens, alright, I mean, come on. Let's get real about this. The guy has been on dialysis for two years. He's got failing kidneys. He wasn't in a cave in Afghanistan playing-"

Costas jumped in: "You think he's in Saudi Arabia, not Afghanistan, not Pakistan."

Moore: "Well, could be Pakistan, but he's under watch of those who have said put a stop to this because-"

Costas tried to nail him down on culpability: "Including, at least by extension, the United States, he's under the protective watch of the United States?"

Moore confirmed: "I think the United States, I think our government knows where he is and I don't think we're going to be capturing him or killing him any time soon."

At that point, HBO jumped to another segment of the taped interview.

For HBO's Web page for Costas' show which has replaced, for three months, Bill Maher's program: http://www.hbo.com/ontherecord/

As noted in the March 23 CyberAlert, John Fund documented how Moore's Bowling for Columbine, "a merry dissection of America's 'culture of fear' and love of guns, is filled with so many inaccuracies and distortions that it ought to be classed as a work of fiction." Plus, Oprah played an excerpt from the portion of Moore's film which listed the awful things the U.S. has supposedly inflicted on the world, such as: "1981: Reagan administration trains and funds 'contras.' 30,000 Nicaraguans die." Oprah declared that the presentation "resonated with a lot of people, me included." See: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030323.asp#7

[CIBvet]

Pig snout! Pig snout! We want the pig snout!

It was righteous ... you'll love it!!

[Lost Highway]

Man I am hoping he endorses and campaigns for the Dem nominee.

[Mr. Mojo]

I'll at least give the pig credit for knowing that the House of Saud funds Al Qaeda.

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[Space Wrangler]

Looks like a Michael Moore meltdown is in the works. What an ugly sight that will be. Keep it up Michael!! I use you as the poster boy for liberalism!

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I can't get a cell signal from here to Queens.

Micheal Moore, new spokesman for Verizon? Can you here me now? If I were a Disney shareholder I'd sue the pants off Eisner if he gives this POS one penny of shareholder money to make a "documentary" "Fahrenheit 911", which is sure to be a boxoffice loser.

[BibChr]

Amen, and hear hear.

[kellynla]

No one pays any attention to what Moore says. I mean he got booed by his own crowd at the Oscars for Pete's sake. And for Costas to have him on his program just confirms that Costas' program is dog and pony show. The left hate President Bush and that's the bottom line.

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[Mr. Mojo]

Colmes looked much better back then. ....before he had the plastic surgery.

[Gabrielle Reilly]

and didn't you know that Bush planted the American guy on the plane who fought the terrorist to stop them from running into the White House? As a back up plan though, he was giving a speech promoting education in Florida in case that plan failed. It was a good front Mr Bush. We just almost bought that too!

The absurdity is amazing.

[Republican Wildcat]

Fictition!

[lilylangtree]

Trying to remember who Moore reminds me of and finally remembered: Eric Cartman of the South Park toons.

[Maigrey]

Why is ANYONE giving this (bleep) any more face time? yech!

[muleskinner]

Someone should make a mockumentary about this fat blowhard and show how this lowbrow has gotten rich by lying about the US and pretending to be of the people.

Now, I'd watch that.

[daylate-dollarshort]

"Is it unchristian to wish some one gets a stroke?"

I'm a Christian and.........

I hope he has a stroke!!!!

[CIBvet]

THANKS ... That snout is outstanding !!! Is this your work?

And I love his button.

[daviddennis]

A former associate of his actually tried to make a documentary like that, where he tries to meet with Michael Moore a la Roger and Me.

Moore sued the guy.

D

[The Wizard]

needed: big fat asshole with no morals or brains, Mikey Moore: "That's me"