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Michael Moore Loses It
NRO ^ | 7/28/04 | Byron York

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."


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To: HungarianGypsy
they are "up at six in the morning trying to figure out which minority group they're going to screw today"

Whereas liberal parasites can sleep in til noon because they don't have to figure anything out - they'll just continue to screw everybody, every day.

101 posted on 07/28/2004 3:36:46 PM PDT by Argus
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To: technochick99
The fact that the DNC hasn't repudiated anything he says sends a cold chill down my back.

Moore could give a speech to the mind-dead Dem delegates in which he trotted out his most bizarre and false scenarios and the audience would be sent into paroxysms of adoration and assent. Convention planners dared not let him speak lest he be revealed as the soul of an otherwise souless party.

102 posted on 07/28/2004 3:37:04 PM PDT by luvbach1 (Leftists don't acknowledge that Reagan won the cold war because they rooted for the other side.)
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To: swilhelm73

He's really got some mental illness, and I'm not saying that facetiously.


103 posted on 07/28/2004 3:37:27 PM PDT by Hildy ( If you don't stand up for what's RIGHT, you'll settle for what's LEFT.)
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To: swilhelm73

Well, we sure hate him...


104 posted on 07/28/2004 3:38:33 PM PDT by Pharmboy (History's greatest agent for freedom: The US Armed Forces)
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To: DirtyHarryY2K
His mother had to hire a pair of rodeo clowns to keep him distracted so she could get the groceries from the car into the house.:-)

LOL!

Is this a banned poster sneaking back in?

If so, play nice Harry - I like your style

105 posted on 07/28/2004 3:38:57 PM PDT by don-o (Stop Freeploading. Do the right thing and sign up for a monthly donation.)
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To: swilhelm73

Until Michael Moore came along I can truthfully say I didn't hate anyone.


106 posted on 07/28/2004 3:40:02 PM PDT by PeterFinn
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To: Wumpus Hunter
It's amazing that two such slovenly slobs have lived this long. They defy everything I've leaned about nutrition and hygiene.
107 posted on 07/28/2004 3:40:07 PM PDT by CaptainK
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To: P.O.E.
Or pseudo-intellectuals who want to "hear all sides of the issue",

It creates a problem when the 2 sides are not Left and Right, but Lies and Truth.

108 posted on 07/28/2004 3:40:53 PM PDT by bigjoesaddle (Shrug)
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To: DirtyHarryY2K

Your post #92, laughing-out-loud funny. Congrats.


109 posted on 07/28/2004 3:41:45 PM PDT by luvbach1 (Leftists don't acknowledge that Reagan won the cold war because they rooted for the other side.)
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To: PokeyJoe
"Moore, you're a fascist."

Mike's in his own category...he's gone past being a fascist and he's now in an new category - Fatscist Pig.

110 posted on 07/28/2004 3:42:28 PM PDT by hometoroost
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To: Wumpus Hunter
I forgot to add buoyancy.
111 posted on 07/28/2004 3:42:31 PM PDT by CaptainK
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To: BossLady

http://mooreorpig.com/


Stolen, of course, from another thread.


112 posted on 07/28/2004 3:43:00 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Sure glad I was old enough to vote for President Reagan!!!)
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To: snarkytart

I might be guilty too....I want that lady and her midget friend to lose on the AMAZING RACE, but that thought was well after 6 AM.


113 posted on 07/28/2004 3:44:13 PM PDT by Prolifeconservative (If there is another terrorist attack, the womb is a very unsafe place to hide.)
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To: Mr. Mojo
It's a psychoanalytic concept known as projection...Carl Jung called it the "shadow" i.e. that ugly part of our psyche we cannot/will not see and therefore project onto others.

Moore is such a classic example of it.

114 posted on 07/28/2004 3:44:26 PM PDT by cerberus
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To: swilhelm73
"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."

Worst case of projection I have ever seen.

115 posted on 07/28/2004 3:44:48 PM PDT by hopespringseternal
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To: Brad's Gramma

Snicker...Snicker... I bet someone takes my diatribe out of context and it will appear in tomorrow's New York Times! LOL!


116 posted on 07/28/2004 3:44:52 PM PDT by BossLady
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To: swilhelm73

Maybe if he stayed away from the sugars for awhile he might not be so jumpy and jittery. The man has lost it whatever THAT was.


117 posted on 07/28/2004 3:46:07 PM PDT by cubreporter (I trust Rush...he will prevail in spite of the naysayers)
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To: swilhelm73

His speech reminds me of the speechs that the Nazis gave during the 30's.


118 posted on 07/28/2004 3:46:25 PM PDT by Mike1973
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To: Brad's Gramma
LMAO! So are we at ThreatCon "McDonald's" Red right now???? ;)

Those piggies were cute....the four-legged pigs, of course!

119 posted on 07/28/2004 3:46:57 PM PDT by BossLady
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To: PeterFinn

not even TK or HRC?


120 posted on 07/28/2004 3:48:52 PM PDT by SanityFromTheLeftCoast (Speaking of which, an Optimist is what a Pessimist calls a Realist)
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