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."
You'll have to train a monkey, no human would go near that thing.
From a meat market. He eats them when he wakes up at 2 in the afternoon along with two pounds of bacon, a carton of eggs and a gallon of milk gallon of milk.
LOL
I am afraid he is on more a Ted Kennedy trajectory. We are never going to see the end of him.
I'm not kidding when I say that I bet the Secret Service watches this guy 24/7. He is psychotic and a real danger.
Lott throws barbs at Kerry during Neshoba fair stump speech
PHILADELPHIA — U.S. Sen. Trent Lott today told an enthusiastic Neshoba County Fair crowd that Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry is “a French-speaking socialist from Boston, Massaschusetts, who is more liberal than Ted Kennedy.”
It was a line that Lott said he’d been working on for a while, and it produced loud applause from hundreds of Mississippians gathered at Founders’ Square, the centerpiece of the historic fair.
Lott took the podium to blast Kerry, the senator from Massachusetts, and his running mate, Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina.
Lott also told the crowd that America is fighting a war on terrorism, and “you don't want to change horses in the middle of the stream.”
Lott referred to the Kerry-Edwards ticket as “waffles and grits.”
“We’ve got the most liberal ticket for president of the United States,” Lott said. “I have confidence that George Bush and Dick Cheney will be re-elected for four more years.”
This guy has become a living, breathing caricature of a liberal.
No one running for national office can adopt either a far left or far right agenda. It is rare that a candidate for President ever campaigns on 'the platform' anymore.
It has always been more difficult for liberals and conservatives to get their message across by using black and white markers.
Michael Moore is the safety valve for Liberals that Pat Buchanan was for conservatives and will be thrown to the wolves the same way as soon as he isn't needed any more.
When people ask me how I can stand being a Democrat with Michael Moore running around, it gives me an opportunity to avoid responsibility for the wingnuts in the party...and we all have them.
The Democratic Party is still under the influence of the DLC and the Clinton goons. Kerry and Edwards are waaaay to the left of those opportunists and when Kerry gets walloped in November you can expect that Clinton will come roaring back and don't expect Michael Moore to get a front row seat at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Hohokus.
I get up at 5:45a. It's amazing how much hating I can do with those extra 15 mintues.
Moore stupid ideas. I get up at 5:00.
LMAO! Funny!!!!
He's pathetic.
Neo-anarchist_" radical filmmaker Michael Moore launched into a shouting, red-faced denunciation of Republicans Tuesday "
When and where did he say this, from the convention podium?
Doncha jus hate loudmouth leftists?
I think you right on target with your assessment. Thanks for pointing that out.
LOL!!!!
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