Posted on 08/27/2004 9:10:25 AM PDT by italianquaker
GOP itchin' for a Mike fight
'Fahrenheit 9/11" director Michael Moore - a virulent enemy of President Bush - has been hired by USA Today to write four opinion columns during the Republican Convention. Word is that party officials aren't happy that the pugnacious Moore - wearing the credentials of a legitimate journalist - will be the skunk at their garden party next week, traipsing around Madison Square Garden and maybe even causing trouble.
But get a load of what some of the delegates have to say:
Alabama delegate Terry Butts: "I'm from South Alabama, and we're used to dealing with jackasses, and so I look forward to making his acquaintance. In Alabama, there are probably a few good ol' boys who would know how to put a good knot on his head."
Louisiana delegate Carey Holliday: "I would be delighted if he slapped me. Because then I could defend myself. And it would all be on camera. He'd be hit from so many angles - he'd never even catch me. Four hundred-pounders move very slowly and with no wind at all. I'm 53 and in good shape."
Alabama delegate Rick Sellers: "I think I'm going to contact the officials with the convention and have his media tag pulled. This is ridiculous!"
North Carolina delegate Jim Cain: "The bomb squads and drug-sniffing dogs should give him a thorough once-over before letting him into Madison Square Garden."
Nebraska delegate Rod Krogh: "I doubt he's going to want to provoke people - I would assume he's a better judge of his body than that. I'm 6-foot-2 and 175 pounds. If we went to the mat, that's one match that I know my limits."
South Dakota delegate John Teupel: "If he's going to show up at the GOP convention, hopefully he has the sense and tact to act like a civilized human being. If he wants to get in my face, I'm plenty capable of getting back in his."
Mississippi delegate Field Bryant: "I was a deputy sheriff for five years, and I've dealt with a lot of people who have that mindset. But if he listens with his heart and his mind, he'll come out of there a changed man. Lord knows he needs some redemption."
Moore's spokesman, Mark Benoit, told Lowdown yesterday: "I think these people are speaking out of bravado....I think cooler heads will prevail. Once people talk to him, he's an intelligent, likable guy. I think anyone who's said those things, after spending five minutes with him, would come away with a different impression." link to story
Refuse to credentialize him.
The real Secret Service guards the president.
He is a security risk.
Boycott USA TODAY forever.
Hope I run into him when I'm there...figuratively of course as his fat ass would faltten me for sure. I'd love a chance to tell him how I feel about him.
You mean some people actually pay for this bird cage liner? I thought they were distributed free of charge at hotels and airports.
It's disgraceful, particularly when USA Today fired Ann Coulter from writing columns for the DNC because she was too extreme. I've emailed USA Today to let them know of my disgust with their blatant double standard.
Oh, no! On the contrary... this is a *great* opportunity to ridicule the fatass.
Somebody should volunteer to follow him around the convention floor with a big sign with an arrow on it that just says "FATASS -->>". Or something. Several people with several signs, in fact.
Additionally, people should be detailed to get in front of wherever his communist camera crew is pointing their lenses, with *more* signs saying "MICHAEL MOORE IS A TREASONOUS FATASS LOSER". Or whatever.
Furthermoreover, additional people should be detailed to pose as disaffected Republicans and volunteer to "Interview" with him and then tell him, on tape and on camera, what a treasonous fatass loser he is. (Or maybe even ask serious questions about the pile of propaganda he calls a "Film"... but why lend him any credibility by taking him seriously).
The objective is to make sure that he can't do one... single... thing without getting ridiculed and laughed at, and that he can't get one... single... interview or one... single... camera image that doesn't "accidentally" contain a heavy dose of ridicule.
The Republicans can have some **FUN** with this. People on this website are *ideally* suited for carrying out an anti-Moore campaign... New Yawk freepers, get with it! (Bring a can of room deodorizer with you, though - you wouldn't believe what happens when a porker like Moore actually gets "upset"...)
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