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Michael Moore Responds to Joe Lieberman
(Last night, during his primetime speech from the podium at the
Republican National Convention, Senator Joe Lieberman made the
following statement: "... if John McCain is just another partisan
Republican, then I'm Michael Moore's favorite Democrat. And I'm not. And I think you know that I'm not.")
Dear Joe:
John McCain IS just another partisan Republican -- so that must mean you ARE my favorite Democrat!
Sep 03, 2008
(Last night, during his primetime speech from the podium at the
Republican National Convention, Senator Joe Lieberman made the
following statement: "... if John McCain is just another partisan
Republican, then I'm Michael Moore's favorite Democrat. And I'm not. And I think you know that I'm not.")
Dear Joe:
John McCain IS just another partisan Republican -- so that must mean you ARE my favorite Democrat!
But how can you be my favorite Democrat when you are no longer a
Democrat? This is very confusing. I was in the middle of taking out the
garbage and, all of a sudden, there you were, trash-talking me in front
of thousands of cheering (mostly) white people on TV.
What is it with you and your Republican friends always bringing me up?
Can't you stop thinking about me? It's starting to sound like a fetish!
Stop it! Four years ago at the last Republican Convention, John McCain,
in his convention speech, also trashed me, calling me a "disingenuous
filmmaker" because I called all of you out in "Fahrenheit 9/11." The crowd at Madison Square Garden went berserk.
McCain didn't know I was sitting above him in the press box, and the
crowd wouldn't stop screaming at me, so I flashed them the "Big L" loser sign and, well, nine of New York's finest had to help me get out of there alive.
With all the problems facing the world, why is valuable time being
wasted reviewing a movie and attacking a filmmaker? And now you, Joe,
tonight. Do you think you're energizing the "base" by attacking me?
Better take a look at the scoreboard. While your side has spent years
trying to make me the boogeyman, let's see how it's worked:
** 2006 Congressional elections: Republicans lose 30 seats in the House and 6 seats in the Senate;
** States That Have Lost a Republican Governor (and elected a
Democrat) since 2002: Kansas, Montana, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico,
Colorado, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Tennessee -- EACH ONE OF
THEM A RED STATE!;
** Latest Gallup Poll: Obama hit 50% yesterday for the first time for either candidate, 8 points ahead of McCain!
Do you see the trend?
Putting me in your convention speeches, attacking me nonstop on talk
radio and Fox News -- and thinking that this helps you -- shows just
how out of touch you all are.
Two-thirds of the country agree with my position on the war,
two-thirds of the country agree with my position on a single-payer
universal health care system, two-thirds believe in some form of gun
control -- name the documentary, pick the issue, and the American
public agrees with Michael Moore. So get over me, will ya? You're only
hurting yourself. And I've got to finish taking out the garbage.
"... if John McCain is just another partisan Republican, then I'm
Michael Moore's favorite Democrat. And I'm not. And I think you know
that I'm not." Now click your heels together and say, "There's no place
like home on the Republican minority side of the aisle."
Yours,
Michael Moore
MMFlint@aol.com
MichaelMoore.com
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© 2023 Rumble with Michael Moore
(Last night, during his primetime speech from the podium at the
Republican National Convention, Senator Joe Lieberman made the
following statement: "... if John McCain is just another partisan
Republican, then I'm Michael Moore's favorite Democrat. And I'm not. And I think you know that I'm not.")
Dear Joe:
John McCain IS just another partisan Republican -- so that must mean you ARE my favorite Democrat!
But how can you be my favorite Democrat when you are no longer a
Democrat? This is very confusing. I was in the middle of taking out the
garbage and, all of a sudden, there you were, trash-talking me in front
of thousands of cheering (mostly) white people on TV.
What is it with you and your Republican friends always bringing me up?
Can't you stop thinking about me? It's starting to sound like a fetish!
Stop it! Four years ago at the last Republican Convention, John McCain,
in his convention speech, also trashed me, calling me a "disingenuous
filmmaker" because I called all of you out in "Fahrenheit 9/11." The crowd at Madison Square Garden went berserk.
McCain didn't know I was sitting above him in the press box, and the
crowd wouldn't stop screaming at me, so I flashed them the "Big L" loser sign and, well, nine of New York's finest had to help me get out of there alive.
With all the problems facing the world, why is valuable time being
wasted reviewing a movie and attacking a filmmaker? And now you, Joe,
tonight. Do you think you're energizing the "base" by attacking me?
Better take a look at the scoreboard. While your side has spent years
trying to make me the boogeyman, let's see how it's worked:
** 2006 Congressional elections: Republicans lose 30 seats in the House and 6 seats in the Senate;
** States That Have Lost a Republican Governor (and elected a
Democrat) since 2002: Kansas, Montana, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico,
Colorado, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Tennessee -- EACH ONE OF
THEM A RED STATE!;
** Latest Gallup Poll: Obama hit 50% yesterday for the first time for either candidate, 8 points ahead of McCain!
Do you see the trend?
Putting me in your convention speeches, attacking me nonstop on talk
radio and Fox News -- and thinking that this helps you -- shows just
how out of touch you all are.
Two-thirds of the country agree with my position on the war,
two-thirds of the country agree with my position on a single-payer
universal health care system, two-thirds believe in some form of gun
control -- name the documentary, pick the issue, and the American
public agrees with Michael Moore. So get over me, will ya? You're only
hurting yourself. And I've got to finish taking out the garbage.
"... if John McCain is just another partisan Republican, then I'm
Michael Moore's favorite Democrat. And I'm not. And I think you know
that I'm not." Now click your heels together and say, "There's no place
like home on the Republican minority side of the aisle."
Yours,
Michael Moore
MMFlint@aol.com
MichaelMoore.com
(Last night, during his primetime speech from the podium at the
Republican National Convention, Senator Joe Lieberman made the
following statement: "... if John McCain is just another partisan
Republican, then I'm Michael Moore's favorite Democrat. And I'm not. And I think you know that I'm not.")
Dear Joe:
John McCain IS just another partisan Republican -- so that must mean you ARE my favorite Democrat!
But how can you be my favorite Democrat when you are no longer a
Democrat? This is very confusing. I was in the middle of taking out the
garbage and, all of a sudden, there you were, trash-talking me in front
of thousands of cheering (mostly) white people on TV.
What is it with you and your Republican friends always bringing me up?
Can't you stop thinking about me? It's starting to sound like a fetish!
Stop it! Four years ago at the last Republican Convention, John McCain,
in his convention speech, also trashed me, calling me a "disingenuous
filmmaker" because I called all of you out in "Fahrenheit 9/11." The crowd at Madison Square Garden went berserk.
McCain didn't know I was sitting above him in the press box, and the
crowd wouldn't stop screaming at me, so I flashed them the "Big L" loser sign and, well, nine of New York's finest had to help me get out of there alive.
With all the problems facing the world, why is valuable time being
wasted reviewing a movie and attacking a filmmaker? And now you, Joe,
tonight. Do you think you're energizing the "base" by attacking me?
Better take a look at the scoreboard. While your side has spent years
trying to make me the boogeyman, let's see how it's worked:
** 2006 Congressional elections: Republicans lose 30 seats in the House and 6 seats in the Senate;
** States That Have Lost a Republican Governor (and elected a
Democrat) since 2002: Kansas, Montana, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico,
Colorado, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Tennessee -- EACH ONE OF
THEM A RED STATE!;
** Latest Gallup Poll: Obama hit 50% yesterday for the first time for either candidate, 8 points ahead of McCain!
Do you see the trend?
Putting me in your convention speeches, attacking me nonstop on talk
radio and Fox News -- and thinking that this helps you -- shows just
how out of touch you all are.
Two-thirds of the country agree with my position on the war,
two-thirds of the country agree with my position on a single-payer
universal health care system, two-thirds believe in some form of gun
control -- name the documentary, pick the issue, and the American
public agrees with Michael Moore. So get over me, will ya? You're only
hurting yourself. And I've got to finish taking out the garbage.
"... if John McCain is just another partisan Republican, then I'm
Michael Moore's favorite Democrat. And I'm not. And I think you know
that I'm not." Now click your heels together and say, "There's no place
like home on the Republican minority side of the aisle."
Yours,
Michael Moore
MMFlint@aol.com
MichaelMoore.com
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