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***Tunescribe*** · 08-01-2006, 08:05 AM

http://news.aol.com/entertainment/mo...990001?cid=445

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Moore Says He Gets Lots of Republican Hugs
By Kevin Krolicki
Reuters

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., (July 31) - Michael Moore -- gadfly filmmaker, liberal activist and political lightning rod -- says he finds himself being hugged by a lot of Republicans these days.

On the streets of Traverse City, where Moore is working on last-minute preparations for a bigger-and-better sequel to the film festival he launched last year in his home state, the Oscar-winning director says he is approached all the time by conservatives ready to make peace.

"If you were to hang out with me here it won't be five or 10 minutes before you see a Republican hug me. That is almost as entertaining as some of the films," Moore said in an interview.

Moore has not budged from the central claim of his 2004 documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" -- that the Bush administration misled the American public about the reasons for war in Iraq -- but he says that more people have come around to his view.

"That's the shift that I'm seeing in the past year or so in the country, and as it relates to me," he said.

Some in solidly Republican northern Michigan and elsewhere now believe that they made a "colossal mistake" in initially supporting the war in Iraq, Moore said, and they have let him know it in chance encounters on the streets of Traverse City, a resort town where he has relocated from New York. ...

wistahpatsfan · 08-01-2006, 11:42 AM

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..."That's the shift that I'm seeing in the past year or so in the country, and as it relates to me," he said...

Yep, its all about Michael.

***Tunescribe*** · 08-01-2006, 01:34 PM

I think you can pretty safely assume the Republicans are sincere, because it definitely would take a deliberate bit of courage to actually hug that tub of goo. By the way, isn't he working on another Bush expose? "Fahrenheit 9/11" should've been required viewing for anyone of voting age two years ago.

PatsFanInEaglesLand · 08-01-2006, 01:51 PM

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I think you can pretty safely assume the Republicans are sincere, because it definitely would take a deliberate bit of courage to actually hug that tub of goo. By the way, isn't he working on another Bush expose? "Fahrenheit 9/11" should've been required viewing for anyone of voting age two years ago.

Didn't take you for a person who could be influanced by propaganda, but I guess I was wrong.

Moore Says He Gets Lots of Republican Hugs

Moore says = BIG FAT LIE

wistahpatsfan · 08-01-2006, 01:52 PM

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I think you can pretty safely assume the Republicans are sincere, because it definitely would take a deliberate bit of courage to actually hug that tub of goo. By the way, isn't he working on another Bush expose? "Fahrenheit 9/11" should've been required viewing for anyone of voting age two years ago.

I just saw Farenheit 911 last night on DVD. My commie / leftie brother from Cambridge made me watch it. The section with Bush frozen in fear for 7 minutes while the country was under attack by lunatics told a lot about how deep in s--t he thought he might be in. Bush is a traitor - I knew that before seeing the movie - but how could anyone doubt that he was at least an incompetent fool after these 7 minutes?

PatsFanInEaglesLand · 08-01-2006, 01:55 PM

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I just saw Farenheit 911 last night on DVD. My commie / leftie brother from Cambridge made me watch it. The section with Bush frozen in fear for 7 minutes while the country was under attack by lunatics told a lot about how deep in s--t he thought he might be in. Bush is a traitor - I knew that before seeing the movie - but how could anyone doubt that he was at least an incompetent fool after these 7 minutes?

As a person who works with film, it was more like 4 minutes, (it was slowed dowed) But I know you will say that doesn't matter, ends justify the means, correct?

All_Around_Brown · 08-01-2006, 01:57 PM

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As a person who works with film, it was more like 4 minutes, (it was slowed dowed) But I know you will say that doesn't matter, ends justify the means, correct?

And in the nuclear age... even if it was 4 minutes is an inexcusable period of time to be stumped as to what to do if you are in his shoes. Inexcusable....but you'll find a way Im sure...

Pujo · 08-01-2006, 02:00 PM

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As a person who works with film, it was more like 4 minutes, (it was slowed dowed) But I know you will say that doesn't matter, ends justify the means, correct?

4 minutes or 40, the conclusion is still the same.

You have to take Moore with a big grain of salt. I happen to agree with some of his complaints, I've seen his movies, I also went to a lecture of his at BC about two years ago, and I appreciate that he seems to believe in what he's saying. But he's also got a manufactured image. His appearence, his way of talking, they're all for effect. He's got the same propoganda machine as the people he tirades against. He's also very rich; we don't see him donating his fortune to starving children or anything of the sort. But I'll keep seeing his movies, but prompty reading what right-wingers write about them to know where he stretches the truth.

wistahpatsfan · 08-01-2006, 02:02 PM

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As a person who works with film, it was more like 4 minutes, (it was slowed dowed) But I know you will say that doesn't matter, ends justify the means, correct?

It wasn't seven minutes? I thought that was accepted by everyone?

http://www.amnation.com/vfr/archives/002467.html
http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/2334.html

All_Around_Brown · 08-01-2006, 02:02 PM

Moore and Limbaugh would be a great cage death match to watch.