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Michael Moore Says ’We Are Doomed’ Unless Kerry Wins

by Open-Publishing - Friday 15 October 2004
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by Marc Morano

Filmmaker Michael Moore told an enthusiastic audience here on Wednesday that "we
are doomed" if President George W. Bush is re-elected.

"I fear, really, that we are doomed on some level here. We are so close to not
being able to pull it back, to turn it around — to get control of our country
back in our hands," Moore told a packed auditorium just hours before the third
and final presidential debate. Moore’s "Slacker Uprising Tour" was held at the
Celebrity Theatre.

"We have allowed the wealthy to take control now of all our democratic process.
It may be too late — I don’t know, I hope it isn’t," the left-wing filmmaker
said.

Moore said he was clinging to a "sliver of optimism" regarding America’s future, but only if John Kerry is elected on November 2.

[But] it doesn’t mean that November third everything is going to be hunky dory. Believe me. November third we had better commit to redouble our efforts once Kerry’s in the White House and be on his ass once he’s in there to do the right thing," Moore said.

Moore made the comment while referring to a scene in his anti-Bush movie "Fahrenheit 9/11" that showed children playing in pre-war Baghdad. "[The scene is] only there for 20 seconds, but it’s made all of these conservatives and right-wingers just go crazy," Moore said.

"I wanted to put a human face on the people there. Those Iraqi people — those people — they are human beings with souls and they have every right — every right — to live the same as you or I. They are no different," Moore proclaimed.

"We all pay our taxes and that means we paid for those bombs. That means your name and my name is on those bombs," he added.

Moore predicted that the U.S. will experience "the largest turnout in this election in our lifetime."

"And let me tell you something that is bad news for the Republicans — really bad news: They can only win if people stay home. They are counting on it, they are hoping against hope the majority of people in this state and the other swing state don’t vote," Moore said.

"Democrats have registered 250 percent more [voters] than Republicans in the swing states," he said.

Moore said that historically disenfranchised voters such as the poor, single moms and especially young voters are going to turn out on Election Day.

"I have a feeling that slackers are going to rise up in this election. I believe it, I have seen it all over this country," Moore said of the youth vote.

"The slacker motto is: ’Sleep till noon, drink beer, vote Kerry November 2,’" Moore quipped. "Pick nose, pick butt, pick Kerry," he added to applause. "Slackers of the world, unite!"

Moore also mentioned his disruptive visit to the Republican National Convention in New York as a guest of USA Today.

"Everybody in here, at some point in your life you gotta have ten thousand angry Republicans screaming at you, ’Four more years, four more years."

"Some of them (Republicans) had their eyes closed and their lips were turned like they were speaking in tongues, like they were trying to cast the devil out of the house," Moore said to laughter.

’Be more Canada-like’

Moore also praised Canada for its progressive social and economic policies.

"We love the Canadians. We all aspire to be more Canada-like. We want to live to see a day where everyone has health care, where you don’t have to pay off a student loan for 10 years. That’s Canada," Moore said.

"And thank you, Canada, for not joining the coalition of the bribed and coerced," he added, referring to the U.S.-led coalition that supported the war in Iraq.

Audience members, who paid an admission price of $9 a ticket, were wowed by Moore’s motivational speech.

Arizona social worker Molly Greiner said it was one of the few times she’s found herself speechless. "It’s feeling like I am really recommitted to why Bush should not be in office — and really sad that we all let him stay there," she said.

Kelly Woodson of the Democratic Party of Tempe told CNSNews.com that Moore’s speech was "awesome."

"[Moore] was preaching to the choir. We need to get people out there to see things our way and not the wrong way," Woodson said. Phoenix (CNSNews.com)

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=\Politics\archive\200410\POL20041014a.html

Forum posts

  • All Kerry has to do it expose that Bush cheated in the debates and the election is in the bag.

    THE PRESIDENT OF OUR COUNTRY CANNOT EVEN SPEAK FOR HIMSELF! we should be very scared people. Even with a wire the guy is incoherent and angry.

    Why not ask for one last debate in shorts and t-shirts? The American people have time, what could be more important?

    John Kerry is not doing his best to win this election. ANYONE could beat Bush.

    • I would like to ask Mr Bush how come since he is commander a chief that he has not even once went to a VA hospital to visit our servicemen that were wounded while protecting our country. I think he needs to go there and thank them for their sacrifice. Haven’t past wartime presidents done this?

  • News in from Iraq;..." A 17-member Army Reserve platoon with troops from Jackson and around the Southeast deployed to Iraq is under arrest for refusing a "suicide mission" to deliver fuel, the troops’ relatives ...."

    Taken from:http://iraqwar.mirror-world.ru/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=26862

    and confirmed;

    – http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/news/national/story....

    So, the american soldier is just realising he has been conned, took a long time, but for the thousands of maimed and dead humans on both sides it is too late.

  • Ending the war in Iraq is the biggest issue facing this nation. If Kerry is elected, a new bunch of Neo-Cons will take over at State and the Pentagon. The war will go on with one difference—the anti-war movement will be totally muzzled by the Democratic leadership.

  • Michael Iam a 85 year old mother who lives with a RWR son...As I listen to him shout *Four more Years * I almost have a stroke....I use him as an example of the rigidity of the hyptomized zombies who really don’t get it ....They really believe that the bonehead is in touch with our Creator.....They somehow are living in the past and have this lingering hate of Clinton and glorificarion of Reagan ...The zombies have no idea of what is really happening in the real world....most of then still believe that Saddam was behind the 9/11 horror......they have no idea that social security,,medicare,,childcare,,pure water ,,,clean air ,, workers unemployment insurance ,, workers disability compensation etc etc ,, and all the good social programs that make LIFE just a LITTLE bit more LIVABLE are being swept over the cliff and we are doomed to live in a banana republic as slaves to the corps ....they just don’t get it....My son is a perfect example of a Zombie.... MICHAEL IS IT TO LATE TO REACH THE ZOMBIES ??????? humbly submitted by mary l timmons

    • HEY MIKE—THAT LAST LETTER WAS BY MY MOM....NO, I’M NOT THE RWR SON, I’M THE PROUD PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL DEMOCATIC SON THAT SEES THE SAME THINGS MY SUPER MOM SEES STILL IN HER GOILDEN YEARS. SHE’S A BEACON OF LIGHT TO ANYONE WHO COMES IN CONTACT WITH HER! WE ARE BRACING FOR A HARD FOUGHT VICTORY IN NOVEMBER. MICHAEL---PLEASE STOP BY & GIVE AMY A VISIT SOON IN NYC---WE GET HER ON FSTV ’DEMOCRACY NOW’ ! ! !
      ’’’’’’’FIRE THE ’WHIMPISH THUG’ LIAR’’’’’’’’

      PS —WE ARE SPREADING THE WORD TO ALL ABOUT ’’AIR AMERICA RADIO’’ ALSO---WE DON’T GET IN OUR AREA ON RADIO BUT WE LISTEN ON THE NET ! ! ! ! IT’S GREAT ! ! ! ROD TIMMONS

    • Air America Radio sucks that’s why their ratings are in the toilet. Try listening to Glenn Beck for the truth.

  • ’I don’t mean "saved" as in all workers will henceforth control the
    means of production. That’s, um, going to take a few more years.’

    Michael, are you about Real Change?

    Well, Michael, you know what’s going on (those words above are your own words), and you may as well SAVE
    AMERICA once and for all, no?

    Since I provided you with *a flyer* tested in a grass-roots campaign, you may as
    well AIM HIGH. Having had no answer from you though, I may
    assume that you don’t want to challenge the jungle...

    The flyer has been tried thousands of times,
    and presents "the problem" as well as "the solution" in a language
    people like—imaginative (full of animals), simple (even a kid can get
    it) and funny (the way you are)... A solution that can really save
    America and the world—HERE AND NOW...

    It consists of these two pages:

    http://committed.to/justiceforpeace

    http://webspawner.com/users/donquijote1

    NOTE: This was sent to Michael Moore...

    ***

    You want something really hilarious? Is that it, Michael?

    THE BANANA REVOLUTION?

    http://webspawner.com/users/donquijote40