|
Fahrenheit 7/26: Michael Moore: I will crash Kerry's party
More like crush it by sitting on it...Democrats were abuzz and Republicans aghast yesterday as Bush-hating filmmaker Michael Moore unveiled plans to descend upon, and steal some thunder from, John F. Kerry's hometown nominating party.
Moore will team up with the Democratic presidential primary's chief Bush critic, Howard Dean, for one of his three Hub appearances in the first two days of the convention. Now that's a matchup made in heaven, Nutty and Nuttier. Republicans said the ``Fahrenheit 9/11'' creator will reflect poorly as a surrogate for Kerry. ``It's just another example of the pessimism and the conspiracy theories coming from John Kerry and John Kerry surrogates,'' said Kevin Madden, spokesman for the Bush-Cheney campaign. Not to mention the fact that it tends to steal the spotlight from Liveshot. ``We're seeing a lot of hate and vitriol from this John Kerry celebrity set - Michael Moore, Whoopi Goldberg. It shows that their intent is to frame anger as an agenda.'' Exactly right. I spotted something last week that mentioned one of the Democratic planks concerning the war on Iraq stated no actual pro / con position. This may change but you still get the impression of a party truly bereft of ideas, original or otherwise. Democrats, though careful to say Moore won't outshine Kerry, brimmed with excitement. ``Clearly the star of the week will be Sen. Kerry and Sen. (John) Edwards, but having Michael Moore in Boston to enjoy the events just adds a lot of excitement to everything else going on,'' Massachusetts Democratic Party spokeswoman Jane Lane said. Jane Lane should consider a name change - how bland. Moore's only reason for showing up is to have the wide-angle cameras on himself; by definition he detracts from the John-John self love fest. ``I don't see it diminishing the real star of the week, but I think every Democrat in Massachusetts will be thrilled.'' Especially the ones that utilize that stretch of Interstate 93 between Braintree and Meffa (Medford for you normal enunciators). Kerry, whose campaign has gone out of its way to avoid Moore and his movie's controversial claims, wouldn't comment on his appearances. Tough having to avoid a body with its own gravitational constant... Moore, who won't be among the 15,000 credentialed Democratic National Convention journalists, will appear at a screening of his ``Fahrenheit 9/11'' at the Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline. Brookline - fan friendly He also will speak Monday to the Congressional Black Caucus. Where? The Orpheum? The CBC, comprised of 39 African-American members of Congress, was prominently featured in ``Fahrenheit 9/11,'' complaining that Bush ``stole'' the 2000 election. "It's highway robbery, I tell you! We wuz robbed! They took our jaaaaaaaabs!1" ``We're like minds. He shares that focus of bringing in a new leadership,'' CBC spokeswoman Candace Tolliver said. ``We're happy to have him.'' "Yeah, we really like white people..." The private screening in Brookline will be for members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, including 150 DNC delegates. In other words, state hacks. Say hello to Bernie Crowley for me, lardass. 1 = Obscure reference, anyone? Posted by: Raj 2004-07-22 |
||
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=38746 |