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| Thousands show for Michael Moore lecture, book signing |
| 2004-02-06 |
| NMM reminded me that Michael Moore’s book Stupid White Men is the most damning inditement of the Left’s inability to marshal a coherent argument about anything. I have read (OK tried to read) the book and its unreadable, and I speak as someone who will plough through the most amazing crap, but MM’s stuffs is beyond crap. Its barely literate ramblings of someone who has no grasp of anything of significance. In itself this is not that suprising - lots of people have stupid, incoherent and extremely boring opinions, but the Left has turned him into some kind of prophet and this says far more about the Left that I ever could. As evidence to support this rant I present this article. "One-two-three-four! We don’t want your racist war! Five-six-seven-eight! Stop the violence, stop the hate!" Supporters of Michael Moore in the standing-room-only crowd chanted such slogans while waiting for the author and filmmaker to begin speaking in the Auditorium on Friday. Event organizers estimated about 4,300 people attended the event, with between 200 and 300 people turned away. The official number of people in attendance was not available. Residence Halls Association was one of the groups sponsoring the event. Among the others were the Black Student Alliance, the Council of Racial Ethnic Students and the Department of Residence Life. "I’m like (Moore’s) biggest fan," 2002 MSU alumna Breanna Spiteri said, adding she has all of his books and movies. "I’m basically in love with him," she said. At the event Moore spoke of reaching solidarity within the Democratic party, saying the most important thing is removing President Bush from office. "I will go out and enthusiastically support whoever the (Democratic) candidate is," Moore said. He also described his new movie, "Fahrenheit 9/11," which is set to come out this fall. "It’s about using the death of 3,000 people as an excuse to enact a right-wing agenda," Moore said. MSU-DCL College of Law student Shana Molloy said she attended Moore’s lecture because she’s a big supporter of retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark, Moore’s choice for the Democratic nomination. "I enjoy his films, his political stances - he’s a funny guy," she said. And Moore’s audience wasn’t limited to college students. "I think he’s really cool. ’Bowling for Columbine’ is one of my favorite movies," said 10-year-old Alexa Springsteen. Moore also touched on the importance of getting out to the polls in November. "We’ve got it easy," Moore said of social activism. "All you’ve got to do is vote and bring 10 people with you." "We’re working on an initiative that would dramatically increase voter turnout," Osterloh said. "The initiative would set up a lottery in which voters are automatically entered by casting a ballot. The prize would be $1 million." I actually think that MM is a PT Barnum type opportunist and is giving the suckers what they want and making a bucket-full of money at the same time. He seems to have figured out that the next step up on the money tree is elective office as a democrap candidate. |
| Posted by:phil_b |
| #21 Brainiac, good point on the kegger line. MSU students prolly thought it was the name of a new Irish Pub. U of M would've been a different story - libz o'plenty in Hash Arbor. |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2004-2-6 10:06:17 PM |
| #20 I'm from Michigan and apologize for the existence of MM. Please find it in your hearts to forgive us Michiganders and please remember that we did give you Mo-town, Seger, Kid Rock, the Mustang, big-ass Chevy Trucks & Ted Nugent ;) (please also forget that bit about Madonna being from there) |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2004-2-6 10:04:18 PM |
| #19 The same type of people that spat on returning vets in the 60's and 70's attend speeches given by Michael Moore. Those same people will vote for the Democratic nominee in November, 2004. That's all you really need to know. |
| Posted by: Mark 2004-2-6 8:01:13 PM |
| #18 LOL Sgt.DT... I always advise anyone from Bridgeport to buy the commemorative half that features PTB on the obverse and a striking art deco eagle on reverse.... it was undervalued for years... |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-2-6 7:38:43 PM |
| #17 Being from Bridgeport CT, the home of the P.T.Barnum Museum, I resent any comparison of MM to Barnum. Barnum was merely a liar, scallywag, fraud and shameless huckster. MM doesn't rise to that level. The only thing Barnumesque about Michael Moore is his resemblence to P.T's elephant "Jumbo." |
| Posted by: Sgt.DT 2004-2-6 5:07:11 PM |
| #16 Ah Flint's own glorified underachiever strikes again. 4500 at MSU? They must have attached the words "free kegger" to the end of the flyer. |
| Posted by: Brainiac 2004-2-6 4:50:04 PM |
| #15 The whole thesis of Bowling for Columbine was that the killers were driven/encouraged/persuaded/induced to kill by the militaristic, warmongering, gun-happy, kill-crazed, fascistic nature of American society--then (c. 1999) on display in the bombing of Kosovo. So who does Michael Moore endorse for president? Denny Kucinich, man of peace? No!--he endorses the very militaristic, warmongering, kill-crazed fascist who directed the bombing of Kosovo: Gen. Wesley Clark--Enabler of Columbine! Am I the only one who sees an inconsistency here? |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-2-6 3:42:20 PM |
| #14 There will come a day when this fat lard ass's heart is going to take a nose dive and he will be found on the cold tiles of his bathroom floor in a pool of excrement clutching his chest. It will be a fitting end to a man who lies as easily as he breathes. |
| Posted by: remote man 2004-2-6 1:21:48 PM |
| #13 NEVER UNDERESTIMATE STUPID PEOPLE IN LARGE NUMBERS! |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-2-6 11:51:12 AM |
| #12 Perhaps Mr Moore should take his book tour over to Iraq...to our Gi's fighting for his fat worthless ass. Bring along some of his Hollywood cronies too. Hell even invite Jane Fonda. Of course she will head straight for the local Al Qaeda trench. I'm sure our GI's would just love to hear him bad mouth President Bush. And when ytour done Mike I know a few guys around here who would like you to bring your book tour to our neighborhood and the local VFW. You know why Nam vets were unhappy after they came back. It wasn't about fighting in NAM it was people like MR Moore who ever since have made it UnAmerican to be an American. He has no honor. God Bless President Bush. |
| Posted by: dataman1 2004-2-6 11:21:20 AM |
| #11 I had no idea Karl Rove was this good. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-2-6 10:51:43 AM |
| #10 "I’m basically in love with him," she said. "Yes dear, there is such a thing as bad taste." |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-2-6 10:47:46 AM |
| #9 "Event organizers estimated about 4,300 people attended the event, with between 200 and 300 people turned away." Definition of a targetrich-enviroment? |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2004-2-6 10:35:39 AM |
| #8 Hey, what about the Council of Elrond? ELF HATERS! Free the Mordor 7! |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-2-6 10:34:41 AM |
| #7 Michael Moore is a big fat ugly liar. After reading about that bold Marine, reading about Moore's keanulint-headed following is discouraging. With all due apologies for insulting the keanulints' intelligence. |
| Posted by: Steve from Relto 2004-2-6 10:06:27 AM |
| #6 "I’m basically in love with him," she said. Two words in response: "Ewwwww!" and "Yuck!" |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2004-2-6 9:52:18 AM |
| #5 The roar of the adoring crowd was deafening....Bah..Bah..Bah... |
| Posted by: B 2004-2-6 9:36:59 AM |
| #4 Thousands? Well, the nutcases and fringies don't have any Dean rallies to go to anymore, got lots of free time now. Oh and when pressed about facts in his 'documentaries', lardass falls back on the "I'm a satirist" line. And like any good socialist, he sends his kids to private school and laughs all the way to the bank with News Corp. checks. |
| Posted by: 4thInfVet 2004-2-6 9:08:34 AM |
| #3 I suspect that Michael Moore, being one of those "rich bastards", is really a CIA plant. |
| Posted by: Rinz 2004-2-6 8:45:32 AM |
| #2 I saw an interview w/him one time. He said some funny shit. Heck, I even agreed w/one or two things he spewed. However, for every one thing he says that makes sense, he babbles four or five half-truths to go w/it. He's perfect for a lot of the human cattle in this country and knows it. He appeals to the self-loathing LLL's running around feeling guilty about being born white and plays well on the fears of naive soccer moms about the 'nefarious NRA'. That's his scam (a pretty good one to) and I am sure he had no problem taking his tax cut this past year. Bottomline, a conniving charlatan finding his niche in the market. No different then a modern day PT Barnum as so aptly quoted above. |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2004-2-6 8:40:03 AM |
| #1 "I think he’s really cool. ’Bowling for Columbine’ is one of my favorite movies," said 10-year-old Alexa Springsteen. Next Moore will be writing "Harry Potter and the White House Ghoul". |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-2-6 8:17:02 AM |