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| Moore's F 9/11 Violates Canadian Campaign Finance Laws |
| 2004-07-16 |
| And probably ours as well... Michael Moore might be in trouble in America for violating the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance rules. Martyrdom / repression defence in 5, 4, 3... Fahrenheit 9/11, a movie lambasting President George W. Bush for the decision to invade Afghanistan and Iraq, comes awfully close to being a political advertisement. The message? Don't vote for Bush. That's what David T. Hardy, coauthor of Michael Moore is a Big Fat Stupid White Man, thinks. He says McCain-Feingold is a "weird law" that would apply to the advertising for Moore's recent flick. And now, a new website is claiming Moore is also in breach of an election law north of the border. When Moore waddled (apropos - Ed.) into Canada's June 28 federal election with exhortations to vote for someone other than Conservative party candidate Stephen Harper, he may have broken the law. Chargemoore.com, a Canadian website petitioning Canada's election officer Jean-Pierre Kingsley to charge Moore, claims that when Moore said things such as: "You've got four days after it [Fahrenheit 9/11] opens to get people out to the polls to make sure that Mr. Harper does not become your next prime minister," he violated Canada's law. "Michael Moore is a loudmouth who has done a good job of annoying Americans," says Kasra Nejatian, a Queen's University business student and founder of the website. Stating the obvious... "The problem is that he usually only annoys people, this time he broke our laws. Not only is he a loudmouth, he is a loudmouth foreigner who breaks our laws." ..... |
| Posted by:Raj |
| #2 Michael Moore. What a dick. Are you sure there is one besides the one on his shoulders? |
| Posted by: Capt America 2004-07-16 2:35:29 PM |
| #1 Michael Moore. What a dick. |
| Posted by: Anonymous5420 2004-07-16 2:25:15 PM |