How 10 Editorial Cartoonists View Moore's Film

Cagle Cartoons ^ | June 2004 | various editorial cartoonists

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1)
Dick Wright, The Columbus Dispatch, OH


2)
Brian Fairrington, caglecartoons.com


3)
Mike Thompson, Detroit, Michigan, The Detroit Free Press


4)
Doug Marlette, The Tallahassee Democrat, FL


5)
Chip Bok, The Akron (Ohio) Beacon-Journal


6)
Michael Ramirez, California -- The Los Angeles Times


7)
Jeff Stahler, The Cincinnati Post, Ohio


8)
Jeff Stahler, The Cincinnati Post, Ohio


9)
Eric Allie, Illinois -- The Pioneer Press


10)
John Cole, Durham, NC -- The Herald-Sun

[summer]

Remember, a new documentary, quite different from Moore's, opens this Friday: "America's Heart and Soul" -- www.americasheartandsoul.com

[summer]

FYI. :)

[cmsgop]

Very Funny

[nhoward14]

http://www.michaelmoorehatesamerica.com/

[Ludicrous]

I had never heard of America's Heart and Soul.
THANKS!

(No wonder Disney wanted to distance itself from MM)

[eternity]

Nice job summer!

[YaYa123]

thanks summer! Glad to find out some "reviews" are telling it like it is....and in pictures! HA! Even the goobers will get the message!

I don't want you guys to miss this one!

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[righthand man]

ALL GOOD ,BUMP

[Texican72]

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[Volunteer]

Moore sucks.
You know, I wish I had something a bit more profound to say on the topic, but I don't. The guy distorted the truth & made money on a film based upon the brutal murders of children & Hollywood gave him an Oscar.
Now, he lies about our country, our President, and says we got what we deserved on 9-11-01.
Mr. Moore, thank you. Your nasty little movie is going to get Bush reelected. The American public has had about enough of the bile your ilk puts out.

[kellynla]

Some great cartoons! Thanks for posting them.
Michael Ramirez is my favorite political cartoonist!
Unfortunately he works for the Left Angeles Times which I canceled. I have to catch him online.

Semper Fi,
Kelly

[Revolting cat!]

Here's an interesting letter to the editor from one of the throwaway supplements to my local Sunday comic strip publication: (Sender's name omitted.)

"Moore's critics not all off-base

Editor -- Jonathan Curiel's profile of Michael Moore ("Fahrenheit Rising," Insight section, June 20) breathed some timid reservations about Moore, a beleaguered dissident with only wealth, prestige and fawning celebs for comfort.

I wish, though, that Curiel did not assume that Moore's critics are mostly "conservatives who don't like his message." I can't stand President Bush. You don't have to be a Bush supporter to loathe hysterical, bombastic, phony agit-prop.

Moore owes his popularity to our increased inability to distinguish between entertainment and exposition.

My friends claim, in Moore's defense, that "he makes you think." But that's exactly what he doesn't do.

In "Bowling for Columbine," an interview with a smiling Lockheed Martin official cut away to footage of people being bombed. We are suitably awed, as though this is some kind of insight, when actually Moore has only shown that wars kill people.

This kind of visual argument has always been a key propaganda tool, precisely because it stops people thinking while making them feel involved."

[Gorzaloon]

You know, I wish I had something a bit more profound to say on the topic, but I don't.

I do, but if I ever posted what I really thought and advocated, Men In Grey Flannel Suits would be at the door very quickly.

[Hildy]

If you really want to get aggravated, go to the IMDB message board for this film. The level of hatred for Bush is beyond anything I could ever imagine in my lifetime.

[F.J. Mitchell]

Very funny and good liknes, but he looks much Moore blubbery in photographs.

[gargoyle]

...Thanks for the laugh. Good on yer...

[seastay]

More film is not documentary, it's a commentary?

[summer]

See cartoon #5 and THIS THREAD.

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[bluesagewoman]

[summer]

Re yourpost #14 - That was interesting. I noticed the NYT Frank Rich wrote the following in his recent hit piece on US AG Ashcroft:

[....]This month Mr. Bradbury, now 83, complained that Michael Moore had appropriated the title of "Fahrenheit 451," his classic novel about book-burning totalitarianism, without permission. Mr. Moore hijacked the title because he knows it elicits fear, and his right-wing radio critics liken him to Goebbels because of his willingness to manipulate facts to whip up an audience accordingly. Sometimes they have a case.[....]

[MHGinTN]

Loved the toons! Nice to see a few still get it. These will someday be the days that were ... it will all be different under Sharia Law for our grandchildren, if they survive the conversions.

[MHGinTN]

'americasheartandsoul.com' ... which reminds me, Summer, you would think conscious media folks would realize what is actually at stake this year, with the war on terrorism and Islamism ... since they will be the first controlled once we fail to win the war, and I do not believe the dnc has the mind to fight and win and we know the UN they love to take over our sovereignty doesn't.

[Integrityrocks]

"The American public has had about enough of the bile your ilk puts out."

Even the hardened liberals I work with won't even talk about this film. Everyone who like to lie to themselves that they are "moderate" or "reasonable" wants to distance themselves from the likes of MMoore and this trash.

[summer]

you would think conscious media folks would realize what is actually at stake this year, with the war on terrorism ....
I agree; often they are very insensitive. Thanks for your thoughtful post.

[summer]

Loved the toons!

Glad you liked them. The GOP should post some of these on their GW campaign web site, IMO.

[summer]

Thanks for posting that. I am glad he exercised his freedom of speech, but I am also glad I exercised mine by not going.

[summer]

Thanks! Glad you liked these comics. :)

[summer]

Thanks; glad you liked the comics! :)

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the IMDB message board for this film

I don't know what is being posted now on that board, but I noticed a very pro-FL and pro-Jeb comment by someone in Orlando prior to the film opening. The poster basically said that comments by Moore against Gov Bush, and about Disney getting tax breaks from FL, were false. I think that's the very first post on that board for this film.

[summer]

Thanks, and you have a VERY funny tagline! (a la "Animal House") LOL!

[summer]

You're welcome! Let us know how you like it! :)

[sgtbono2002]

Loved the PG (Pretty Gullible )rating. Describes Kerry voters to a "T"

[bluesagewoman]

I have been to 1 movie in the last 15 years. And, F911 sure wasn't it!

I did a little research and discovered that 685 is the temperature at which lard burns. Olive oil burns at a little over 600 degrees. I figured the lard was appropriate. My husband was tickled with the information he made this poster just to surprise me. (Sweet guy, huh?)

[Hildy]

Well, that must have been the exception.

[blam]

Thanks.

[summer]

That's an interesting link about a new movie, but they need to update this:

Q: When will Michael Moore Hates America be in theaters?

A: We’re feverishly filming, writing and editing as we go along. We’re shooting for a theatrical release at the same time Moore’s next film “Fahrenheit 911” comes out.

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LOL... :)

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Well, there may be more, since the "rating" is only 7 point something on a scale of 10. I don't know who's voting but it's not anywhere near "10" by those posters!

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You're welcome, blam. :)

[summer]

Yes, I thought that was very funny! :)

[summer]

Some great cartoons! Thanks for posting them.

My pleasure. :)

[bluesagewoman]

Lard burns at such a high temperature that is is the preferred fat for deep-frying turkeys. Guess that is a useful cooking tip.

[Lancey Howard]

Hi, summer,

BUMP for great freeping!

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says we got what we deserved on 9-11-01.

His public, anti-American comments abroad have also been terrible, just terrible, for a time when our nation is at war. Would he really enjoy living in any number of other countries on this planet, such as Third World or Communist countries? I somehow don't think he would like it. Maybe he needs to reconsider his constantly negative thoughts about this country. And, lose some weight for health reasons!!!

[summer]

Thanks for pinging people, YaYa123! :)

[summer]

ROTFLMAO... :)

[summer]

Hi Lancey Howard, Thanks for your nice post here! :)