Posted on 07/29/2004 7:27:32 AM PDT by Jacksonville Patriot
It's not known if he'll call his next movie "Florida 9/11," but filmmaker Michael Moore is vowing to be an election monitor in the Sunshine State this November.
"I am coming to Florida," the director of "Fahrenheit 9/11" promised Florida's delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Boston. "Together we will guarantee to every Floridian that their vote will be counted this year."
"I will have my cameras. We will put a huge spotlight on them. They will not get away with it this time."
The director claims the 2000 vote count was tainted despite numerous recounts in Democrat-supervised counties which gave Bush a 537-vote victory, providing him with the needed electoral votes to win the presidency over Al Gore, who won the national popular vote.
"Too many people fought for too many years to guarantee that every American citizen would have the right to vote and that their votes would be counted," Moore said. "Too many people died for that right, and we are not going to dishonor those who gave their lives in civil rights struggles by allowing these people to steal a second election."
The filmmaker said he'd bring more than just cameras to monitor the vote process, pledging both money and a massive legal team.
"We have an army of lawyers who will be poll watchers throughout the state," he said. "The second anyone tries to prevent a voter from voting, we will go down to the courthouse, we will get the judge immediately and we will stop it at that moment."
Among those cheering on Moore at the meeting was U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Jacksonville, Fla.
"We've got problems as we go into this election," Brown said. "I want to thank Michael Moore because he has really energized the community. Eyes are going to be on Florida."
As WorldNetDaily previously reported, Brown was among 13 House Democrats urging the United Nations to monitor the U.S. presidential election. The U.N. declined the request.
Brown previously announced that the Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe confirmed it will be present in the United States – specifically, in Florida – on Election Day.
However, state election authorities in Florida have already announced that such observers are not to be allowed access to the voting process and, in any case, they would have to remain at a distance of more than 50 feet from the polls.
In addition to Moore, celebrities who previously addressed the Florida delegation on behalf of Democrat John Kerry were actors Richard Dreyfuss, Ben Affleck and Alec Baldwin.
what, jimmah carter was already booked in haiti?
with friends like Moore, who needs enemies?
It will be a boon for the local economies. Well, at least for the buffet restaurants. Not so much for the soap industry...
Fox, meet henhouse.
Repubs still do not respond to the lie here. . .
And restaurants, too I am sure. Both with the same truth & honesty he's shown for years.
I hear that there is a lot of hanky-panky in the voting at Disney World. I think Mr. Moore should go there and make sure that Goofey, Pluto, Donald, Micky and Minnie are allowed to vote properly. I mean, he did say that everyone should vote and every vote was counted.
He should do himself and his family (especially if he has kids) a favor AND MONITOR HIS OWN EATING HABITS BEFORE HE WORRIES ABOUT OTHER THINGS!!
What a bunch of boneheads. Has it occured to one of these geniuses that there are 50 states in the union? For all they know, the "Next Florida" could be New Jersey. Or there might not be another state that close for another 200 years.
"But screw you if you're from Wyoming."
What an arrogant buffoon. He reminds me of the liberal know-it-alls from college, the ones who can't possibly conceive of anyone having a viewpoint different than their own that might be valid. Keeps reminding me how good it is to be a Republican.
Humph!!! What a waste!!! It ain't even gonna be close in that state...
What the hell is Ben Affleck doing? His career isn't over yet!! Not unless he wants to end it early I guess.
You notice that the celebs really get crazy when their careers are near an end, just so that they can stay in the spotlight (Alec Baldwin) or because they know they are at the end of their string (Martin Sheen) or because they are child coke addicts (Drew Barryfat)....
Somehow Michael Moore being in Florida doesnt surprise me. You KNOW that once Bush starts pulling ahead in the national election he will scream bloody murder just because his boy is losing...
"Eyes are going to be on Florida."
We had better be watching a lot of other places because they are going to try and steal this one.
When the pubbies do anything remotely like this, the Dems call it voter intimidation. When Moore does it, he's a hero.
Yet another entry into the bulging file labelled "Dem Hypocrisy".
Fat boy to monitor dah! He couldn't find his a$$ with both hands.
In other news, Rommell announced he is moving all his German tanks to where there was a battle a year ago, just to watch for another one.
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