Posted on 10/04/2004 10:48:29 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
"The choir has been asleep," Moore said. "The choir needs a song to sing. I'm here to wake up the choir."
For an hour on Sunday at the Univ. of South Florida Sun Dome, he delivered the gospel according to Moore and begged about 2,500 people to vote for Kerry on Nov. 2. To unregistered voters who came up to him for a form, Moore gave a pack of Ramen noodles.
"John Kerry is a brave and courageous man," Moore told reporters after the rally. "I will sleep much safer at night with him in the White House."
Moore's visit to Tampa came as part of his 60-city "Slacker Uprising Tour," which started last week and is intended to mobilize students in 20 battleground states who typically don't vote. The tour expected to reach 600,000 people, ending on Election Day in Tallahassee. Tonight, Moore makes a stop in Gainesville at the University of Florida.
Moore said, "We should all be in church, because that's where we're all going to need to be if we get four more years of George W. Bush."
When Kerry received a question, "he would actually answer it clearly and precisely," Moore said. But Bush "showed up to a 90-minute debate with five minutes of material," said Moore.
"How many times did he say, "It takes hard work. It takes hard work. It takes hard work?"
Moore poked fun at the president's actions during the debate, saying Bush's demeanor reminded him of a Three Stooges episode.
"How about that moment in the debate when Bush reached for the glass, but there's no water in the glass," Moore said. "And he drinks from it anyway ... still believing the American people will fall for the illusion and the deception. Not anymore, Mr. Bush. Not anymore."
(Excerpt) Read more at sptimes.com ...
Two public universities in Virginia are coming under fire writes blogger Wizbang.
A Republican state legislator is challenged George Mason University's plan to pay "Fahrenheit 9/11" director Michael Moore to speak on campus five days before the election. "How can GMU justify a $35,000 payment for any college speaker?" Del. Richard H. Black, R-Loudoun, asked in a letter dated Tuesday to the university's president, Alan G. Merten. "Profligate spending for liberal speakers sets a tone for slipshod financial practices permeating the university system. Tax money is being spent poorly, and for partisan purposes," wrote Black.
George Mason University on Thursday canceled plans to have "Fahrenheit 9/11" director Michael Moore speak on campus five days before the presidential election. "We just felt it wasn't the most appropriate use of (public) funds, so we decided the best thing to do was cancel," school spokesman Daniel Walsch said. George Mason didn't notify Moore before making the decision public, Walsch said. Moore plans to come and speak anyway.
StudentWrites Letter To the Editor
No extra money for Moore
As a recent graduate of the University (of Va.), I write in strong disapproval of UPC even considering bringing Michael Moore on Grounds for such an exorbitant amount of money ("9/11 director may visit U.Va. before Nov. 2," Sept. 27). UPC's mission is to bring quality programming, in any form and from any point of view, to University students. By demanding $50,000, more than twice the max UPC would normally pay to its highest profile guests, Moore, far below that league, has shown that his intention is to pad his own wallet, not engage in any kind of intellectual discussion around his "122-minute fraud fest." Furthermore, at such a key time in an election year, the University owes its student body the benefit of both political points of view. Vanessa Kerry's visit already covered that side of the coin. If Moore's real intent was to "educate" University students with his views, his message would have been worth more to him than the state-funded pay check he demanded. As a Bush supporter and one who is vehemently opposed to Moore and his propaganda, I would be unopposed to his visit, even at a price that is not ripping off the University -- say four shiny Lincolns.
Porter Jones
CLAS 2004
Do The Math says blogger, dudemasicus
"Do you really think Moore gives a flying flip about the election with his "Slacker Uprising Tour?" Yea. Do the math. 60 cities x $40,000 a pop. That's $2,400,000 he raking in - over $60,000 a day. Paid to him from the fees (that's above and beyond the tuition) that the students are forced to fork over to the universities he's visiting".
"UVSC in Utah is paying Moore to come. And one of their donors just pulled $1.n million in funding because of it. Not a smart move for UVSC.
Posted by: Fletch at September 30, 2004 08:10 PM
As it stands, though, the "Fahrenheit 9/11" director will speak Oct. 20. Moore's conservative counterpoint, Sean Hannity, is booked for Oct. 11. And to ensure that "balance," Republican gubernatorial candidate Jon Huntsman Jr. has offered his father's jet to bring Hannity to Utah writes the Salt Lake City Tribune. Jim Bassi,UVSC student body president "locked in the cross hairs", worries a recall could prompt Moore to sue. By contract, the school still would have to pay the $40,000 speaking fee. "It's a question of censoring," Bassi said, adding that free speech is "what this country is all about - especially on a college campus."
The petition, launched by UVSC senior Sean Vreeland, has nearly 2,000 signatures. Under the student constitution, a recall needs 10 percent of the student body, or 2,415 signatures. Once a valid petition is posted for a week and published in the student newspaper, Hall said the dean can schedule a recall election. If two-thirds of the student voters then back the two-pronged petition - provided the recall balloting draws more voters than the previous student government election - Moore's appearance could be canceled and Bassi along with his vice president, Joe Vogel, ousted.
Vreeland launched the petition - viewable online at http://www.recalluvsc.org - to stop what Vreeland calls "the misuse of student fees, which are being tapped to pay Moore".
"Of course, Sean Hannity isn't quite the extremist or activist as Michael Moore, but it's still on the students' dime," he said. Hannity is waiving his $100,000 speaking fee, but is expected to have his travel and expenses covered by the Huntsman campaign, a $5,000 anonymous donation and student fees from ticket sales. Moore sold out in five days and Hannity has notched 1,100 tickets sold so far.
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Yea, that must have cost him fifty bucks.
Any ideas or does anyone know what Moore does with his money?
He certainly doesn't buy shampoo, razors, time with a barber, a personal trainer...
My guess...and this is just a hunch...
It's been a while since Mike knocked back some Ramen.
Michael Moore is a sick, sick man. What is wrong that people actually follow him????
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Well old moore was an intellect gone bad and remains as a example of what can happen.Little moore can be said by me.
As an someone on the record as hating America and wishing it ill, why would Moore want a president who would better protect the country?
Asleep? Comatose is more like it.
He could benifit from eating a diet of Raman for a change, yeah vote Kerry in and he will make laws against obesity as his health care plan.
Moore isn't thinking straight if Kerry gets in, which he won't, Moore will have to exercise and eat a low fat low calorie diet as health care plans will not cover obesity related illnessess.
Uff da! I needed that! :)
KerryCare! MM would rue the day...Kerry has a record of turning on people who ceased to be useful.
Who are these half-wits at the universities that are approving paying Moore. Moore should be paying them to speak. This is nothing more than a promotional tour for him to sell his products. Advertisers pay big fees to reach a prime demographic audience. Alumni of these universities should take the Dean to task for this. I would say the same thing even if it were a right wing speaker who was on a promotional tour.
UUUUURP!! Moore makes ME sick. Glad suppertime was a long time ago.
It's absolutely beyond me why anyone can listen to his vile spewings. The fact that people DO worries me when I think about the future of our country. That's a dangerous mentality.
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