MICHAEL MOORE: 'BUSH GOT MORE VOTES'

Newsmax ^ | 11/30/04

[areafiftyone]

Democrat conspiracy mongers currently pushing for a recount in Ohio in hopes of overturning the presidential election got no help last night from conspiracy monger-in-chief, Michael Moore, who told "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno that President Bush won the contest fair and square.

Asked why Democratic hopes went up in smoke on Election Day, Moore said simply, "I think Bush got more votes."

"The Republicans - I'll give them this - they had a story to tell," the Bush-bashing filmmaker conceded. "The Democrats, often times, aren't very good at telling a story."

Moore explained:

"And the [Bush] story was: Out of the ashes of Sept. 11 rose one man. And he stood on the rubble of lower Manhattan with a bullhorn and he said, 'I will protect you.'

"And he did," Moore added, as the audience began to applaud. "And we were never attacked again."

Dressed in a business suit and clean-shaven for the first time in years, Moore couldn't resist inserting the caveat: "That has nothing to do with whether we will be attacked again."

Still, his advice to disgruntled Dems had nothing to do with recounts or stolen elections or voter disenfranchisement.

"[Bush's victory] was just a couple of percentage points," the chastened-sounding movieman said. "People who voted for Kerry shouldn't be depressed at this point. They should pick themselves up . . . There's another game in four years. And we'll come back and do the best we can."

[areafiftyone]

Man are the DUmmies pissed off at Michael Moore. If I were Michael Moore I would not post my e-mail address anymore. They have been e-mailing him nasty little notes. HOW QUICKLY THEY TURN ON THEIR OWN!

[dfwgator]

Even a broken clock...

[Mr. Jeeves]

"The Democrats, often times, aren't very good at telling a story."

No, the Democrats made the mistake of telling your story. ;)

[areafiftyone]

I can't believe Michael Moore said this.

[hometoroost]

""The Democrats, often times, aren't very good at telling a story."

Story? It's more like they're not good at telling a joke. Their message and their party have become a joke and that is why they lose.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

"The Democrats, often times, aren't very good at telling a story."

We know, Michael. We tittered through your little "film." :)

[Trippin]

"And the [Bush] story was: Out of the ashes of Sept. 11 rose one man. And he stood on the rubble of lower Manhattan with a bullhorn and he said, 'I will protect you.'

"And he did," Moore added, as the audience began to applaud. "And we were never attacked again."

OK, somebody MUST have performed an exorcism on Moore. Was he being sarcastic? I missed the show.

[stm]

"Asked why Democratic hopes went up in smoke on Election Day, Moore said simply, "I think Bush got more votes."

Michael Moore, master of the obvious

[dfwgator]

Their story has grown tiresome.

[weenie]

I don't like Michael Moore and I certainly don't trust his intentions, but I begrudgingly admire his behavior in this single appearance.

Let's see what comes next.

[eddie willers]

Dressed in a business suit and clean-shaven for the first time in years

This is a joke...isn't it?

From The Onion...right?

[Albion Wilde]

"I can't believe Michael Moore said this."

Once a shameless panderer, always a shameless panderer...

[ClaireSolt]

Still propagandists. No thought of listening and representing.

[DainBramage]

They will beg him to shut up next time. No theater will run his trash, no movie stars will help him,
no Cannes Film Festival will cheat for him, no pass to the convention floor, nothing.
Worst of all, no free buffets.

[cripplecreek]

I'm as happy as a little girl.

[bigbob]

The Bush story is also true. The BS the DNC tried handing the people about Kerry being a hero, being tough on defense, etc was a lie. People can tell the difference. The fact that they went to see MM's crappy movie doesn't mean they liked it. People don't "like" a wreck on the highway but the still slow down to take a look.

[F16Fighter]

Dressed in a business suit and clean-shaven for the first time in years...

What?? No notation as to whether Moore had "bathed" yet?

[CheneyChick]

Dressed in a business suit and clean-shaven for the first time in years,

Maybe being dressed like a grown-up made him act more like a grown-up.

[FormerLib]

Even a broken clock...

In his case, you're being generous.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Don't cry, Mikey. You can always make a sequel to Canadian Bacon...

[Tijeras_Slim]

"The Democrats, often times, aren't very good at telling a story."

Nah, it was the choice of story. Kerry was telling "Apocalypse Now" in a post 9/11 world.

[Geritol]

OK, this is as close to actual character I have ever seen come from this guy. This is as close to feeling respect for this guy that I will probably ever come.

[cripplecreek]

My liberal relatives who saw the movie said it was pretty hard to swallow if you have a functioning brain. They said that Bush was portrayed as both an evil super genius and a moron.

[TheForceOfOne]

It was inevitable.

[steenkeenbadges]

"Dressed in a business suit and clean-shaven for the first time in years."

Wow, he'll really get the girls now.

[Wonderama]

This must be latest "schtick". The overaged slobby slacker thing didn't work, so now he's going to try and be a Republican. The guy has absolutely no soul and is willing to sell out to whatever fame pimp he can find. What a phony. Although, I'm glad he's not running around claiming voter fraud. Even he is not that stupid(unlike the DU's).

[Lovergirl]

LOl. It was definitely interesting. I never watch Leno but just had to last night. MM seemed very humbled. It was very weird.

[RushCrush]

Come one, come all, watch the Democrats try to move to the middle!

[rdcorso]

It's funny that Michael Moore is the most down to earth democrat following the election.It shows what a disaster the democratic party has become.

[Tacis]

Yes, he did come across well, But, it is a diversion! Moore has some other motivation. There is another short term objective that makes pretending to be reasonable for a short wile an acceptable strategery. It may be an audience with the Pope, a better shot at an Oscar for his filth, a large grant to film more garbage or (my personal favorite because I've seen it in action before), he's got a new girl friend!

Sure, he is married! But, nothing cleans a male slob up better that a shot at some good looking new stuff. Remember where you heard this! Of course, this attributes some normal behavior to what has always been a steaming pile of animal waste, so I could be wrong.

[Tom Bombadil]

They should pick themselves up

And take a deep breath.

It's over.

[Allegra]

I can't believe Michael Moore said this.

Maybe his body is inhabited by aliens? A heck of a lot of them can fit in there.

[protest1]

Do you think he has been lurking here and, stung by the criticism, decided to smarten himself up? ;)

[processing please hold]

Michael Moore is a P****.

[protest1]

I heard he will be trying for a press spokesman job at the White House
;)

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

There's another game in four years. And we'll come back and do the best we can.

Hillary, got your ears on? Come back at me, 10-4.

[jedi150]

The Democrats, often times, aren't very good at telling a story.

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[fortunecookie]

Yes, they tend to turn on and cannibalize their own. And he as given them lots of food for 'thought'. I didn't watch the whole thing, but was curious, knowing how the dummies have turned on him, to see if he was trying to reinvent himself and, sure enough, there he was cleaned up in a suit giving Bush his version of props with a twist. Curious. He must be a little rattled to find they turned on him, rather than to him, in their loss.

[Max7]

Pest? Pervert? Pernicious? Pig-like? Prostate? Pumper?

[Fruitbat]

"The Democrats, often times, aren't very good at telling a story."

Oh, the Dims are very good at telling "stories."

Just ask Dan Blather!

[I still care]

He's made his money. Not that he's not a committed leftist, but right now this multimillionaire who lives in NYC and rides in limos has soaked the left for about everything he can get, and it's time to move on to his next scheme.

His next movie is about the evil drug companies. If Leno had asked him that, he would have gotten an earful.

[OldFriend]

Oh the dems had a story to tell alright. Horror stories filled with lies and distortions.

America got sick and tired of hatefilled rhetoric.

[processing please hold]

*rick.

[TheForceOfOne]

For Democrats its 5:18 am, there is a transvestite in your bed, a dead man in your living room, a gun in the hall, your woozy and can't quite clear your head from all the drugs and booze to hear the police at the door screaming to open the door as Michael Moore tells you on your cell phone your on your own he is going back to France.

[stm]

Have you seen his latest book? He wrote it in only 3 days!

[LYSandra]

1) He's heard he is one of the biggest (no pun intended!) reasons the republicans won and 2) he's hyping his book! Maybe he's seen all the bashing backfired on them! At any rate he hardly fit in the chair he was sitting in and looks like a candidate for a heart attack!

[N. Theknow]

Dressed in a business suit and clean-shaven for the first time in years,

Amazing what being turned down by Katie Couric for a dinner date will do to a maggot-gagging sack of putrid entrails.

[rlmorel]

ROTFLMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You owe me a new keyboard for posting that pic...

[dirtboy]

"The Republicans - I'll give them this - they had a story to tell," the Bush-bashing filmmaker conceded.

And in politics, non-fiction sells better than fiction, Mr. Moore. Which is why your putrid film was a box-office success and a ballot-box bomb.

[leftcoaster]

Yes, he did come across well, But, it is a diversion! Moore has some other motivation. There is another short term objective that makes pretending to be reasonable for a short wile an acceptable strategery. It may be an audience with the Pope, a better shot at an Oscar for his filth, a large grant to film more garbage or (my personal favorite because I've seen it in action before), he's got a new girl friend!

I believe we have our winner!

Yep, he's pandering for something else, and the Oscar for his fictional documentary is the most like explanation right now. He must have already got the feedback from Hollyweird types that they aren't interested in pursuing his controversy right now; too many movie tickets were sold in the red states for The Passion of the Christ