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On the sidelines for a week, Bush plans burst of campaign travel By SCOTT LINDLAW The Associated Press 7/29/2004, 2:39 p.m. ET CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) — After watching from the sidelines for a week, President Bush swoops back onto the campaign trail Friday with a two-day swing through four battleground states: Missouri, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Bush was heading to Washington on Thursday after a weeklong vacation at his Texas ranch. He kept a low profile while Democrats had their national convention, watching some of the gathering on television, his spokesman said. The president spends less than 12 hours in...

Michael Moore Seated In President Carter's Box At DNC MOORE QUESTIONSABOUT THE HEART AND SOUL OF SENATOR KERRY'S CAMPAIGNIssue Five____________________________________»»»»Moore Compared Iraqi Terrorists To American Revolutionary War Heroes. "As for the current situation in Iraq, Moore has written: 'The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not "insurgents" or "terrorists" or "The Enemy." They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow - and they will win.'" (Michael Barone, Op-Ed, "The Company They Keep," U.S. News & World Report, 7/12/04)

Michael Moore Seated In President Carter's Box At DNC MOORE QUESTIONSABOUT THE HEART AND SOUL OF SENATOR KERRY'S CAMPAIGNIssue Four____________________________________»»»»Michael Moore Said U.S. Should Not Have Removed Taliban After 9/11. "Likewise, to bomb Afghanistan - I mean, I've never understood this, Tim. I mean, the - the simple math to me is that 15 of the 19 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia. Now I have to ask, if 15 of the 19 hijackers were from Cuba, would we bomb Bolivia? Well, you could say, 'Well, yes, Mike, if Bolivia was providing harbor, you know, for the terrorists from Cuba.'...

Michael Moore Seated In President Carter's Box At DNC MOORE QUESTIONSABOUT THE HEART AND SOUL OF SENATOR KERRY'S CAMPAIGNIssue Three____________________________________»»»»Michael Moore Said Americans "Are Possibly The Dumbest People On The Planet." "Take [Michael Moore's] description of his fellow countrymen and their blind pursuit of the American Dream: 'They are possibly the dumbest people on the planet… in thrall to conniving, thieving, smug p#%$ks.' 'We Americans suffer from an enforced ignorance. We don't know about anything that's happening outside our country. Our stupidity is embarrassing. National Geographic produced a survey which showed that 60 per cent of 18-25 year olds...

Michael Moore Seated In President Carter's Box At DNC MOORE QUESTIONSABOUT THE HEART AND SOUL OF SENATOR KERRY'S CAMPAIGNIssue Two____________________________________»»»»Michael Moore: “There Is No Terrorist Threat In This Country. This Is A Lie. This Is The Biggest Lie We’ve Been Told.” “While speaking about removing Bush from office [in October 2003], Moore said, ‘There is no terrorist threat in this country. This is a lie. This is the biggest lie we’ve been told.’” (Chris Christoff, “Views On 'Fahrenheit 9/11' Bring In Hate Mail - And A Call To Relax,” Detroit Free Press, 7/12/04)

Michael Moore Seated In President Carter's Box At DNC         MOORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HEART AND SOUL OF SENATOR KERRY'S CAMPAIGNIssue One____________________________________»»»»Michael Moore Argued In September 2002 That Bin Laden Was Innocent Until Proven Guilty. MSNBC's JOE SCARBOROUGH: "You brought a tape of yourself debating Michael Moore in September 2002 at the Telluride Film Festival. And here's what he said about Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda. Let's take a listen." (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) MICHAEL MOORE: "It seems as if he and his group were the ones who did this, then they should be tracked down, captured, and brought to...

For many Americans, summer means trips to the beach, cookouts, and baseball. For others, especially television executives, summer is when the airwaves are flooded with even more “reality television.” I’ve previously told you that I don’t care for “reality television.” Among other things, it’s a sad reminder of the lengths to which people will go to get their fifteen minutes of fame. That is why I am delighted to tell you about a new movie that can be described as the antidote to the spirit that makes “reality television” possible. It’s a film about ordinary people doing what they love...

MILWAUKEE, WI - The Kerry-Edwards campaign is touting a new theme - values. Until recently, they were unclear about just which values they were talking about. But recently, at a star-studded fund-raiser that raised $7.5 million for the Kerry-Edwards ticket, America learned a little too much about these so-called values. Actress Whoopi Goldberg made obscene references to the president's name. Cameras caught Mr. Kerry and Mr. Edwards laughing and cheering her on. According to actor Paul Newman, the president's tax cuts were "borderline criminal." Chevy Chase said that Mr. Bush's most recent read was "Leader of the Free World for...

Anti-'F9/11' Doc Director Gave Kerry Money The director of a new feel-good documentary called "America's Heart & Soul" that's been embraced by some right-wingers as the anti-"Fahrenheit 9/11" has a secret for his new supporters. He's only made two contributions in the last decade to a politician, and that politician was none other than Sen. John Kerry.

Louis Schwartzberg would make Capra proud with his new documentary on the saccharine goodness of the American dream. He even get a klezmer clarinetist into the mix, but is it any good? AND THE FLAG WAS STILL THERE: Director Louis Schwartzberg filims America's Heart & Soul. Just in time for July 4th weekend, the folks at Disney hope to capture the flag-waving holiday spirit with a documentary that celebrates ordinary Americans like a Vermont dairy farmer, a blind mountaineer, and a klezmer musician from Brooklyn. Director Louis Schwartzberg, a cinematographer whose credits include the Men in Black and Stuart Little...

Walt Disney, which refused to distribute Michael Moore's controversial Fahrenheit 9/11, is using the Fourth of July holiday to launch a feelgood feature film about the American people. Borrowing a tactic from the grassroots campaign that made Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ a surprise hit, the media giant has used early screenings for select groups and is encouraging people to "spread the word" about the patriotic film, with invitations, posters, and guidelines for group outings on its website. America's Heart & Soul, which opens today on 100 screens across the US, offers a flag-draped look at the country....

Walt Disney, which refused to distribute Michael Moore's controversial Fahrenheit 9/11, is using the Fourth of July holiday to launch a feelgood feature film about the American people. Borrowing a tactic from the grassroots campaign that made Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ a surprise hit, the media giant has used early screenings for select groups and is encouraging people to "spread the word" about the patriotic film, with invitations, posters, and guidelines for group outings on its website. America's Heart & Soul, which opens today on 100 screens across the US, offers a flag-draped look at the country....

To: Movie theaters across the fruited plain We, the undersigned, recognize that though our nation is not perfect, far too many negative stories about America are being raised in the media. Often times, the crafters of this garbage stretch the truth in order to paint an extremely unfair picture of what America is. Michael Moore’s new film is just the latest media jab at President Bush and his noble efforts to protect Americans from those who cowardly wear masks and behead human beings in an effort to impose their way of life on all “non-believers.” We believe that the Arnot...

ALERT: Want to see Michael Moore's anti-American fake-umentary 'Fahrenheit 9/11' knocked OUT of the record books, and replaced with a PRO-American documentary? NOW is your chance! According to our friend Dr. Ted Baehr (movieguide.org), you don't have to wait until this November to cast your vote for America. You can do it starting THIS WEEKEND at your local movie theater. The news media often likes to focus on the bad. After all, "if it bleeds it leads." Americans have a choice to stand up for the GOOD this summer, however, as they did earlier this year when 'The Return of...

'America's Heart and Soul' a contrast to 'Fahrenheit 9/11' In an irony even Mickey Mouse would find hard to miss, America is about to weigh two wildly contrasting versions of itself in theaters this weekend as the Walt Disney Co. debuts its own foray into documentary filmmaking right alongside Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" -- which the studio refused to release. Full story

Mickey Mouse battles Michael Moore Tuesday 29 June 2004, 4:26 Makka Time, 1:26 GMT America's Heart and Soul will be released on Friday Walt Disney Corp. may come to the rescue of a Michael Moore beleaguered-President Bush by unveiling its own patriotic documentary film. The company that last month refused to release the politically explosive Fahrenheit 9/11 now plans to release the film America's Heart and Soul on Friday. Supporters say the new film could counter-balance Michael Moore's hit film that has already taken over $23 million at the box office. "This unusual [Disney] film was inspirational," said Howard...

The Week in Review - Sunday NYT [The week to come:] FILM The Walt Disney Company took plenty of heat in the news media for its decision not to distribute Michael Moore's controversial documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11," and they're likely to get more for "America's Heart and Soul," opening nationally on Friday. Certain to be tagged by critics as the documentary Disney wanted you to see, the film is an unabashedly patriotic assemblage of iconographic images - the Statue of Liberty, Monument Valley - broken up with thumbnail sketches of rugged individuals, including a Colorado cowboy and an Appalachian rug weaver,...