Michael Moore

One Day Left

Michael Moore — 2004-11-02T05:31:37Z

This is it. ONE DAY LEFT. There are many things I'd like to say. I've been on the road getting out the vote for 51 straight days so I haven't had much time to write. So I've put together a bunch of notes to various groups all in this one letter. Please feel free to copy and send whatever portions are appropriate to your friends and family as you spend these last 24 hours trying to convince whomever you can to show up and vote for John Kerry.

Here are my final words...

- MichaelMoore.com / CommonDreams.org

Put Away Your Hankies...WAKE UP!

Michael Moore — 2004-09-24T04:30:00Z

Enough of the handwringing! Enough of the doomsaying! Do I have to come there and personally calm you down? Stop with all the defeatism, OK? Bush IS a goner — IF we all just quit our whining and bellyaching and stop shaking like a bunch of nervous ninnies. Geez, this is embarrassing! The Republicans are laughing at us. Do you ever see them cry, "Oh, it's all over! We are finished! Bush can't win! Waaaaaa!" (...)

- MichaelMoore.com / ZNet

Why I Will Not Seek a Best Documentary Oscar

Michael Moore — 2004-09-07T04:15:00Z

Dear Friends,

I had dinner recently with a well-known pollster who had often worked for Republicans. He told me that when he went to see "Fahrenheit 9/11" he got so distraught he twice had to go out in the lobby and pace during the movie.

"The Bush White House left open a huge void when it came to explaining the war to the American people," he told me. "And your film has filled that void — and now there is no way to defeat it. It is the atomic bomb of this campaign." (...)

- MichaelMoore.com / CommonDreams.org

Why Democrats shouldn't be scared

Michael Moore — 2004-09-03T22:12:00Z

NEW YORK - If I've heard it once, I've heard it a hundred times from discouraged Democrats and liberals as the Republican convention here wrapped up this week.

Their shoulders hunched, their eyes at a droop, they lower their voice to a whisper hoping that if they don't say it too loud it may not come true:

“I ... I ... I think Bush is going to win.” (...) [Page 15A]

- MichaelMoore.com / USA Today

Don't send more kids to die

Michael Moore — 2004-09-03T04:43:00Z

NEW YORK - Tonight, it's show time for George W. Bush, and I can't wait to hear what he has to tell the Republican convention.

It has been a pretty thrilling week so far, my favorite moment by far being the rebellious Bush twins who, in just a few short minutes, delivered on their promise to issue “payback” to their parents and all authority in general. (...) [Page 17A]

- MichaelMoore.com / USA Today

The Ebert and McCain Show

Michael Moore — 2004-09-02T00:19:00Z

Political conventions have become predictable rituals, four-day cheerleading sessions for both parties. So USA TODAY is offering readers an alternative perspective. Michael Moore, director of Fahrenheit 9/11, is writing daily from the Republican convention in New York. A month ago, conservative National Review columnist Jonah Goldberg weighed in from the Democratic convention.

Poor John McCain. (...) [Page 15A]

- MichaelMoore.com / USA Today

The GOP doesn't reflect America

Michael Moore — 2004-09-01T04:45:00Z

NEW YORK - Welcome, Republicans.

You're proud Americans who love your country. In your own way, you want to make this country a better place. Whatever our differences, you should be commended for that.

But what's all this talk about New York being enemy territory? Nothing could be further from the truth. We New Yorkers love Republicans. We have a Republican mayor and governor, a death penalty and two nuclear plants within 30 miles of the city. (...) [Page 17A]

- MichaelMoore.com / USA Today

Deserter's Delight

Michael Moore — 2004-08-28T16:58:48Z

Dear Mr. Bush,

I know you and I have had our differences in the past, and I realize I am the one who started this whole mess about "who did what" during Vietnam when I brought up that "deserter" nonsense back in January. But I have to hand it to you on what you have uncovered about John Kerry and his record in Vietnam. Kerry has tried to pass himself off as a war hero, but thanks to you and your friends, we now know the truth.

- MichaelMoore.com / AlterNet

Uninvited Guest: Michael Moore Takes Boston By Storm

Michael Moore — 2004-07-29T04:40:27Z

Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore blasts the corporate media, President Bush, Ralph Nader's candidacy, and the invasion of Iraq. We hear the full speech he gave at the Take Back America meeting in Cambridge across the river from the Democratic National Convention.

- MichaelMoore.com

My First Wild Week with "Fahrenheit 9/11"

Michael Moore — 2004-07-06T23:42:24Z

Sunday, July 4th, 2004

Friends,

Where do I begin? This past week has knocked me for a loop. "Fahrenheit 9/11," the #1 movie in the country, the largest grossing documentary ever. My head is spinning. Didn't we just lose our distributor 8 weeks ago? Did Karl Rove really fail to stop this? Is Bush packing?

Each day this week I was given a new piece of information from the press that covers Hollywood, and I barely had time to recover from the last tidbit before the next one smacked me upside the head:

** More people saw "Fahrenheit 9/11" in one weekend than all the people who saw "Bowling for Columbine" in 9 months. (...)

- MichaelMoore.com

The Patriot's Act

Michael Moore — 2004-07-04T05:00:00Z

NEW YORK - As a young boy, I loved the American flag. I'd lead my younger sisters in patriotic parades up and down the sidewalk, waving the flag, blowing a whistle and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance over and over until my sisters begged me to let them go back to their Easy-Bake Oven.

I loved singing the national anthem. I won an essay contest on "What the Flag Means to Me." I decorated my bicycle with little American flags for a Fourth of July parade and won a prize for that too. I became an Eagle Scout and proudly promised to do my duty to God and country. And every year I asked to be the one who planted the flag on the grave of my uncle, a paratrooper who was killed in World War II. I was taught to admire his sacrifice, and I hoped to grow up and do my part, as he had, to keep us free. (...)

- MichaelMoore.com

Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 Opens Across the Country, Despite GOP & Disney Attempts to Limit Its Reach

Michael Moore — 2004-06-26T03:16:20Z

Moore's new film examines President Bush"s actions before and after the Sept. 11 attacks including his ties to prominent Saudis including the family of Osama bin Laden.

- MichaelMoore.com

Michael Moore Takes Top Prize at Cannes Film Festival

Michael Moore — 2004-05-24T05:00:00Z

At the Cannes film festival, Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" became the first documentary in nearly 50 years to take the festival's coveted top prize the Palme d'Or. During his acceptance speech he said, "I want to make sure if I do nothing else for this year that those who have died in Iraq have not died in vain."

- MichaelMoore.com

Personal Voices: Setting the Record Straight

Michael Moore — 2004-04-15T05:00:00Z

It's time to clarify a few things about the 'pacification'

of Fallujah, the 'containment' of Sadr City, and the next

Tet Offensive.

- MichaelMoore.com