Michael Moore Responds to Joe Lieberman
(Last night, during his primetime speech from the podium at the Republican National Convention, Senator Joe Lieberman
made the following statement: ".. if John McCain is just another partisan Republican, then I'm Michael Moore's favorite
Democrat. And I'm not. And I think you know that I'm not.")
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
Dear Joe:
John McCain IS just another partisan Republican -- so that must mean you ARE my favorite Democrat!
But how can you be my favorite Democrat when you are no longer a Democrat? This is very confusing. I was in the middle
of taking out the garbage and, all of a sudden, there you were, trash-talking me in front of thousands of cheering
(mostly) white people on TV.
What is it with you and your Republican friends always bringing me up? Can't you stop thinking about me? It's starting
to sound like a fetish! Stop it! Four years ago at the last Republican Convention, John McCain, in his convention
speech, also trashed me, calling me a "disingenuous filmmaker" because I called all of you out in "Fahrenheit 9/11." The crowd at Madison Square Garden went berserk. McCain didn't know I was sitting above him in the press box, and the crowd wouldn't stop screaming at me, so I flashed
them the "Big L" loser sign and, well, nine of New York's finest had to help me get out of there alive.
With all the problems facing the world, why is valuable time being wasted reviewing a movie and attacking a filmmaker?
And now you, Joe, tonight. Do you think you're energizing the "base" by attacking me? Better take a look at the
scoreboard. While your side has spent years trying to make me the boogeyman, let's see how it's worked:
** 2006 Congressional elections: Republicans lose 30 seats in the House and 6 seats in the Senate;
** States That Have Lost a Republican Governor (and elected a Democrat) since 2002: Kansas, Montana, Wyoming, Arizona,
New Mexico, Colorado, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Tennessee -- EACH ONE OF THEM A RED STATE!;
** Latest Gallup Poll: Obama hit 50% yesterday for the first time for either candidate, 8 points ahead of McCain!
Do you see the trend?
Putting me in your convention speeches, attacking me nonstop on talk radio and Fox News -- and thinking that this helps
you -- shows just how out of touch you all are.
Two-thirds of the country agree with my position on the war, two-thirds of the country agree with my position on a
single-payer universal health care system, two-thirds believe in some form of gun control -- name the documentary, pick
the issue, and the American public agrees with Michael Moore. So get over me, will ya? You're only hurting yourself. And
I've got to finish taking out the garbage.
"... if John McCain is just another partisan Republican, then I'm Michael Moore's favorite Democrat. And I'm not. And I
think you know that I'm not." Now click your heels together and say, "There's no place like home on the Republican
minority side of the aisle."
Yours,
Michael Moore
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