Michael Moore pleads with Canadians not to vote Conservative

[EvanL]

MONTREAL (AFP) - Controversial US filmmaker Michael Moore has said Canadians would be making a massive mistake and would do US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) a favor if they vote the Conservatives into power in their June 28 elections.


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"Don't do it to us, ... for the love of God," Moore told La Presse ahead of the Canadian release of his new anti-Bush documentary, "Fahrenheit 9/11."


The Conservatives, led by Stephen Harper, have a chance of defeating the Liberals, who have been in power for a decade in Ottawa, the latest polls show.


The Conservatives had a narrow lead over Prime Minister Paul Martin's Liberals just nine days ahead of the vote, according to a poll released Saturday by the Globe and Mail newspaper and CTV.


The poll, conducted after the leadership debates, in French on Monday and in English on Tuesday, gives 32 percent of the vote to the Conservatives and 29 percent to the Liberals.





Geez. STFU. I mean its enough to say stupid things about his own government, but shouldnt he keep his yapper shut about others?

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at the same time he claims his film isn't political :cantbeli:

[Vance]

'For the love of God', someone please beat this man severely.

[Bombtrack]

Get the **** out of my country you douchebag

[UkrainianAmerican]

It is reasonable to believe that if his fart was to be set on fire, he would be very hurt.

[Schuster]

this guy needs a large metal rod inserted up his ass and through his heart :bash:

[Maverick77]

i hate that ****er

[MARINO]

****ing ****ed **** guy

[memphiz]

For flying F**K sakes..what the motherF***?....he doesnt live in Canada...This our our country...F***...its bad enough hes pissing off the states now Canada jesus F****** christ!

[MARINO]

He is the best friend of Zapatero our ****ing president :bash:

[Mark Sman]

Thats what you Canadians think. But I have it on good authority that a right-wing Neocon plot is afoot to reinstate the draft due to vast shortages of donut eaters in the US military.

Once MM hears about that he'll be your problem when he shreaks, grabs his mumu and flees north.

And yes, this dude should STFU about Canadian elections.

[EvanL]

Moore warns of swing to the right
Harper would `like this to be 51st State'

Filmmaker hopes his movie sways vote


PETER HOWELL
MOVIE CRITIC

Firebrand filmmaker Michael Moore hopes his controversial new work Fahrenheit 9/11 will help stop Conservative Leader Stephen Harper from becoming Prime Minister, along with throwing U.S. President George W. Bush out of office.

Moore came to Toronto last night for the Canadian premiere of his Palme d'Or-winning film, which opens in theatres June 25 and which scorches the Bush administration for its handling of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the U.S.-led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq that followed them.

And he brought with him a warning that if Canadians swing to the right by electing Harper on June 28, as polls suggest might happen, then dire consequences will follow.

"I can't believe that you guys would think about going in that direction, when we're trying to get out of that direction," Moore told the Star, shortly before heading to the Varsity Cinemas to make a red-carpet arrival at the screening.

"I hope this doesn't happen. Bush is going to throw a party (after the Canadian election). He's going to be a happy man. (Harper) has a big pair of scissors in his hand. He wants to snip away at your social safety net. He'd like this to be the 51st State."

Moore doesn't let the Liberals off the hook, blaming them for creating the mood in Canada where a Conservative government seems plausible.

"They moved to the right (under Martin), which then validated the right."

Moore, 50, has always loved Canada and followed politics here avidly even before his first film, Roger & Me, made him the star of the 1989 Toronto International Film Festival.

He praised former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien for refusing last year to join Bush's "Coalition of the Willing" in the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. He regrets not giving Chrétien credit for his bravery in Fahrenheit 9/11, much of which takes a critical look at the Iraq invasion and the Bush family's ties to terrorist leader Osama bin Laden.

Moore has become much more serious about his political views, so much so that Disney attempted to stop its subsidiary Miramax Films from releasing Fahrenheit 9/11, for fear of upsetting Bush supporters.

The surprise Palme d'Or win last month in Cannes helped Moore find other distributors, including Canadian firms Alliance Atlantis and Lions Gate.

Fahrenheit 9/11 has become one of the year's hottest properties. There have been reports Stateside of right-wing attempts to block or limit distribution of the film, and at least one death threat has been reported against an exhibitor.

Despite all that, Fahrenheit 9/11 is still expected to roll out on hundreds of screens in North America on June 25. That includes 55 in Canada, but the Canadian tally will rise to 140 within two weeks.

Moore said the distributors here originally thought of delaying the release of Fahrenheit 9/11 until after the Canadian federal election, to avoid influencing the outcome — even though the film makes almost no mention of Canada.

"And I said, no, no, no. Even if it's just four days before the election, you've got to get something out there to inspire people to do the right thing here.

"This movie should say to Canadians, you want to join the Coalition of the Willing? Get ready to send your kids over to die for nothing, so that Bush's buddies can line their pockets."

Fahrenheit 9/11 is unrelenting in its criticism of Bush, beginning with his controversial victory over Democratic challenger Al Gore in the 2000 election, a vote that was finally decided by the Republican-dominated Supreme Court.

The film makes powerful connections between the Bush family and with Saudi Arabian oil interests, including the family of Sept. 11 terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. Fahrenheit 9/11 is also unstinting in its depiction of the brutality of war, showing grisly scenes of the Iraqi conflict not widely seen on U.S. TV, including the recent desecration of American bodies in Falluja.

"I can't take it any more," Moore said. "That's really the bottom line. I can't stand what Bush has done from the get-go."

But Moore insists that Fahrenheit 9/11 and his vigorous promotional campaigns are meant simply to goad people into getting involved in politics and taking a stand on important issues. They're not a personal vendetta against George W. Bush.

"No, not at all. In fact, if anything, I am grateful to the Bush family. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't be a filmmaker. Bush's first cousin, Kevin Rafferty, taught me how to make movies. He was a documentary filmmaker who made The Atomic Café. He shot most of Roger & Me for me ... So if it weren't for a member of the Bush family, I wouldn't have maybe gotten into this.

"I feel badly for George W. I don't think he ever wanted to be president.... He's a frat boy, ne'er-do-well living off daddy's largesse. I want to help him back to that life so he's happier."

[100_Percent_HOOAH]

'For the love of God', someone please beat this man severely.

I second that!! :bash: :fork: :slap:

[usa320]

What a god damn, mother ****ing, son of a bitch, cocksucking, asshole of bastard. I wish he would just shut the hell up.

[Steve Railsback]

I think Michael Moor Is a funny guy so stop bashing him you ignorant ****s. (Sorry I’m drunk, so if my spelling is wrong…… suck MY ****!!)
:backhand:

[100_Percent_HOOAH]

:roll:

[Macs.]

****

[mocking_loudly_died]

Boring, Michael Moore threads are as amusing as a new wave of genital warts. First we get the indignation then a bunch of "f*ck that c*nt motherf*cker c*ck rooter" comments.

Seriously you are giving the man air by constantly bringing up every trivial comment he throws into your laps.

[Howitz]

at the same time he claims his film isn't political
Don't get me wrong i think the man is a total jerk and liar, but i'd like to know where the source is for this? I like to hate people with evidence.

[Universal]

If the conservatives take power, does this mean the canadian forces enter Iraq? What about reserves?

[scm77]

Michale Moore can eat my ass. It's bad enough when he makes up lies about politicians in his own country.

Stay the **** out of ours, because nobody gives a ****. :fork:

[TRACER_BULLET]

I say we ship MM off to Canuckistan :lol:
Jk JK ... I actually like Canada :D
And I agree MM needs to shut his yap.

[scm77]

If the conservatives take power, does this mean the canadian forces enter Iraq? What about reserves?

Were not gonna go to Iraq. I may be wrong but I believe Harper said that the military if far too stretched to even consider it.

The only possiblility is some sort of small UN protection force that would only be there to protect UN personnel that are organising elections etc. That would most likely be special forces from different countries. There hasn't been much talk about Canada joining though.

Harper won't send them to Iraq.

[Mongrel]

I don't care one way or the other about MM, but this guy really has to worry about his country long before ours. He hasn't lived the past decade as a Canadian under the tyrany of our sell-out Libral Government.

M.

[Midtown]

I have no idea who half of you are.

[Tengu]

ooooooowkaaaaaay and i am telling MM to vote for bush.

[Zarathustra]

What a god damn, mother f***, son of a bitch, cocksucking, asshole of bastard. I wish he would just shut the hell up.



rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl
That's all the insults you knows about him?... :lol:
He is a stupid commie, if he hates america and democraty he can live in north korea ... :roll:

[American Patriot]

I hope that cocksucker gets raped by a midget Cambodian with a pumped up **** in a village of African cannibals who will assrape him and devour his body for a week.