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Sun, 31 Oct 2004 16:57:18 GMT

October 29th, 2004 6:31 pm
Moore Speech Unlike Any of the Other Stump Speeches in W. Virginia This Year

By Tara Tuckwiller / The Charleston Gazette

FAIRMONT — When President George W. Bush’s supporters tried to drown out his Wednesday night speech by chanting “four more years,” filmmaker Michael Moore set off deafening cheers with one quip.

“Now, now. Let’s be nice to them,” the “Fahrenheit 9/11” director told the 4,000 people who packed into Fairmont State University’s gymnasium. “They’ve only got six more days left.”

Moore made West Virginia the 49th stop on his 60-city, 30-day “Slacker Uprising Tour.” It was unlike any of the other countless stump speeches West Virginians have sat through this year: Dressed in jeans and a sweatshirt, on a practically empty stage, Moore fired up Kerry supporters with comedy.

When hecklers tried to derail him by chanting the Hail Mary, Moore joined in for a rep, then paused.

“Hey, let me ask you a question?” he shouted to the protesters. “What would Jesus bomb?”

More deafening cheers.

Moore also drew laughs with his homemade commercials for Bush.

“One of John Kerry’s biggest supporters, Max Cleland, claims to have lost two legs and an arm in Vietnam,” began the voice-over of one ad, played on a big screen. “But he still has one arm. How did that happen? One word: Cowardice ... Is that the type of person you want hanging out with the president of the United States? We think not.”

Moore said that unlike Bush, he welcomes protesters. But he disagreed with the way they tried to drown out the families of soldiers that spoke on the stage before him.

“I watched how they were treated by [this] crowd,” he said. It reminded him, he said, of the Bush administration trying to cut soldiers’ combat pay and close veterans’ hospitals.

“You in West Virginia, you give a gift to the rest of the country, with so many of your sons and daughters in the military,” Moore said, asking the veterans in the crowd to stand and be recognized. “That gift should be respected.”

Moore spoke directly to Bush supporters: “If you’re thinking of voting for President Bush,” he said, “please, think about this: 3,000 people died under his watch. He was at the wheel. He refused to have a single meeting with his anti-terrorism czar until September of 2001.

“This man is completely clueless as to what the real terror is. I beg you, don’t vote for George W. Bush.”

Moore also spoke about health care and said his next film would be about that industry.

“The health care firms found out I was going to make this movie, and so they’ve been getting ready for me,” he said. “Pfizer pharmaceutical sent out a secret memo to their field offices warning about me. And thanks to some pissed-off employee sitting in a cubicle at Pfizer, she sent the secret memo to me over the Internet.”

He read from the memo amid laughter from the audience: “‘If you’re approached by a bearded, heavyset man wearing rumpled clothing and holding a microphone’ — oh, there’s the tip-off — ‘you may want to think twice before answering his questions. Word has it that Michael Moore is making a documentary about pharmaceutical companies. We’re not sure if he’s pro or con’ — right there you feel sorry for them, right? You know they’re in for the ass-whupping of a lifetime ... ‘If you are approached by Michael Moore, you must call’ — and they have a Michael Moore hotline set up.”

A heckler wanted the number. “I’m in enough trouble already,” Moore protested.

“Wimp,” the heckler responded.

“All right,” Moore acquiesced. “I’ll give you the number. But here’s what you gotta say when you call.” Moore scrunched his head into his shoulders and spoke in a scared, hushed voice: “He’s ... in... the ... building ...”

The crowd roared. One cell phone user called the number and got voicemail. Moore counted, “One, two, three ...” The crowd shouted, “He’s here!”

Before he makes his health care documentary, Moore said he’s going to spend Nov. 3 sleeping. Unless the Republicans try to overturn Kerry’s victory, he said: “Then, we’ll be calling for massive, nonviolent protests in the streets of cities across the nation.”

Restroom madness!

Sun, 08 Aug 2004 22:46:02 GMT

I took some pictures of a beautiful window in a church mens room. And one cute picture of Morrigan playing on the computer.

I think it's kind of funny, I think it's kind of sad...

Sun, 08 Aug 2004 09:08:38 GMT

Traded my GameCube for a PS2. I don't really know how I feel about that. Can't afford to rent or play any games right now. I really want to play ICO.

Blah. I'm tired.

This journal rocks. I miss it. I miss all of you. I suck. I need to update and reply more. Word.

pissed

Fri, 09 Jul 2004 01:45:16 GMT

SmarterChild: OK, that's interesting.

Do you think the Bush administration lied about weapons of mass desctruction in Iraq?

Yes.

10,144 people have voted so far and 5,588 people agree with you.

Yes: ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 55.10%
No: ]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 44.90%

7,934 votes have been made so far and 4,054 have been for Kerry.

John Kerry: ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 51.11%
George W. Bush: ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 48.89%

Not looking good here.

Fri, 17 Oct 2003 00:58:22 GMT

Leesha and I are moving to Elyria. Just for a couple of months until we can save up some money and move to El Paso. My uncle offered me a great job there and we can live rent free. Leesha was having some trouble with school and she is going to try and take some classes through mail to graduate. I hope all goes well with that.

We have 'til the end of the month to clean, pack, sell, take care of bills and such, and move. It's going to be a pain in the ass.

Tue, 23 Sep 2003 01:31:34 GMT

National Day to Empower Teen Parents Message Board

Everyone here needs to join this :)

Wed, 18 Jun 2003 21:25:54 GMT

I'm going to leave this open for a while, just because it would be ashame to just delete it. I will not however be posting in it. So my AIM is Featheredunreal if you need to contact me. Or Blackoblivion88@yahoo.com ... Thank you.

-MGT

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Mon, 09 Jun 2003 22:37:34 GMT

Sorry, I just HAD to add this before I go. Went to the Toledo Zoo today, and people are fucking STUPID. There were people running into Momos stroller all day, people SLAPPING kids, people dragging kids by arms, people pulling kids on leashes, people throwing popcorn at monkeys in front of the DO NOT FEED ANIMALS sign, people screaming at children and just annyoing, arrogent people. Screw them. I hate people sometimes. I'm out of here. Bye LJ. Bye DJ, bye UJ. I'll be on AIM still. IM me. FeatheredUnreal you. See ya.

Mon, 09 Jun 2003 05:21:26 GMT

goodbye lj. email me sometime. Blackoblivion88@yahoo.com.

:EDIT: Since LJ takes all my posts off when I delete it, I am going to leave it on for one day, just so everyone knows I'm leaving. Write down my email.

Thu, 06 Feb 2003 04:17:31 GMT

O.k. check your friends list, if I'm not on your "friends of" list, take me off your friends list. :P

ElasticEye

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Restroom madness!

I think it's kind of funny, I think it's kind of sad...

*pissed*

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