Michael Moore Smears Kucinich

[AnAmerican]

"Film producer and journalist Michael Moore, who has decided to endorse and actively campaign for retired Gen. Wesley Clark for the Democratic presidential nomination, has crossed the line in attacking at least one of Clark's rivals.

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As Moore explains, "Dennis Kucinich refused to vote against the war resolution in Congress on March 21 (two days after the war started) which stated `unequivocal support' for Bush and the war (only 11 Democrats voted against this--Dennis abstained)."

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As Kucinich spokesperson David Swanson explains, "Dennis supports the troops, but he doesn't support the president, so he couldn't support the resolution. But he didn't want to vote against support for the troops, so he voted `present.'"


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Moore is in fact shamelessly playing the Republicans' game by trying to paint this decision by Kucinich as a waffle on the war. He and Gen. Clark shouldn't be stooping to this kind of misrepresentation in order to win the nomination. In any event, such an effort, if it is designed to win over Kucinich supporters to the general's cause, is going to backfire."


Full text at http://www.counterpunch.org/lindorff01162004.html

[slinkerwink]

1. fuck michael moore....

[EXE619K]

2. Hey, I like MM but,

wouldn't wanna go that far!

[Darth_Ole]

3. This was a thread yesterday.

And I said in that thread that while Moore is a funny guy and brings up important topics, he is an oppurtunist. He gives Kucinich and Dean great praise in his latest book, especially Kucinich. That's one reason this shit pisses me off. I have absolutely no problem with him endorsing Clark. That's fine. But it pisses me off big time when he gets mean with people like Kucinich. It's troubling.

[Tatiana]

4. Also discussed here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=126253

[Moderator]

5. Dupe

Please continue here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=126253

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[CivilRightsNow]

6. Sigh...

Im glad that this is the guy Clark is letting be one of his most vocal mouth peices.

Bravo, General.