Michael Moore's 2nd USA Today column: The Ebert and McCain show

[Rose Siding]

Here's a guy I've always sort of liked, a courageous war hero reduced to carrying water for the Bush campaign. (Related stories: Moore index page)

So it was Monday night, as I sat in the press section — unbeknownst to Sen. McCain — when he switched from pro-war convention speaker to film critic. Out of nowhere, he began to attack my movie, Fahrenheit 9/11, calling me a "disingenuous filmmaker." The problem is, he hasn't seen the movie, a fact he later admitted to Chris Matthews on MSNBC.

I know Republicans are mad that my film may have convinced just enough people to tip the balance in this election. Yet with all the serious issues facing our country, and right smack in the middle of an important speech about the need to catch the terrorists and continue the war in Iraq, McCain decided to turn the convention into the Ebert and McCain Show. He claimed that I portrayed Saddam's Iraq as an "oasis of peace."

Some of the 20 million who have seen the film must have wondered, "Did I miss that scene? I knew I shouldn't have gone out for those Goobers." All I can imagine McCain was referring to was a brief cutaway just as President Bush announces the commencement of the bombing of Baghdad on March 19, 2003.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2004-08-31-moore_x.htm

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1. Jon Stewart played it great last night

oh no, don't show THAT guy, he hates having his picture on television!

I love that Moore got even more publicity. Just in time for the DVD release!

Go Michael!

[Cocoa]

2. so far in this convention...

the thing that has excited the delagates most, more than Arnold, more than Giuliani, more than Laura, was when McCain made fun of a movie director.

A question for the whores to ask Bush supporters: are you voting for Bush or against Michael Moore?

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3. Good column MM, keep 'em coming!

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4. FANTASTIC article!

WTG, Michael!

This gave me a chuckle...

Then there were the calls to potential white voters in South Carolina to inform them that McCain had a "black baby." (He and his wife adopted a child from Bangladesh.) The Bush supporters also spread other rumors that questioned McCain's patriotism, even though the man was a decorated war hero while W. chose to oh, let's not get into that again.