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| Moore sets his sights on Tony Blair |
| 2004-06-13 |
| Warning: not suitable to read for those with blood pressure problems. Michael Moore’s anti-Iraq war crusade is not stopping with U.S. President George W. Bush as the filmmaker says he now wants to make a movie about British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s role in the war...."I personally hold Blair more responsible for this war in Iraq than I do George W. Bush, and the reason is Blair knows better. Blair is not an idiot. What is he doing hanging around this guy?," Moore told Reuters in an interview.... Moore said that in making "Fahrenheit 9/11" he had to choose just exactly what parts of the story on which to focus. He trained his investigative camera on Bush and that, he said, was a hard decision to make. "I struggled with it because, I think, what I decided is that I need to make a separate film about Blair, at some point here. I need to do something about Blair and Britain." Meanwhile, Moore said he has steeled himself for efforts by Bush supporters to discredit his film, which he said is already happening with attacks on his Web site and in newspapers amid the current campaign for the White House....To counteract efforts challenging "Fahrenheit 9/11," he has hired Chris Lehane and Mark Fabiani, two former political advisers to Bill Clinton and Al Gore, to establish a "war room" that will immediately support any claims made in the movie that come under attack. The group, he said, will be staffed by six to seven people and will operate 24 hours a day, monitoring newscasts and scanning newspapers, magazines and other publications for statements made discrediting the movie. "You come at me with anything, we come back with the truth," Moore said. How about: "You’re an idiot!" I can see them huddling over this one for days. He said the movie is not an effort to support Kerry’s White House bid, and said that if Kerry were elected, "I’d keep my eye on him, too." I’d keep an eye on those black helicopters that keep following you around, nevermind Kerry and Bush. |
| Posted by:Rafael |
| #13 Edward,you forget BBC and left British press believe Hutton covered-up for Blair.(BBC manager insisted after firing he did nothing wrong).The hard-core left refuses to let facts get in the way of the TRUTH.Bush/Blair lied!There were no WMDS,no terrorist connections,no threat,no ties to 9/11,etc.Facts to the contrary are ignored,said to be irrelevant,evidence of Bush/Blair conspiracy,or simply not believed. |
| Posted by: Stephen 2004-06-13 3:16:35 PM |
| #12 That'll take balls to pull off, the idea that Blair "faked" out the country after the fact. Look how lopsidedly Lord Hutton aligned with Blair and the government over the BBC! |
| Posted by: Edward Yee 2004-06-13 2:07:19 PM |
| #11 Easy to see Moore's script.First Blair "betrayed" England by going to war in Iraq under false pretences,then he tried to suppress the press,and now he's angering Euro Allies by not embracing EU fully.If project ever gets off ground expect lots of BBC employee stealth help,w,Galloway as hero.However,I have to believe this is PR move to sell 451 in Europe.There would be no US financing for such a project-what US studio thinks there would be US audience for film about British PM?British studios would shy away both for libel fears,and fear of retaliation-audits,property revalued,etc. |
| Posted by: Stephen 2004-06-13 1:38:07 PM |
| #10 I guess Mikey hasn't heard of the draconian libel laws that the UK possess ssshhhh...don't tell him. |
| Posted by: B 2004-06-13 1:24:31 PM |
| #9 As Kaus never tires of pointing out, hiring Lehane is usually fatal to his employers... |
| Posted by: someone 2004-06-13 12:49:26 PM |
| #8 "To counteract efforts challenging "Fahrenheit 9/11," he has hired Chris Lehane and Mark Fabiani, two former political advisers to Bill Clinton and Al Gore..." Moore, Lehane, Fabiani... now there's a confederacy of scumbags if ever there was one. Michael Moore isn't anti-war: he's working for the enemy. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2004-06-13 11:58:35 AM |
| #7 Haven't seen these in SD, Yank, but then I usually watch Fox and sports |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-13 11:16:29 AM |
| #6 first commercials for this piece of trash have already started airing in San Diego. One of the highlights of the commercial is the Bin Laden family flown to safety by Bush claim, which was debunked under oath recently when former White House counterterrorism chief Richard A. Clarke admitted he made that decision, nobody else. If the Bin Laden flights are his centerpiece his movie is gonna go down quick. |
| Posted by: Yank 2004-06-13 10:54:59 AM |
| #5 I guess Mikey hasn't heard of the draconian libel laws that the UK possess. He had better have more than a war room and Chris Lehane to do his fact checking. He better hire a QC and I don't think Cherie is available. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2004-06-13 10:49:35 AM |
| #4 I personally hold Blair more responsible for this war in Iraq than I do George W. Bush, and the reason is Blair knows better. Blair is not an idiot. What is he doing hanging around this guy?," Moore told Reuters in an interview Moore is going to find out Blair is no pussy. Blair went up against and defeated people in his own party to help liberate Iraq and did so with opposition so fierce from his ideological allies, it is literally a wonder he didn't cave. Blair has cajones that Moore can only dream he himself has, and enough political and moral capital with me to buy out Disney. If Blair is half the man I think he is and he has demonstrated he is, Moore will leave major chuncks of his ass in England as he goes home whelping to mommy. |
| Posted by: badanov 2004-06-13 10:23:59 AM |
| #3 Moore sets his sights on Tony Blair Maybe he thinks Blair is made out of chocolate. |
| Posted by: JerseyMike 2004-06-13 10:14:06 AM |
| #2 well, if he's off to Brition, he must be running out of gas in America. Now the Brits can come to realize what a pig they've been laughing with. |
| Posted by: B 2004-06-13 10:00:25 AM |
| #1 I'd just love to see this bloated bag of intestinal gas run up against the "Official Secrets Act" |
| Posted by: cheaderhead 2004-06-13 9:20:07 AM |