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| Moore, Kucinich, Gore, Jackson, Dean to Take Back America |
| 2004-07-25 |
| via CNSNews (h/t Lucianne) I hope this isn't a dupe - the line-up is truly amazing. Michael Moore to Speak in Boston During Democrat Convention By Robert B. Bluey - July 23, 2004 (CNSNews.com) - Filmmaker Michael Moore will join fellow liberals Howard Dean and Jesse Jackson in Boston next week for three days of events designed to rally the Democratic Party's left, members of whom will be in town for the nomination of John Kerry as the party's standard bearer in this year's presidential race. The Campaign for America's Future is organizing the "Take Back America" events. The group held a conference in Washington last month that brought together more than 2,500 attendees who vowed to defeat President Bush on Nov. 2. Moore, director of the Bush-bashing film Fahrenheit 9/11, and Dean, the former presidential candidate and Vermont governor, will kick off the events next Tuesday. Starting at 2 p.m. each day, attendees will hear from an assortment of other prominent liberals. "There is a broad movement for progressive change that is pretty independent of the Democratic Party, and it's going to continue no matter who wins this election," said Roger Hickey, co-director of the Campaign for America's Future. "We're interested in fostering and energizing that activist base. We know we have our work cut out for us, even if the White House changes hands." The "Take Back America" events begin only a day after independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader leaves Boston. Nader has outlined his own slate of events appealing to liberal voters. But it's the invitation of Moore that has created a buzz in Boston. A spokeswoman for the Massachusetts Democratic Party told the Boston Herald that having Moore in town "adds a lot of excitement to everything else going on." Moore's anti-war film has generated nearly $100 million at the box office, and has also served as a rallying cry for Democrats. He has become a favorite of liberals, even though he has been accused of distorting some facts in the documentary. Hickey said he was unconcerned about Moore's appearance becoming a possible liability for Kerry, who has distanced himself from controversial liberals, including Moore and billionaire financier George Soros. "Michael Moore has gotten the mass media to ask questions that they were never asking about Iraq before his film," Hickey said in defending Moore's invitation. Besides, Hickey said, the Democratic National Committee welcomes satellite groups to hold events throughout convention week. He said about 1,500 people have already signed up to take part in the events, which exceeds the 800-person occupancy limit at the Royal Sonesta Hotel. On the second day of events, attendees will hear from U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) and former ambassador Joe Wilson, who accused the Bush administration of exaggerating claims about Iraq. Wilson, however, has recently been discredited by both a U.S. Senate investigation and a report from a British commission. Former vice president Al Gore is slated to speak on the third day, along with Jesse Jackson, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass) and Steve Rosenthal, chief executive of America Coming Together, a group that has been criticized for using convicted felons for its door-to-door voter registration effort. Missing from the "Take Back America" roster is Soros, who spoke at the Campaign for America's Future conference in Washington. It was at that event that Soros equated the abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. The Washington conference also featured NAACP Chairman Julian Bond, who created a stir by singling out Republicans as enemies of black Americans and comparing conservatives to the terrorist-sponsoring Taliban government that once ruled Afghanistan. Republicans have dismissed such attacks, including actress Whoopi Goldberg's vulgarity-laced remarks about Bush earlier this month, as hateful and full of anger. "The progressive movement," Hickey responded, "is inspired by a vision of a better country and hope. The anger simply comes from the fact that we've got an administration that is stymieing that hope and is thwarting people's larger vision for this country." Oh yeah, progressive... as in permanently stuck in 1969. This will be fun! |
| Posted by:.com |
| #7 Jen, that's priceless! I've ordered a t-shirt and a bumper sticker as well as a membership card. Many thanks! |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2004-07-25 8:41:58 PM |
| #6 Deacon and the rest of my RW fellow travellers, here's the site where we go for all our of VRWC needs including membership cards: Right Wing Conspiracy |
| Posted by: GreatestJeneration 2004-07-25 8:27:14 PM |
| #5 Get stuffed, Michael Moore. The |
| Posted by: Korora 2004-07-25 8:24:59 PM |
| #4 This week, in this town, is really gonna suck! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-07-25 8:09:13 PM |
| #3 I hate that "Take back America" theme, too. Take it back from whom? Did somebody steal it? If they mean from the conservatives I'd say we always had it and the extreme liberals never had it. If they mean the "vast right-wing conspiracy" howcome I don't have my membership card? |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2004-07-25 8:06:12 PM |
| #2 I'm sick of the "Take Back America" meme. I get the feeling that after 8 years of Clinton, the donks see the White House as their own little occupied Palestine. |
| Posted by: BH 2004-07-25 7:57:31 PM |
| #1 In my opinion, one of the worst things we have done as a nation was to allow ourselves to believe that with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, we had "defeated Communism." We did not defeat Communism: it's alive and well all over the world, including right here in the USA. At a high school reunion a few years back, I ran into a fellow I'd been friends with in school; he had gone on to Yale and become a Marxist- a real, industrial-strength moonbat. At the reunion I asked him whether he was still a Communist. His reply: "Yes, but we don't call ourselves 'Communists' anymore because of the negative connotations; we refer to ourselves instead as 'Progressives' so people won't freak out". I should have shot him while I had the chance; but I was unarmed at the time. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2004-07-25 11:00:46 AM |