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"Mr. Wolfowitz, Mr. Cheney, Mr. Rumsfeld, You Hate Our Troops
and You've Sent Them Off To Die So Your Friends Can Get Rich"
An Hour With Michael Moore
8:01-8:06 Headlines
8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break
8:07-8:58 "Mr. Wolfowitz, Mr. Cheney, Mr. Rumsfeld,
You Hate Our Troops and You've Sent Them Off To Die So Your
Friends Can Get Rich" An Hour With Michael Moore
INTRO: Democracy Now! spends the hour hearing the words
of Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, television
producer and author Michael Moore speaking at part of his
current nation-wide tour promoting his latest book Dude, Where's
My Country?
RUSH TRANSCRIPT EXCERPT: (FULL TRANSCRIPT COMING SOON)
Michael Moore speaking at San Francisco State University
on October 20, 2003:
"If we leave this election up this year to the Democratic
Party hacks, we're doomed. We are doomed. We are doomed for
another four years of Bush. He will win his first term next
November. All right? The only thing -- I mean, I'm telling
you -- we have got to get in charge of this thing?
"There is not going to be a third party independent
candidate this year. There's only going to be that spot on
the ballot, the Democratic slot. They don't deserve to have
that slot, they haven't earned it, they haven't been the true
opposition party, so we have to go in there and hijack that
slot. We have to hijack that slot, and the way it's going
to happen is we have got to make sure that the right candidate
gets on that ballot - the good news is that there are enough
of these Democrat candidates that are running that can give
us 60, 70, 80% of what we want - I have not endorsed anyone,
nor will I endorse anyone right now.
"I'm encouraging others, don't endorse, don't throw
down with somebody right now because each of these Democrats
have to take better positions and stronger positions on the
issue. We should not -- on the issues -- we should not have
to settle. Let's not settle, folks. Don't do this, because,
look, we hold the power right now. We have the leverage, okay?
These candidates need us now more than we need them. All right,
we have got to -- we have got to use this leverage wisely.
We have got to push them to take better positions.
"I don't think it's healthy right now in the fall of
'03 to be in the 'anyone but Bush camp.' Don't take
that position right now. You don't have to. We're a year away.
You don't have to take the position of 'anyone but Bush.'
All right? If you do that, it sends the wrong message to the
Democrats that, we're so desperate to get rid of Bush, we'll
take anything they shovel us, all right? No, we won't. So,
don't take that position."
8:58-8:59 Outro and Credits
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