igloo Posted August 11 Report Share Posted August 11 Democrats urge party to shun Michael MooreWeb-based organization has petition that can be forward to DNC--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Posted: August 11, 20041:00 a.m. EasternBy Ron Strom© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com An online petition drive has been launched by a group calling itself Democrats United Against Michael Moore. According to organizer David Prince, the effort is to "implore the Democrat leadership to distance itself from Michael Moore and his practices." SPONSORED LINKS The New York Times - as Low as $2.90Get world-class reporting and coverage you can't find anywhere else of local, national and world news for as little as $2.90 a week with The New York Times. Get started now.www.nytimes.com/sb-subscriptionMagazine Subscriptions at Great PricesStay informed with one of over 1500 discount magazine subscriptions offered by Discount Magazine Publications. From world news to fashion, we have what you need to stay current in today's trends.www.shopmags.comPrince says the organization, based in North Hollywood, Calif., consists of 23 people who "actively promote the petition through a multitude of online channels and traditional media." The group's online petition includes a link where party members can contact the Democratic National Committee. They are instructed to copy and paste the petition into their messages to party leadership. "We Democrats and other supporters of John Kerry for president petition the Democratic National Committee to forthwith disassociate itself from filmmaker Michael Moore and reject his incendiary, propagandistic methods," begins the petition. "It is our steadfast belief that Michael Moore has violated the public trust by presenting misrepresentation, factual inaccuracy and dramatic re-creation as truth in his films. He has usurped time-honored ethics of journalism, to which documentarians are bound, and has employed classic techniques of deception cognate to totalitarian propaganda." Moore's popular documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" skewers President Bush and serves, some say, as a movie-length advertisement for Kerry. Says the petition: "We must not allow our vehement opposition to President Bush and his policies to blind us from truth. We must not abandon reason in favor of political expediency. On the contrary, we must march forward on the foundation of virtue, confident that truth is our greatest weapon." The group's site blames Moore on Kerry's failure to best Bush in opinion polls despite the president's historically low approval rating. Says the site: "No doubt the slogan passed around Republican National Headquarters is soon to be, 'It's Michael Moore, stupid!' The Republicans, in particular conservative media, have seized upon Moore's extremism as a rallying cry. Will it be to anyone's surprise when the images of Michael Moore sitting next to Jimmy Carter at the DNC begin to appear in Bush ads?" As if to prove its Democratic credentials, the site compares popular figures of the right with Moore: "There is no question that one could make a similar argument against conservative demagogues like Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter," the site says. "They, too, only serve to denigrate the political process by promulgating distortions and preying on the prejudices of the electorate. "However, we are Democrats and other supporters of John Kerry for president. Our exclusive concern with this petition is the direction being taken by our party and our candidates, not with what are opponents are doing or have done. Simply because our opponents may embrace this type of demogoguery does not justify our doing the same. We will not win the battle of ideology by lowering ourselves to such standards, but by transcending them. We must appeal to a higher principle." Prince estimates that thousands of petitions have been sent to the Democratic National Committee, but, he tells WND, "we have had no formal acknowledgement yet from the DNC." Jano Cabrera, communications director of the DNC, said he was unaware of the group's campaign. "Our position on Michael Moore's films has always been the same," he told WND, "namely that … people should go and watch ['Fahrenheit 9/11'] and make up their own minds on it." Added Cabrera, "With the exception of one person, namely John Kerry, we don't take positions on individuals." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sasser Posted August 12 Report Share Posted August 12 HA!!! Look at you.... You watch a 24/7 political ad for the GOP. Fox News. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igloo Posted August 12 Author Report Share Posted August 12 HA!!! Look at you.... You watch a 24/7 political ad for the GOP. Fox News.Wow...good answer.....please keep them coming....your parents must be proud of your intellectBTW--never, ever reproduce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sasser Posted August 13 Report Share Posted August 13 Wow...good answer.....please keep them coming....your parents must be proud of your intellectBTW--never, ever reproduceMichael Moore has NEVER said that conservatives are evil, lying scum.Igloo has (about liberals).Michael Moore has never called for hatred of minorities.Igloo has.Michael Moore gives Democrats just as much criticism as he gives Republicans.Igloo thinks Republican are God's gift to the planet and Democrats are Terrorists. Yes, Igloo does refer to liberals as "terrorists". Michael Moore says that if we can just talk openly about things, a lot of our problems would be solved.Igloo thinks the only way to solve problems is to outlaw Democracy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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