From Michael Moore's last diary entry, dated Tuesday, November 2, 2004 -- Election Day
We’ve only got two hours left on the East Coast! I am in Cleveland and the turnout is huge. It was the same this morning as we went to polling sites in Florida. People waited for three hours to vote, but no one was deterred. One man told me “I’d wait in this line three days if I had to.” It’s raining here in Ohio, we’ve got a big bus and we’re pulling people out of their homes (gently!) handing out free umbrellas, ponchos, and bottles of water (the last item being slightly unnecessary, considering how soaked all of us already are!). I’ve been getting early tracking results from across the country and things are looking good – very good. But anything can happen in the last few hours. People are just getting out of work. The lines are going to be enormous. Tell everyone you know – as long as you are IN LINE before the closing time, they HAVE TO let you vote.Ohio! Florida! Nevada! New Mexico! Colorado! Iowa! Michigan!Early word has it that it is very tight in Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, and Iowa! Michigan – don’t let me down! If you haven’t voted, stop reading this and get down to the polls. Keep calling and e-mailing your address book.
This is it. The homestretch. Let’s do it!
Yours,
Michael Moore
6 out of 7 is pretty good. And now that you mention it, seeing Fahrenheit 911 (at the suggestion of Michael Medved and Hugh Hewitt, by the way) is the event that inspired me to work harder for the local Bush/Cheney campaign and even wear a B/C T-shirt in public on my daily walk in the neighborhood park. Hmm. It's all starting to make sense -- Michael Moore was a GOTV conspiracy carefully orchestrated by Karl Rove and disseminated through the blogging machine! And now they've disappeared Michael Moore to cover up the whole thing.
Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at November 03, 2004 09:20 PMExactly! Camille Paglia, who endorsed Kerry, nevertheless says F9/11 was the tipping point that energized the Republican base & swept Bush to victory: "For Moore to turn a sitting president of the United States into a joke, & to use his position abroad to foment anti-Americanism, has had a huge backlash."
Posted by: jeff on November 4, 2004 08:53 AMHopefully he has slit his wrists
Posted by: Troy on November 4, 2004 10:11 AMWould have loved to have seen Michael Moores' face when Kerry conceded, I guess I just like to see fat ugly liars cry. Yeh, and I voted for Kerry too! A hell of a nice guy who hung around with some of the worlds biggest jerkoffs.
Posted by: Sweetwalter on November 4, 2004 12:41 PMHe was actually made inflatable, so that he'd be easier to hide afterwards.
Posted by: Dave on November 4, 2004 02:44 PMI never did see F911, but after reading about the DC premiere of the movie, I decided I couldn't vote for Barbara Boxer. After seeing the hero's welcome given Michael Moore at the Dems convention, I decided I couldn't vote Democrat period. So I now call myself a self-hating Democrat. I have been a registered Democrat since I first registered, but voted straight Republican, and voted most California ballot proposals in step with our Governer.
Posted by: David on November 4, 2004 03:35 PMOhio! Florida! Nevada! New Mexico! Colorado! Iowa! Michigan!
YEEEAARRRGHHH!!