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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-13-08 09:32 PM
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Michael Moore f**ks with Reich Wingers in Canada, too!
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from the Toronto Star:



Michael Moore turns tables on Tories

Melanie Patten
THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA– American filmmaker Michael Moore is turning the tables on Tory claims that he and the NDP may have broken election rules.

Last week, the Conservatives issued a statement questioning whether Moore and NDP incumbent Tony Martin violated the Canada Elections Act by hitting the hustings together in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.

"This canvassing appears to be a violation of the Canada Elections Act, which clearly states that only Canadians can actively participate in a Canadian election," a Tory statement read.

But in a letter Monday to an online newspaper in the Sault, Moore said it was the Conservatives who initially invited his film crew to go campaigning with Tory candidate Cameron Ross.

The director told SooToday.com that when the Tory candidate failed to meet up with the crew, Martin proposed they tag along with the NDP instead.

Moore, who made the popular documentaries Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11, said he visited two homes alongside Martin and interviewed the residents on their feelings toward the candidate.

Brad Lavigne, an NDP spokesman, said crews documenting candidates or the election campaign is not new – or wrong, for that matter.

"Mr. Moore was not handing out literature or persuading people to vote one way or another, and therefore, the claim is fairly bogus," he said. ......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/516720




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amdezurik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-13-08 09:39 PM
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1. the question for me is...
are RW'ers tendency to being lying thieving moronic assholes nature or nurture? Is there a RW "gene" that can be cured or is it bad up-bringing?
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bobbolink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-13-08 09:42 PM
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2. Upbringing.
Their baby bonnets were put on too tight.

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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-13-08 09:46 PM
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3. RWs are made by circumcising the wrong head.
resentment turns to hate to a life on the RW.
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amdezurik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-13-08 11:18 PM
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4. or perhaps just not cutting close enough...
:P
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