June 24, 2004
CANADA CLOSES BORDER
Fahrenheit 9/11 filmmaker burns Harper (CBC News, June 24th, 2004)
U.S. filmmaker Michael Moore sounded off Wednesday on Canada's election, warning voters not to elect a Conservative government.Fortunately, Mr. Moore’s message appears to have been neutralized by the warm encouragement and support of the Brothersjudd regulars. Posted by Peter Burnet at June 24, 2004 12:31 PMMoore, in Washington for the official American premiere of his movie Fahrenheit 9/11, said he hopes his film will convince Canadians to bypass Stephen Harper.
"You've got four days after it opens, to get people out to the polls to make sure that Mr. Harper doesn't become your next prime minister," he said.
"We're trying to get rid of our conservative, you know. We're going one way, you guys shouldn't be going the opposite direction," said Moore, whose new documentary takes a critical look at U.S. President George W. Bush's response to the Sept. 11 attacks and the Iraq war.
"You should be saying, 'You know what? We don't want this country, Canada, to become like Bush's America,'" he said.
hi tghere.
of course all the lefties up here including the CBC view the liberals as canada's party but it's strange that their avowed rejection of everything american doesn't extend to usa leftie crazy lunies. this is the canada
Posted by: patrick mcguinness at June 24, 2004 12:49 PMDon't let our pose of indifference fool you, though I admit we're doing a masterful job. Small population, not much of a military, large petroleum reserves, entrenched party controlling the government, anti-American rallies, rumors of a terrorist supporting infrastructure, oh, yeah, we've got our eyes on you. We just need a Anglophone Liberation Front we can use as a puppet after the invasion. Interested?
Posted by: David Cohen at June 24, 2004 2:08 PMIf there's one thing that pisses me off is foreigners telling people how they should vote. Foreigners always have their own interests in mind, not the country's nationals.
I don't like the French or Germans or Koreans telling us for whom to vote. And I don't like when Americans tell others for whom they should vote.
Posted by: Chris Durnell at June 24, 2004 2:55 PM"You should be saying, 'You know what? We don't want this country, Canada, to become like Bush's America,'"
I certainly wouldn't want my country to be prosperous and powerful either....
Posted by: Ryan at June 24, 2004 2:56 PMDavid:
Throw in medical/dental and a trip to the ranch and we'll talk. Oh, and take out Moore because we'll be dead opposed to American interference in our affairs.
Chris:
I think you should vote for the President. :-)
Posted by: Peter B at June 24, 2004 3:00 PMMedical/dental? What is it with you people and health insurance?
(Have I mentioned that my kids have taken to saying, "eh, y'hoser" when they really want to put someone down?)
Posted by: David Cohen at June 24, 2004 3:11 PMHey, so have my kids. Tell yours we're all flattered.
Posted by: Peter B at June 24, 2004 3:15 PMPeter B, are you a Canuck or something?
Posted by: Chris Durnell at June 24, 2004 7:05 PM"a Canuck or something" -- isn't that a redundancy?
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at June 24, 2004 10:15 PMLook out for that Moore guy. The only decent movie he ever made was about an invasion of Canada.
Posted by: Jason Johnson at June 25, 2004 12:14 PMChris - He is, but we try not to rub it in.
Posted by: pj at June 25, 2004 2:17 PM