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chinthee · 02-05-2008, 09:10 AM

Fat dickwad, Michael Moore, supports Obama. This might be enough for me to withdraw my support. Not really, but here's what he says:

Filmmaker Moore speaks out on Obama, Wright, Clinton

Quote:

Larry King: When you were last here in February, you said you had opinions on the race, but were not endorsing anybody. What changed?

Michael Moore: Well, I think that the whole movement behind Obama is very impressive. And I think it's a good thing for the country. As far as Obama as a candidate, I think that this is a very decent individual. And I've been just impressed through the various debates as to how he's handled himself, how he has responded to the issues and responded to people.

King: What about how he's handled the Rev. [Jeremiah] Wright thing?

Moore: Jeez, you know, I mean I go to Mass still. I'm a practicing Catholic. I've been that way all my life. But if I had -- if I had gotten up every time I heard a priest from the pulpit in my travels around the country say things like I've heard them say, that birth control is a sin, that women should not be priests, that women should have a different role in church ...

King: You'd be walking out all the time?

Quote:

Moore: Well, I supported her run for Senate. My wife and I contributed to her campaign. But the huge disappointment was when she was presented with an opportunity for a moment -- a profile in courage moment in October of 2002 -- to not give Bush the authorization to go to war, she voted for war. And she continued to vote for war for the years after that ... and I'm disappointed in that. But when I said [I was] 'disgusted,' that came with the ABC debate. When she threw out [Nation of Islam leader Louis] Farrakhan, when she said the word Farrakhan and Hamas -- to somehow attach that to Sen. Obama -- I just thought that was beneath everything that she used to stand for. And I think at some point, she's going to be disappointed in herself for having done that.

Watch Moore discuss his support for Obama »

King: Are you so disappointed that you would consider, if she got the nomination, [voting] for [Sen. John] McCain?

Moore: Absolutely not. No, no, no ... most people I know are just going to stagger into the voting booth in November and look for the big "D" on the ballot. And it really isn't going to matter what the name is on there, whether it's ...

Filmmaker Moore speaks out on Obama, Wright, Clinton - CNN.com

I also think the excitement behind Obama is good for the country. But I don't agree that just because you're unhappy with Bush you should just blindly stumble into the voting booth and vote for any democratic candidate. That's just blind partisanship.