Friday, January 20th, 2006
Michael Moore Statement on Canadian Election
Michael Moore is currently in production on his next movie. As an avid
lover of all things Canadian, he has issued the following statement
regarding Canada's upcoming election on Monday:
Oh, Canada -- you're not really going to elect a Conservative majority
on Monday, are you? That's a joke, right? I know you have a great
sense of humor, and certainly a well-developed sense of irony, but
this is no longer funny. Maybe it's a new form of Canadian irony --
reverse irony! OK, now I get it. First, you have the courage to stand
against the war in Iraq -- and then you elect a prime minister who's
for it. You declare gay people have equal rights -- and then you elect
a man who says they don't. You give your native peoples their own
autonomy and their own territory -- and then you vote for a man who
wants to cut aid to these poorest of your citizens. Wow, that is
intense! Only Canadians could pull off a hat trick of humor like that.
My hat's off to you.
Far be it from me, as an American, to suggest what you should do. You
already have too many Americans telling you what to do. Well,
actually, you've got just one American who keeps telling you to roll
over and fetch and sit. I hope you don't feel this appeal of mine is
too intrusive but I just couldn't sit by, as your friend, and say
nothing. Yes, I agree, the Liberals have some 'splainin' to do. And
yes, one party in power for more than a decade gets a little... long.
But you have a parliamentary system (I'll bet you didn't know that --
see, that's why you need Americans telling you things!). There are
ways at the polls to have your voices heard other than throwing the
baby out with the bath water.
These are no ordinary times, and as you go to the polls on Monday, you
do so while a man running the nation to the south of you is hoping you
can lend him a hand by picking Stephen Harper because he's a man who
shares his world view. Do you want to help George Bush by turning
Canada into his latest conquest? Is that how you want millions of us
down here to see you from now on? The next notch in the cowboy belt?
C'mon, where's your Canadian pride? I mean, if you're going to reduce
Canada to a cheap download of Bush & Co., then at least don't
surrender so easily. Can't you wait until he threatens to bomb Regina?
Make him work for it, for Pete's sake.
But seriously, I know you're not going to elect a guy who should
really be running for governor of Utah. Whew! I knew it! You almost
had me there. Very funny. Don't do that again. God, I love you, you
crazy cold wonderful neighbors to my north. Don't ever change.
Michael Moore
Michael Moore Statement on Canadian Election
Michael Moore is currently in production on his next movie. As an avid
lover of all things Canadian, he has issued the following statement
regarding Canada's upcoming election on Monday:
Oh, Canada -- you're not really going to elect a Conservative majority
on Monday, are you? That's a joke, right? I know you have a great
sense of humor, and certainly a well-developed sense of irony, but
this is no longer funny. Maybe it's a new form of Canadian irony --
reverse irony! OK, now I get it. First, you have the courage to stand
against the war in Iraq -- and then you elect a prime minister who's
for it. You declare gay people have equal rights -- and then you elect
a man who says they don't. You give your native peoples their own
autonomy and their own territory -- and then you vote for a man who
wants to cut aid to these poorest of your citizens. Wow, that is
intense! Only Canadians could pull off a hat trick of humor like that.
My hat's off to you.
Far be it from me, as an American, to suggest what you should do. You
already have too many Americans telling you what to do. Well,
actually, you've got just one American who keeps telling you to roll
over and fetch and sit. I hope you don't feel this appeal of mine is
too intrusive but I just couldn't sit by, as your friend, and say
nothing. Yes, I agree, the Liberals have some 'splainin' to do. And
yes, one party in power for more than a decade gets a little... long.
But you have a parliamentary system (I'll bet you didn't know that --
see, that's why you need Americans telling you things!). There are
ways at the polls to have your voices heard other than throwing the
baby out with the bath water.
These are no ordinary times, and as you go to the polls on Monday, you
do so while a man running the nation to the south of you is hoping you
can lend him a hand by picking Stephen Harper because he's a man who
shares his world view. Do you want to help George Bush by turning
Canada into his latest conquest? Is that how you want millions of us
down here to see you from now on? The next notch in the cowboy belt?
C'mon, where's your Canadian pride? I mean, if you're going to reduce
Canada to a cheap download of Bush & Co., then at least don't
surrender so easily. Can't you wait until he threatens to bomb Regina?
Make him work for it, for Pete's sake.
But seriously, I know you're not going to elect a guy who should
really be running for governor of Utah. Whew! I knew it! You almost
had me there. Very funny. Don't do that again. God, I love you, you
crazy cold wonderful neighbors to my north. Don't ever change.
Michael Moore
