Michael Moore to President Obama: Don’t ‘Desert’ Your Fellow Liberals

mr moore you have no one else to vote for. why dont you donate all your profits to a free health care clinic and start your own with your own money.

I agree, Mr Moore.
President Obama should be fighting hard for a strong public option. The Republicans and blue dogs are bound and determined to make the insurance companies richer.
They all really need to put the American people first for a change.

it appears the only thing obama stands for is the olymics in chicago

Moore is a hypocrite!!! If he hates capitalism so much GIVE ALL YOUR MONEY TO THE POOR!!!! Stop eating like a pig and feed the hungry!!! Stop yelling about healthcare and buy healthcare for the poor!!! NEVER HAPPEN? Right Moore is only for Moore!!!

2nd thought keep most of it. I have plenty all i need.

Speculation….there are many forms of a healthcare bill…..AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN VOTED ON!!! Congress legislates, not the executive branch. Wait until a bill passes, and you actually take time to read it before all these Dumauze comments.
I would love to see the credentials of those who hide behind there computers and call the POTUS these names.

Hey Michael, go read the Constitution and tell us where in that document the federal government is given the power to provide health insurance. let me help you, nowhere. The 10th amendment gives that right/power to the individual states.

Partisans like Michael Moore forget that winning a presidential election is different than the “all or nothing” of winning a basketball tournament or world series. The minute the president is inaugurated he becomes president of the whole UNITED STATES. (Not president of the Democrats or president of the Republicans.) Presidents also always find out some things through the transition process and classified briefings that they didn’t know or understand during the campaign. Looks like Obama is figuring out that some of his campaign promises were not such good ideas, and that’s OK. Better to change his mind than take the country over a cliff. Here’s hoping he doesn’t listen to Michael Moore–about much of anything!

My only question is why does ABC hunt out for Michael Moore? Why dont you hunt out for Rush Limbaugh now as well, oh wait….

What an absolute idiot this guy is. Moore should be kicked out of the country. . .

People need to stop and realize that nomatter whatn they want…the US gov has only 1 interest EVER and that is to ensure the strong and robust existence of the US gov. So if it dont add up, its not gonna happen PERIOD.

Moore is doing the same thing he criticized Bush and the GOP for doing, that is only playing to the base and ignoring the rest of the country that employs the president. Not everyone who voted for obama supports the health plan or cap and trade as they are currently being pushed by the HOUSE.
As President, Obama has to unite the country, just not worry about relection and playing to his base.

Michael Moore is going to live to regret being the apostle of the ‘Bush was behind 911′ movement. It was fun while he was making Fahrenheit911, but now it has marginalized him to the fringes of our society. He is as far to the Left, as the militia groups are to the Right. Far-out leftist koolaid drinker.

Ok, a true RATIONAL discussion….
What is wrong with a public option? Currently, doesn’t the government outsource many functions ie private businesses?
Don’t most states have state colleges? Have they eliminated private colleges?
Frankly, I don’t see what the big deal is. Other than our military and NASA, I don’t think the US government has a monopoly on anything.

Moore is a whacko. He is against capitalism and the American way of life.
The American people who do not embrace mMarxism are against Universal Healthcare.

Micheal Moore? Why does anyone care what Michael Moore thinks? He’s a unintentional comedian. His rants are amusing but idiotic and after a time, stale and boring.

It is scientifically impossible for Democrats to have a spine, Mr. Moore – or else they just cease to be Democrats. Just like you, you fat, brainless amoeba.

Does President Obama not have the votes needed to pass a healthcare bill of his choice?

The President represents all of americans not just the liberals. He has the responsibility to us all not just the ones that voted for him. If Michael Moore wants to live in a socialist country he can move to Canada for all i care. These far left extremists will never be made happy. Working with the repoublicans is better than stupping to their level of hardheadedness. At least he is attempting to get congress to act together to help the country.

I still find it ironic that people are so focused on public option rather then the mandates in this plan. I couldn’t care less if we have a public option — I think private practice could easily thrive in competition to anything the government puts out there. What I have a problem with is the government forcing me to buy a product from an industry I might not trust. Maybe I trust midwives and alternative healers more than traditional Western medicine. Why should I have to pay thousands of dollars for a health insurance plan I don’t want?!

To those saying that it’s the republicans who are “in the pocket of big insurance” … if that’s the case, how do you explain that the democrats are advocating a plan that would force every adult American to buy a product from those big insurance companies. Doesn’t sound like it’s the republicans who are the problem … it’s the democrats. They tell you the insurance companies are evil then try to pass a bill that would force you to buy a product from those very companies they call evil.

this is not about mike moore its about keeping the U.S.of A healthy.my question is why do the american people want make private insureance richer??? why not make america healthy and strong who knows we might need strong people to keep our country alive.

We need universal health care now. Democrats unite for a change!

stickman- don’t gum up the works with details. Your suppossed to trust Obama and the Dems not question them. They’re only looking out for your interests. And if it raises your taxes, don’t worry, there will always be Social Security to take care of you.

I am so tired of watching the news anymore. They no longer focus on facts. They are either pro democrat or republican. It seems that the republicans only concern is winning the next election & lining their back pockets with cash from special interest groups. If taxpayers pay for policemen, firemen, libraries, garbage pickup, etc., what is so wrong about providing health care? As christians, (not what party we are) how can any of us object to helping others less fortunate? What does the bible teach us? WE NEED THE PUBLIC OPTION, PERIOD…

All the liberals are coming out of the woodwork…and no wonder…this is their chance for a socialist nation.

Hey Moore! Obama is indeed being a wimp about universal health care (although accusing him of being in cahoots with private insurance is a bit out of left field). He’s being a politician; by their very nature a spineless breed. Yes, he does need to be reminded that there are plenty of thinking people out here who do support universal health care (for all the reasons you mentioned and more).
HOWEVER: you are such a schmuck that your support will do more harm than good! Please zip it.

Your right Mr. Moore he is one of you — a Marxist. I’m glad you can call em like you see em.

Hey stickman,
If you are out of work my friend, you need the public option more than I do. I am just tired of paying out the ying yang for health insurance & getting less coverage year after year after year… If you like paying more & getting less that’s fine. I AM TIRED OF IT… Good luck & god bless you anyway…

who (in their right mind) would take health advice from a fat pig?

Why would anyone give a cr@p what this rich little fat boy has to say? Michael, go find Whoopi and Penn and go to lunch. Then move to Venezuela.

And ABCNews thinks that Michael Moore is anyone who should be quoted? Are you serious? He’s nothing but a two-bit liberal hypocrite who thinks he’s legitimate since the National Enquirer crowd follows him around. What a joke…I’m sure he’s not charging for the tickets to see his new anti-capitalism movie either.

these blue DOGS and the key word here is DOGS should be drummed out of this party why should they get funds from the Democratic committee aren’t they getting enough from the insurance industry and their buddies the repudlicans they vote with? These Dogs are not welcome in our party they continually vote with the Repudlicans and should leave our party!!!I HOPE GOD DAMNS those traitors to hell for their treachery .

If Obama listens to Michael Moore, we’re in deep dodo.

Democrats are wimps who act as if they feel no responsibility to the people of this country and Republicans are looking more like fascists by the day and their only responsibility is to corporations and their own bottom line. We need healthcare reform, even though Democrats have the votes, they don’t have the guts. Thanks a bunch, losers.

I adore
Michael Moore….
Democrats!!!!
Grow some balls and get the job done…
You are the laughing stock for the Republican party…
Although the Insurers may have you in their pockets…
Pay attention to the polls… you’ll need the voters…

I guess whenever you say what is true about the networks, they censure you. I think that network reporting is selling the American people short. Michael Moore has not sense whatsoever to tell our sitting president to not leave his liberal people. Give me a breal ABC. Can’t you find something newsworthy to print? Let’s see if this makes it to the blog.

This guy is a waste of space….and when I mean a waste of space I mean a waste of ALOT of space. Of course this guy wants health care, he’s going to need it. He’s a prime canidate for diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and on and on…America, take a look at this guy and you will see WHY we pay as much as we do for health care!!

When a nation depends on the government for everything.They are slipping to socialism and then 3rd world.Mike Moore is an idiot. and time to vote independent!!

There are many posts here that are really off the subject. I think the theme here is that if Obama does not reform the insurance companies by offering a public option, then he, and the other democrats who did not vote for this, are going to be voted out of power in a few years.
The real problem is the influence that the insurance industry has on the Senate through the money that has been made off of you by denying your medical claims, yet still taking your monthly checks.

Laura Brown is right. In fact, the present consensus proposal is good news for rational, civic-spirited persons on both sides. In Utah and in Massachusetts, it will have different consequences because these are different places with different health care challenges. It will not finish the job, or let either party remake the country, but it will replace a doomed system with a fairer framework for choosing the next one over the next several years. A proposal that can attract the support of both Paul Krugman and David Brooks deserves the support of Michael Moore too.

Every time i see micheal moore my mind goes back to actor who was on tv named crazy guinheimer. remember him!!!
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Just like Jimmy Carter, Bono and Whoopie. Another clown trying to stay relevant and in the press. MM – lobby against a fat tax and we’d all understand.

Daniel,
Self serving. Taking care of yourself as opposed to begging for govt handouts.Hmm..ever thought of trying it?

Going Too Far Liberal and Too Far Conserative has hurt this Country Tremendously. What is wong with Common Sense and Moderation? I’ll vote Republican in 2010 in Hopes of balancing out Congress. I’m tired of reading about NutJobs and No Doers. Stagnant employment just doesn’t get it anymore. And don’t hand me this is a “Jobless Recovery.”

No….Rush is the “poster boy” for eating ‘garbage’……while the oxycontin has left him without a brain….”just anger”

Yeah, funny thing Michael — When Obama was elected and briefed on the things Bush knew — he found out all the blow-hard promises he was making couldn’t be kept!! — Even if he ever did mean to keep them!! — Whats he running… 25% on kept promises??? Empty suit!!

Didn’t Michael Moore take a bunch of Vets to Cuba so that they could get the medical care they needed?
Self serving indeed.
Leberal? maybe a bit…but…
What other entrepreneur has fought for the little guy like MM?
Seems to me, you may not agree with everything he says (as I don’t), but he is out there making a difference, as apposed to many who simply try to kill the messenger.

Birdy — what do you mean “no private option to reign in costs” — Why do you think costs are rising??? — It’s not the insurance companies, its medical care costs in general — the insurance companies are making the same % of profits (or less) than they were 15 years ago!!!

Michael Moore is not a liberal but an admitted Socialist. Wake up America. This guy is a jerk.

This guy is like a hemroid. I think BO should give him a cabinet job and get him on a junket to Cuba or something. It worked for Hilary.

Lets send Michael Moore, Pelosi, Reid, Dodd, Raines, Franklin, Rev. Wright, Emanue, Holden and any other person (which will be at least 1/2 of Congress..both dems and republicans) that helped Fannie & Freddie make a mint off of us, all to American Samoa Well Venezuela might welcome them as well.

Michael — Just go to Cuba and live in the utopia as you describe it!!

If the Democrats think they can sit back and weather this out and have just a few Democrats take all the heat for the in action on health care without a public option their in for a big surprise. The voters will not come out and vote for them the next several elections, it will be payback time. Mr. Obama will only be a one term President for his failure to lead on one of the most important issues in decades. These politicians play these games, here how it works. they will say their for something, but when it comes time to vote the bill fails by just a few votes. They have someone who is in a very strong position to win their election so they become the fall guy that everyone blames for the bills failure and the rest can say they voted for the bill but joe blow kept it from passing. Just more games by our elected officials.

I wouldn’t base my decision on appeasing the small group of Americans who follow Michael Moore. That’s not AMERICA.
Go away Michael Moore…from one of your fellow Democrats.

DBI – great lines
I have insurance but am 1 eye surgery away from a messed up life (probably not bankruptcy)
Pretty sure with rising costs and being in the healthcare profession with paycuts, something would be better than nothing – at least for trial by some area/state in the US.

Dear Michael Moore,
It appears you’re really passionate about this health-care issue and feel that all those uninsured or under insured people need help. Can you please do me a favor? Since your passion runs so deep and you feel it’s a worthy cause, can you email me a copy of your canceled check? The one you sent into the US Treasury above and beyond what you paid in taxes last year? Or, if you made a generous contribution to your local hospital that cares for those who walk through the door and don’t pay, a copy of that check will suffice. If you really feel this is such a great cause, then I would expect you to lead by example. If you’re not contributing extra money of your own now, then don’t complain about others who object to paying.

I do wonder what liberals really think about the deficit and debt which no politician of either stripe has a plan to mitigate?
The government won’t even discuss the problem. Obama did hint at some later deficit reduction.
A deficit reduction means we are still spending out of control, the ship of state is still sinking it would just be taking water at a slightly lesser rate.
Does any liberal believe this can go on forever without the US becoming the USSA? If so what do you place your hope in, neither party is honest enough to face the truth!

Mr. Moore is a Canadian. He’s not even a citizen. But a citizen of a socialist country. He’s like so many others who want to bring America down to a low level….like Obama.

Arthur in Chicago said “Wait until a bill passes” If you wait until a bill passes, then it is TOO late to voice your opinion to get changes made to it.
And Michael Moore needs to realize that HE does not speak for all Americans. I want the Federal Government to stay out of healthcare all together.

agri ee with mr. moore completley.this nation is in the worse mess since the great drepession because of this do nothing g.o.p.we had in this country since ronald reagen.their one agenda has been power, greed for the privileged few, and it is plain to see would send this this send country to hell in a hand bag if they could regain it. what abunch of loosers.

He comes from the middle class? Come on. Quite perpetuating a lie. He has attended the most elite private schools all of his life. Why do you feel like you need to make up a story? He is not from the slums. He is not from the inner city. It’s like you make up this fanciful story in your mind and run with it even though nothing could be further from the truth.

Who is this idiot ?…Lets push for 1 world government..1 world religion is next …get it all ready for the 1 world leader..do you want your chip in the right hand or the forehead ? That is the only “choice “you get

The progessives should stage a rally or protest. Let america know where you stand. Your neighbors need to know who you are.

I say that those who criticize the messenger instead of the message do not have any clue of what is going on.They do not understand the stakes at play. They are ignorant.
Please, tell us what Michael Moore said that is wrong instead of vomitting your hatred for peo^ple who do not think like you.
And also, please , instead of looking at your belly button lift your eyes and see that there are other things on this earth.

Democrats and Republicans alike middle to lower class are literally dieing now due to no health insurance….and if the uppper middle class and the elite…think they are not paying for all this now.. think again.. those insurance companies are still making big profits and hospitals are closing because the insurance companies aren’t paying but you all are paying.. higher premiums and if you do get some dreadful disease and are going to cost them.. they drop you like a hot potato..

Overall, Moore is a great opportunist, he is smart and cute in fit into the need of exposing the very weakness of the America society, like job outsourcing, gun control, health care as well as the excess of the capitalism. He bragged he drives a five year old big America car, because he could not fit in a fuel economical foreign car like BMW. Politically, he voted for Ralph Nader, a radical environmentalist who advocates to phase out nuclear power plants. While he is enjoying the wealth from his film making, he would never live in countries like Cuba and Britain,where the health care is rationed.

Anyone watch good morning america today? Did anyone note what Dr. Tim (think that’s his name) said? He stated there is not enough healthcare providers in this country to provide for the public option!!! Healthcare would be rationed, you’d wait weeks for an appointment! Yes, this was said on abc! I was actually surprised that finally something honest was said! moore is nothing but a fat grub feeding off misery!

Michel Moore is who I would want in my corner. Trying to keep a straight face here. If the Govt. option was not completly dead I think Moore supporting it just put the final nail in the coffin for the majority of Americans. Good job Michel.

I like the idea of a public option entity which has to negotiate fees just like private insurers (Chuck Schumer’s amendment). I agree with Moore. This is the issue that Obama should go to the wall for. He has to crack some Dem heads and get them lined up. This is what the Dems were elected to do. If they don’t get it done and done the right way, they deserve to lose the next election. Repubs. vote as a single block to rush us into war and to give tax breaks to the wealthy. Can’t Dems come together in the same way to accomplish what is just and necessary to help the American people?

Micheal you forgot to provide single payer health insurance is SOCIALISIM !!!!!
let the 49 million with no insurance take care oftheir own,that is their problem not us Republicans,do you not listen to some talk shows …….?

what a moron. it will NOT be cheaper, and we will NOT be healthier.
why does he think this?

I will promise you, without any doubt, that NOTHING will pass unless it is approved by the insurance companies. All this fussing and fighting and hatred over something that is nothing but smoke and mirrors. Anyone who believes that the insurance companies are going to give up anything no doubt believes in the tooth fairy. Big business will ALWAYS win and the people will lose.

Politicians have no friends.

Moore is right. I voted for President Obama and he needs to stand up to the right and do what is right.No matter what he does they are going to be against him anyway.If he gets health care he is a socialist if he does not get it then they will portray him as weak. Go strong Obama and democrats stop having such a weak back and do what you know is right a single payer and a public option is a no brainer.The right has muddled it up withscare tactics and lies. I got one questions for the right and the Glen Becks and the Rushes if you are so sure that what Obama and the democrats want to do will fail, why not leave them alone let them run the country during their term and if it fails let it fail. If you are so sure its going to fail why are you fighting so hard to stop it.Let it fail then let the voters decide or could it be you are more afraid it might suceed.

finally a soythern democrat who tells it like it is. go rep. grayson.

Hey Michael, go read the Constitution and tell us where in that document the federal government is given the power to provide health insurance. let me help you, nowhere. The 10th amendment gives that right/power to the individual states.
Posted by: Sandcrab1612 | Sep 29, 2009 5:33:46 PM
Um it does say something about Life, Liberty and the Persuit of Happiness. Denial of healthcare due to non-payment sure does infringe on the whole “Life” part. Also that’s why we the people empower the government to add healthcare to the constitution hence the point of the term “Amendment”. I don’t know, maybe some education would help your ignorance problem.

The basic problem is that Obama has not figured out that he is supposed to be a leader. Instead of designing the bill and championing his ideas, he has punted to Congress. In short, like many times before while he was in the Senate, Obama has voted present. Except in his new job POTUS, you actually have to provide leadership and take a position. He ducked providing leadership on the stimulus bill, he has ducked providing leadership on healthcare, he has ducked confronting Iran’s leaders, he was rolled by the Russians on the Polish missile tracking site, and he is about to lose his nerve in Afghanistan. Face it, he has loads of charm and charisma, but when the chips are down he is an empty suit. Bush may have been an idiot on many things, but at least you knew where he stood.

Michael Moore…the clown of all clowns!
Why aren’t you allowing people to see your dopey movies for free?
Seems Capitalism has been working very good for you!
Another typical Liberal.
You want a one payer system Mooore???
Tell ya what…you and your “hollywood” friends can be the first to pony up all the $$$ needed to get things moving!
Put your money where your moronic mouth is!!!!

Consumption Tax please!
I don’t want the Government telling me what to do with my money and I’m certainly not paying for anyone elses healthcare.
I’m self employed and pay my own taxes and pay for my own insurance.
If you want a better life get out there and earn it and quit asking the Government to bail you out because you don’t want to earn it yourselves.
Small Government Small Business!

Michael Moore is a wonderful political satirist whose movies play to the banality of the human condition. They however, are often riddled with inaccuracies and half truths. To take him seriously is foolish. He offers little in the way of real thought but rather offers silly commentaries on the idiosyncracies of our lives and government. He chastises banks for giving loans to poor people who in hindsight clearly couldnt afford them and then complains that people who cannot make their payments are somehow treated callously when banks raise interest rates on them or wont give them credit. Which was is it Michael. Are they too stupid to be offered credit or should they be held accountable for their borrowings? You can’t have both. Hmmm we should lower rates for bad credits and raise them for good credits. I think Mr. Moore should return back to whatever illogical hole he lumbered out of before he hurts himself with his awesome intellectual power and doublespeak.

Oh man you are so soft. Michael Moore complains about capitalism? What is he worth? why doesnt he start the trend. Michael why dont you give all your money to a soup kitchen and live on the streets? You are a liar, you are feeding off the emotions of the stupid. Everyone would love to help out someone in need, but those needy have to be willing to be helped, stand up and work hard to help the next. I refuse to help the lazy. How do you blame a gun mfg for what a killer does? should we put car mfg in jail for all the car accidents in the world?

Oh yeah, some of you go on about not wanting a Canadian style healthcare. Well we aren’t Canadian so we don’t have to do it that way.
Oh yeah, some of you say that we would put insurance companies out of business if their is a government option. How’s that when we don’t want a Canadian style healthcare plan.
If they don’t do this public option you can believe that your rates will soar. Then again as the outstanding and wonderful Micheal Moore has shown us in Capitalism, a love story, the super rich 1% want to have it all and really wish we would or they could get us to go away rather than have a vote.
FYI Micheal Moore has been losing weight and is fully aware that he has been hypocritical for being fat.

I’d like Micheal Moore to explain how we will pay for health care when this country is on the verge of financial collapse. We are running over $1 trillion a year deficits now.
Obama says he won’t sign for a bill that adds to the deficit. But saying and doing are two separate things.
Micheal Moore is represents only himself and pathetic souls who permit others to think and speak for them.