Michael Moore Says Founding Fathers Would Have Been Wikileakers
- Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:05am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Where to start when Michael Moore joins Keith Olbermann to talk about his decision to help Wikileaker Julian Assange post bail?
One could start with Moore calling the government “liars” and saying it committed “crimes” by sending troops off to war. Or one could talk about Moore wondering aloud if the U.S. would have benefited from Wikileaks before the Vietnam War and before 9/11. Heck, one could even begin with Moore’s statement that those who support Wikileaks are “committing an act of patriotism.”
All good ones. But I think I‘ll go with Moore’s most shocking hypothesis — Ben Frankin and Thomas Jefferson would have done the same thing as Assange if they had internet back in the days of quill pens and horse buggies:
“I think this is something Thomas Jefferson or Ben Franklin would have– if they could have invented this…they saw the importance of making sure the corrupt people in power…had a very large light on them.”
Now that I’ve started, I’ll let Moore and Olbermann finish:
This morning, “Fox and Friends” made clear what they think of Moore’s actions: while talking about the bail money, the show put up the title “Bowling for treason?”
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Comments (151)
JesseJames
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:05amI don’t think anyone really pays much attention to Mr. Moore…..
A relative had an opportunity to have his picture taken with Mr. Moore, and he refused. What does that tell you?????
Report Post »bigtarmada
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 12:37amYea.. but it’s so irritating to listen to them feel important in their echo chamber.. *raubble raubble*
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:00amBack to the fat farm for him!
Report Post »Warphead
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:56amAnd Michael Moore would have been the town fool that everybody laughed at.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:55amMIke is an idiot. That’s like comparing apples to oranges. While I do agree that the founding fathers wouldn’t have kept as many secrets from the AMERICAN PEOPLE. I am sure that there were things that the AMERICAN PEOPLE didn’t need to know as today. I really don’t care what they do to prisoners to extract information to keep us safe. If these people were to capture us, they would not hesitate to torture us to find out what they needed to know.
Report Post »While don’t hold Weakyleaky responsible as I do the soldier that gave the documents to Weakyleaky. I do want to know who died and put Julian Assange in charge of putting this stuff on the Web. He is nothing more than a rat who needs to be stopped. Not because of free speech. All Julian Assange is wanting it to be famous and rich. Mike has no better intentions that Julian in my books. He comes out of his slime hole long enough for people to remember him then he slithers back in.
FreeThinker2010
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:51amAnd when someone‘s opinion such as Michael Moore’s stops counting, he starts asserting what he believes dead people would support. That‘s a bit of a stretch don’t you think ? Do you commune with the dead Michael Moore ? Geez, everyday some on the left find new ways to sound more and more absurd. All the while trying to make themselves relevant in their media world.
Report Post »PatriotDaze
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:44amyou have some serious issues.
Report Post »martnee777
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:40amI’m waiting for the Wikileaks from other countries. You know, the Marxist ones. What? There aren’t any? Well it’s a good thing that an army private and a sideshow freak had the wear with all to to transfer documents to a thumb drive. Entire nations with huge man power and technical resources have not been able to figure this out. Luckily these 2 were able to leak all this information, exactly as the current administration is over seeing a managed decline of the world most evil oppressor. The United States of America. Ok, can I hear the one about how Mao freed the oppressed Chinese and didn’t really murder 50 million people.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:40amthere is not a tree big enough to hold his fat ass for hanging him, the hole would half the size of Texas to bury him in.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:48amPlease don’t send him here. California can keep him.
RightUnite
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:01amYes please, leave him in California…. Hopefully, with his lard*ss, California will FINALLY sink… One can only hope!
Report Post »momsense
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:39amFor someone who has made it very clear that he considers the Constitution irrelevent, how can he determine what the Founding Fathers would have said? It‘s like quoting a passage from the bible when you’re an Atheist.
Report Post »dkhartman
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:07amyou are SO right…
Report Post »IntrepidSI
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:38amWere we still in the time of the Founding Fathers, both Keith and Moore would have been tared, feathered and jailed for the treasonist dogs they both are.
Report Post »dablooz
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:33amThe only shred of truth I saw in the whole thing was the little ticker at the bottom, “Leaks and Lies.” That should be MSNBC’s new slogan instead of “Lean Forward”, leaks and lies.
Report Post »proudamerican1990
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:32am“you can’t fix stupid”
Report Post »~ Ron White
Cuthalu
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:28amMaybe fattie Moore is suffering from his weight loss program is what I think.
Report Post »workin4alivin
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:27amThe founding fathers would have killed all the liberals for treason!
Report Post »bccrane
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:09am@Workin4alivin
Report Post »Liberal back then was a good thing it meant to be for freedom and a small government. Liberal today means an ever growing government to take freedoms away by making more people dependent on government programs to ensure that only liberals, progressives get elected to power, by telling everyone that conservatives are the next thing to facism and nazis which is total hogwash and that conservatives want to take away everything the government is giving them (well that part actually Yes some of it needs to be taken away to save ourselves)
IronDioPriest
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:26amNo Michael. The Founding Fathers would have shot or hung Julian Assange by the neck until dead.
Report Post »JohnnyJT
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:24amTubby is a Leaky Weaker.
Report Post »citygirl56
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:21amSomeone please tell me why do we care WHAT Micheal Moore thinks? He is just a loud mouth bore. For some reason he thinks his opinion matters in the big scheme of things. He has no morals or any sense of USA patriotism.
Report Post »jettson
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:16amMaybe so but Michael Moore would be hanged for treason
Report Post »IVillageIdiot
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:15amMoore, as usual, is delusional….
He’s attempting to imply that TREASON and ESPIONAGE against the United States, is patriotic?!? What a puss-nut…
Report Post »civilunrestnow
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:12amMr Moore, you don’t have a clue what the founding fathers would have been…I can tell you this though, they would have shot your fat A$$ before your socialist plague could spread…
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:12amMichael Moore Says Founding Fathers Would Have Been Wikileakers
Report Post »——————-
WRONG
The Founding Fathers were NOT leaky wickers.
guyperram
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:10amThis guy is a idiot. Who cares what an idiot says, since it will only be an idiocy.
Report Post »xm-1774u
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:10amthe founding fathers would of hanged him! moore nows nothing of patriotism
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:25amI love it! You are so right.
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:09amThe Founding Fathers were Honest you moron. No need to leak the TRUTH
Report Post »SirAnthony
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:25amYes, the founding fathers were honest, but I think Mr Moore was making the point that we need safeguards in order to KEEP our leaders honest.
Oh, and I’m not sure I understand the last bit that you posted, “No need to leak the TRUTH” — what would you rather have leaked, lies?
Report Post »dablooz
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:36amThe only ‘point’ Mr. Moore has ever had can be covered with a hat.
Report Post »IntheKnowOG
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:39amMoore is a lying sack of feces. Tell me, which CUBAN hospital did he check himself into for weight loss? WHAT he went to a capitalist AMERICAN hospital? I guess that means anything he says must be the opposite of true. The founders would have hung him and Assange already for treason.
Report Post »jlcook
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 12:09pmAmen! intheknowog
Report Post »tobefreeinmt
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:07amWho Cares?
Report Post »Zorro6821
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:13amI must say I agree with him.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:15amJust keep watching the puppets performing on stage, while the real dangerous ones work behind your back to take your liberty away.
Report Post »Shurmus
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:26amThe founding fathers also said that Michael Moore would have been tried for treason years ago, but most likely would have only been convicted of being real fat and real stupid.
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:36am@ Zorro6821
…and you and Moore are wrong. Read your history.
Washington employed spies and kept secrets for the Founding cause. Franklin was a spy at one point, the bulk of the rest of the Founders would have abhorred the leaks and called for the head (literally) of the traitor. For your proof you need only to look at the reaction to Arnold’s turning traitor.
Report Post »Tomr
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:37amLet’s have no Moore….Hang the progressive FAT ASS for treason..
Report Post »DrWiffel
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:40amStrange… So you’re saying that the founding fathers would have released all their secrets to their enemies and the rest of the world? You sir are a moron.
Report Post »geminisailor
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:46am“Leak” on Michael Moore!
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:56amAmerican citizens should and must care about the information that is released. More importantly, they must care about how it is used. Do you remember one of the first videos that was released by Wikileaks?? The one that the Progressive media, and Assange himself, tried to portray American soldiers as brutal MURDERERS of innocent journalists in a group of innocent civilians?? On further review, the innocent citizens were seen carrying RPG launchers and AK-47s….the kind used in ambushing American troops in Iraq. I have not seen or heard any retractions or corrections from the smear-merchants who tried to use this information AGAINST our troops and our country.
Report Post »Micheal Moore, Julian Assange, everybody on MSNBC, and the Progressive media will openly lie about our military. They use Wikileaks to justify those lies. That is why we MUST care.
heavyduty
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:00amIt doesn’t matter how much weight Mike loses. He’s still UGLY as sin.
Report Post »Buck Ofama
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:00amLooking at this size of this over-bloated piece of crap I‘d have to say that he’s a National Security Thread, at least according to the dietary czar Moochelle.
Report Post »Buck Ofama
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:02amMeant National Security Threat.
Report Post »Gun_Slinger
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:05amHe lies pretty good.
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:21amYea and the Donner Party would have still been alive if Michael Moore had been one of the early casualties. The only thing worse than a FOOL is a BIG SLOPPY FAT FOOL. It is obvious he is one unhappy, angry man. I can see why.
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:23amMichael Moore is profoundly stupid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8DnA4Ro9tQ
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:43amI agree also, look we are being spied on every move we make
Naked body scanners and scanner trucks, phone taps, cameras everywhere
every post you post on line, everything you buy IS ALL BEING MONITORED by
the Govt without warrants
http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/06/security-cam-app-turns-anyones-iphone-into-a-spy-camera/
But some states have passed laws making it illegal to video cops or many
other govt buildings you can find many many vids on youtube of cops
taking cameras and telling citizens you can’t film or record this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXk4nLIv5jo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKKQ-gzc_Yw&feature=related
Report Post »the cops grabbed the build in cameras at the train station but couln’t get the ones on the
trains held by citizens.
what4
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:55amThe founding fathers would have had Moore as cannon fodder!
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:58amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbQUltNOqo8&feature=related
Report Post »ever wonder why we allow unchecked immigration ?
guess who will carry out the NWO’s round up to fema camps ?
It will not be natural born Americans.
GEW
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:07amI agree who cares, why give this guy the stage to say such dumb things. Hey isnt he away at an exclusive fat farm, oh excuse me, a weight loss clinic? I think I see his chin. Your looking good Michael..
Report Post »gman46
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:58amMoor’s an idiot so what else is new?! he doesn’t know anything about the founding fathers or what this country was founded on, any one who is socialist can’t.
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:41amBet this mental giant could not name our Founding Fathers.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 1:53pmThe thing is, the government will always be the enemy to Moore, no matter who is in charge. For most of us, it is not the government that is the enemy, it is some of the folks running it right now. Governments have secrets, especially the military. It is treasonous to release some of these secrets, especially if they are kept in the best interest of that nation and its people. It is one thing to unearth corruption in the government and shed light on unscrupulous dealing, and I will be the first to admit that some of what wikileaks is reporting does fall into this category, but to intentionally report things that not only disrupts diplomatic relations but especially puts people’s lives at risk is shameful and wrong.
In any case, Moore is a fat azz idiot.
Report Post »FromtheBasement
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 3:37pmThis whole stance is ridiculous. The hypocrisy of these people is certainly revealed in this new development from ABC on Assange’s hearing. http://tinyurl.com/22ojbej
Report Post »YOOPER69
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 10:09amwe shold cancel his passport and leave him in europe with the rest of the nut cases over there
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