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W Bush US U.S. only have two more Eric Larson Sports Editor controversial of the most In one moves ever Utah Valley Community and College hosted author 1 movie creator Michael Moore I cant can't think of ofa a better place to be Moore said when asked how felt about speaking in such a conservative county While Moore whose Fahrenheit 9 11 was extremely critical of President Bush is accustomed accustomed accustomed tomed to being surrounded surrounded surrounded sur sur- sur- sur rounded by controversy the student body officers are not yet they still fought hard to bring Moore to Orem The student body officers officers officers received relentless cers pressure even threats to cancel Moores Moore's s appearance Certain people even offered to pay Moores Moore's appearance fee if the school would simply cancel the appearance but student body officers wouldn't back down This generated strong praise from Moore Im so impressed a lot of other students would have backed down Moore remarked Moore also offered his consolation for what the students had to go through on his behalf I 1 feel very bad for the students stu stu- dents Once he finished with the pleasantries pleasantries pleasantries pleas pleas- Moore quickly transitioned into his speech Only two more weeks Moore declared elaborating Only two more weeks of George W. W Bush The Thebold Thebold Thebold bold statements drew a mixed reaction from the crowd Moores Moore's statements drew such a strong reaction that a person was forcibly removed from the front part of the arena The man who was obviously displeased with Moores Moore's statement was pointing at Moore with an object inside his coat Moore quickly stepped back and asked security to remove the man Im sorry That's the rules he told the See Moore continued on page 2 I II I Moore continued from front frontman frontman I man continuing If you point an object at me in the third row its it's hard for me to concentrate Once the man was removed Moore continued I I his speech by focusing on I republicans My republican I can brothers and sisters he heI I started The difference I between our rally's and i their rally's is at ours everyone is welcome Claiming t that at Republicans Republic s sare are now In in a minority Moore declared Heres our pledge to you we will not treat you the way you have treated minorities when we weI weare weare I are in power He used examples of health care for and gay marriage to Illustrate iU exactly how they the the Democrats would still include you the Republicans In an attempt to show that he doesn't hate all Republicans Moore spoke briefly on what he considered considered considered consid consid- ered to be positive aspects of past Republican dents Some of the former fonner presidents Moore praised where Dwight D. D Eisenhower and Richard M. M Nixon Richard Nixon now heres here's someone I never thought I would say anything anything any any- anything thing good about Moore commented on the former fonner presidents president's Title Nine which gives women's sports the same benefits as mens men's sports Obviously uncomfortable praising Republicans Moore quickly changed subjects and moved on to the presidential debates declaring How about those first three debates He continued by chanting 3 and 0 repeatedly but quickly cautioned Remember the Yankees Yankee's referring to the Yankees Yankee's loss to arch rival Boston Red Sox after leading the series 3 3 O. O Lets not get cocky He warned telling the crowd that the election wont won't necessarily be won by the best debater After telling a couple of jokes about Mormons Mormon's in which Moore compared himself to J. J Golden Kimball the Mormon leader who was famous for being outspoken Moore aired short commercials that he made for George Bush The commercials mocked President Bushs Bush's ads ad's directed at Senator Kerry After showing the commercials commercials commercials com com- Moore introduced his surprise guest speaker Rosanne Barr Barn When Michael Moore offered me methe methe methe the opportunity to speak I almost threw up Barr a Utah native opened Speaking as though she was an uneducated hick she poked fun at the policies of the current Republican administration going as faras far faras faras as to say that President Bush suffered from deficit attention disorder Moore resumed speak speak- ing bashing the media The media has done such a poor job of informing us of the truth he yelled This was a reference to his accusation accusation accusation of the press of covering covering covering cover cover- ing up facts that would have discredited President Bush Similar to Sean Hannity who blames the press for catering to liberals Moore feels that the press has betrayed the trust of the people Youre our stand ins and youre you're supposed to come back out and tell us the truth Moore shouted He accused the press of playing kissy face in order to get special treat treat- ment Something is wrong with our media Moore said as a reason for directing directing direct direct- directing ing his latest movie Fahrenheit 9 The movie has upset wingers right these because it shows the truth he declared Moore feels his movie has drawn so much controversy as a result of people seeing what he feels Republicans have covered up These republicans have got their underwear in such a bun bunch h because I dared show the American people what was really going on Moore screamed Turning his attention to the war in Iraq Moore talked about the more than letters he has received from soldiers serving serving serving ing there He even read a afew afew afew few of them and while they were well written and emotional emotional emotional emo emo- they did not seem to receive the reaction from the crowd that Moores Moore's other topics did Moore quickly transitioned transitioned transitioned transi- transi to his upcoming movie on He spoke of the lengths pharmaceutical pharmaceutical pharmaceutical phar phar- companies have gone to in order to prevent him from gaining access to their facilities According to Moore one major company company company com com- pany even released a memo to all employees warning if youre you're approached by a bearded set heavy-set man wearing rumpled clothing and holding a a microphone you may want to think twice before talking to him The memo continued by stating that the company was not sure if he is pro or con The company has even gone so far as to form forma a hotline to be used if Moore is spotted Moore closed by talking about why he chose to speak when Everyone says Utah is a red state so why even bother The red referring to Utah's dominant dominant dominant domi domi- nant Republican majority is changeable according to Moore but it would take a miracle Were bothering because when youre you're in Utah you believe in mira mira- cles Moore stated in conclusion conclusion conclusion con con- How cool would that be for the rest of America to wake up and see Utah covered in blue Moore continued that would send the strongest message ever Genius or mad man the opinions on Moore differ greatly The one thing no noone noone noone one can say is that he isn't passionate about what he believes |