Thu Aug 30, 2012, 11:34 PM

Michael Moore Predicts 'President Romney' in November

Source: cbs news

WASHINGTON (CBS WASHINGTON) –Filmmaker Michael Moore predicted that the influence of money in politics will propel Mitt Romney to a victory over President Barack Obama in this year’s election.

In an interview with Huffington Post Live on Thursday, Moore said he believes if the election were conducted in an “American Idol” format where “America could vote from their couches,” then Obama would win the election easily.

“Mitt Romney is going to raise more money than Barack Obama. That should guarantee his victory,” Moore told HuffPost host Josh Zepps. “I think people should start to practice the words ‘President Romney.’ To assume that the other side is just a bunch of ignoramuses who are supported by people who believe that Adam and Eve rode on dinosaurs 6,000 years ago is to completely misjudge the opposition

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Michael Moore Predicts 'President Romney' in November (Original post)	trailmonkee	Aug 2012	OP
"completely misjudge the opposition..." Why that's a Democratic tradition. He should know that.	Safetykitten	Aug 2012	#1
S, Move On will not be supporting Obama? Is that what he is implying?	nanabugg	Aug 2012	#49
OK, let's see, now who's predictions should I heed	SoFlaJet	Aug 2012	#2
Yep--who needs that negative, contrarian shit? He should part with a million like Maher did.	MADem	Aug 2012	#11
He seems to want to address Citizens United monies	FarPoint	Aug 2012	#62
Please...	MrMickeysMom	Aug 2012	#12
+ a bunch	demwing	Aug 2012	#26
Yes, Romney might win. But that is no reason to quit.	RetroGamer1971	Sep 2012	#102
What does this have to do with my post, RetroGamer?	MrMickeysMom	Sep 2012	#110
Yes, that's what I thought... crickets!	MrMickeysMom	Sep 2012	#116
Lets not forget the Diebold voting machines.	xtraxritical	Aug 2012	#16
I agree, it will be the massive election fraud, not overspending. n/t	Chemical Bill	Sep 2012	#122
OK, let's see, who's opinion should give more credibility?	Hissyspit	Aug 2012	#21
Nate Silver: Obama has a 71.6% Chance of Winning the Election	SoFlaJet	Aug 2012	#53
Yes, I saw that graph. It's at the link I posted.	Hissyspit	Aug 2012	#72
Of course he's got plenty of credibility	Scairp	Aug 2012	#100
Michael Moore is a good guy. There is no need to call him names. His weight is irrelevant.	totodeinhere	Aug 2012	#37
Your comment shows your intellect,.	Civilization2	Aug 2012	#67
I s'pose that when reduced to irrelevant and petulant attacks on a person's weight	LanternWaste	Aug 2012	#84
and he may well be right	0rganism	Aug 2012	#3
Absolutely agree! The big money boys will do ANYTHING to put Mitt in the White House.	Raster	Aug 2012	#4
Only one sure way to overcome all the $$$	INdemo	Aug 2012	#17
I have given several times already and tomorrow, I will donate again.	Raster	Aug 2012	#25
We'd be fools to forget 2000.	bitchkitty	Aug 2012	#5
even with Obama in office.... the Rich still rule... this country is tipped sideways...	trailmonkee	Aug 2012	#6
I know. Fuck, now I'm depressed. :( n/t	bitchkitty	Aug 2012	#19
yeah but with Rmoney Ryan it will sink	lunasun	Aug 2012	#34
+1:	blkmusclmachine	Aug 2012	#71
Cannot let guard down nt	abelenkpe	Aug 2012	#7
Michael Moore can go fuck himself. I don't need to hear that kind of defeatist shit from	MADem	Aug 2012	#8
This.	Jamaal510	Aug 2012	#13
Why?	Hissyspit	Aug 2012	#23
We are in the race of our fucking lives--Negative Nancies need not apply, and MM is acting like one.	MADem	Aug 2012	#30
I certainly did not read what you said into MM's comments.	totodeinhere	Aug 2012	#40
Well I did. Saying "Romney will win" is not motivating the base. Or ANYONE.	MADem	Aug 2012	#41
I reread MM's comments.	totodeinhere	Aug 2012	#85
When he says "Romney will win" he is saying "You can wipe your ass on your vote, loser--don't even	MADem	Aug 2012	#88
You are being unnecessarily vilifying.	Hissyspit	Aug 2012	#92
Michael Moore is a Green Party voter who is madly in love with Ralph Nader. He IS irrelevant in my	MADem	Sep 2012	#105
Yes, I know that's all you have. You keep repeating it.	Hissyspit	Sep 2012	#108
It's quite enough. He's not a Democrat and he doesn't wish Democrats well.	MADem	Sep 2012	#111
It's not about what he said. It's about trashing anyone who does not toe the party line. Period.	Hissyspit	Aug 2012	#93
No, it isn't. It IS about the TOS.	MADem	Sep 2012	#106
Money changed Wisconsin.	cyclezealot	Aug 2012	#47
Well Said	josejimenez	Aug 2012	#28
Moore seems hell-bent on depressing turnout on the left	Adenoid_Hynkel	Aug 2012	#36
As another DUer postulated, he makes more money when he's fighting Republicans.	MADem	Aug 2012	#39
so your theory is that MM is a total sell out	KurtNYC	Sep 2012	#119
He's worth millions by schlepping that shit to his acolytes--it's how he makes his MONEY.	MADem	Sep 2012	#125
and never forget that he was one of Ralph Nader's	SoFlaJet	Aug 2012	#50
+1,000 nt	MADem	Aug 2012	#51
And he begged Nader not to run in 2004.	Hissyspit	Aug 2012	#96
Amen	ailsagirl	Aug 2012	#61
You must have done quite a bit in YOUR lifetime in order to feel entitled to dump on Michael Moore	KurtNYC	Sep 2012	#120
Michael Moore has made a fortune being a scold.	MADem	Sep 2012	#124
I agree..never mind his qualifications.All the corporate mafia wants is a puppet and this guy	INdemo	Aug 2012	#9
I don't think Romney is the only RepubliCON with hidden foreign bank accounts...	xtraxritical	Aug 2012	#20
I think MM is being overly pessimistic, perhaps to keep the troops from being	Flatulo	Aug 2012	#10
I feel the same way	DesertRat	Aug 2012	#14
bingo	Ned_Devine	Aug 2012	#33
You're not helping, Michael.	SunSeeker	Aug 2012	#15
Or he is just scaring the base to make sure they go and vote	krawhitham	Sep 2012	#130
He can make more movies and money in a Romney Administration	bluestateguy	Aug 2012	#18
You have an excellent point, there--no windmills to tilt against. nt	MADem	Aug 2012	#31
this is how i see Arianna Huffington	JI7	Aug 2012	#38
What will you use to cut your steak in the future?	KurtNYC	Sep 2012	#121
No he isn't. He's saying Romney is going to win.	MADem	Sep 2012	#132
I never could relate to Michael	kitt6	Aug 2012	#22
I don't believe you are that dumb. Just say'n.	harun	Aug 2012	#69
The most money doesn't guarantee a win, BUT it does make it more difficult to lose	andym	Aug 2012	#24
Let Michael Millionaire Moore step up to the plate and throw in a few bucks instead of whining. nt	MADem	Aug 2012	#32
Obama will win I have no doubt about that	Iliyah	Aug 2012	#27
Let's see the tax forms	Iwillnevergiveup	Aug 2012	#29
Right. He thinks we've forgotten. I haven't. I won't. Let's see the taxes!	silvershadow	Aug 2012	#35
the 1% wants the presidency for a bit	CEO Watson	Aug 2012	#42
Mike's claim is flawed	triplepoint	Aug 2012	#43
Yup. They're in the big book, right next to the ones that prohibit bank fraud. n/t	jtuck004	Aug 2012	#46
Michael should maybe speak with Meg Whitman on this topic.	LiberalAndProud	Aug 2012	#44
With so many things needing to be lied about they could never have enough money	nolabels	Aug 2012	#58
He might be trying to apply a little reverse psychology...	elzenmahn	Aug 2012	#45
Always run like you are 5 points behind if you want to win.	Exultant Democracy	Sep 2012	#104
Pfft.	AtomicKitten	Aug 2012	#48
I like Michael Moore, however	Sherman A1	Aug 2012	#52
I think he should have kept his mouth shut because he's hindering us and we don't need that	ailsagirl	Aug 2012	#59
The sheen of celebrity can affect anyone regardless of political stance.	randome	Aug 2012	#74
True. It's just that what he said served no useful purpose.	ailsagirl	Aug 2012	#75
Agreed.	randome	Aug 2012	#81
Again	DonCoquixote	Aug 2012	#54
completely out of touch . . . I have read right here that Obama will win in a landslide	DrDan	Aug 2012	#55
I don't suppose MM is utilizing reverse psychology	no_hypocrisy	Aug 2012	#56
No. personally I think	SoFlaJet	Aug 2012	#57
insulted	energumen	Aug 2012	#60
It would appear that you have forgotten...	rexcat	Sep 2012	#123
So Moore thinks money (and Rmoney) will win?	SmittynMo	Aug 2012	#63
Lots of money doesn't make up for a lack of vision.	burnsei sensei	Aug 2012	#64
And, predictably, the usual suspects line up to throw the next person under the bus ...	Nihil	Aug 2012	#65
I hope that he's wrong	jzodda	Aug 2012	#66
The race was over Jan. 21, 2010 (Citizen's United)	harun	Aug 2012	#68
Jesus, that's rather nihilistic of you.	randome	Aug 2012	#73
No real Democrat will get elected until CU is overturned. Sure DINO's will be in there	harun	Aug 2012	#79
and that's why meg whitman won Gov in California	proud patriot	Sep 2012	#114
Do not surrender...Keep vigilant ...observe, keep records.	riverbendviewgal	Aug 2012	#70
If what MMoore says is true, that money is the predominant selector,	Trillo	Aug 2012	#76
You nailed it on domestic surveillance.	OnyxCollie	Aug 2012	#80
Would The Nattering Nabobs Of Negativism Please...	Vogon_Glory	Aug 2012	#77
You don't have the right to tell us to shut up.	totodeinhere	Aug 2012	#86
And Michael Moore doesn't have the right to tell us to not even bother, that it will be RMoney in	MADem	Aug 2012	#89
Actually he does have that right, but that's not what he did.	Hissyspit	Aug 2012	#94
The first line of the OP says as much. nt	MADem	Sep 2012	#112
Michael Moore didn't say this- he said IF people don't go out and vote	graham4anything	Aug 2012	#78
Context and nuance!!!???	Hissyspit	Aug 2012	#95
I think Michael is using	Dyedinthewoolliberal	Aug 2012	#82
Hip Hip huray....ladies and gentelmen we have a winner!	Smickey	Sep 2012	#101
Thanks, Mr. Moore, but I'll trust the guy who called 48 of 50 states correctly last time.	Arkana	Aug 2012	#83
Too many people here are far too delusional	Ter	Aug 2012	#87
Yeah, deaftist bullshit...	and-justice-for-all	Aug 2012	#90
I'm sure his tune will change after the Democratic Convention.	Spitfire of ATJ	Aug 2012	#99
I'll go with Michael Moore.	Billy888	Aug 2012	#91
I think "'President Romney' in November..."	sofa king	Aug 2012	#97
I saw this comment as a warning.	Spitfire of ATJ	Aug 2012	#98
I see it as the exact opposite.	Drunken Irishman	Sep 2012	#127
Well, I don't agree with that message, obviously.	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2012	#131
Maybe Michael is just	bkkyosemite	Sep 2012	#103
That's what I thought	LTR	Sep 2012	#129
Sayeth another 1% POS who pretends otherwise.	24601	Sep 2012	#107
Get Out The Vote is not enough	Herlong	Sep 2012	#109
Thanks Michael Moore-we need this rhetoric to help get out the vote!!!!	SoCalDemGrrl	Sep 2012	#113
meg whitman had more $$$$$ she lost	proud patriot	Sep 2012	#115
Now we know who to blame if Romney does win!	ZombieHorde	Sep 2012	#117
Romney could easily win the way thet the Bush Crime family did in 2000. By cheating.	olddad56	Sep 2012	#118
This is exactly what the Republicans want to hear...	Drunken Irishman	Sep 2012	#126
President Mittwit?	Live and Learn	Sep 2012	#128

Response to trailmonkee (Original post)

Thu Aug 30, 2012, 11:37 PM

Safetykitten (3,663 posts)

Michael Moore Predicts 'President Romney' in November

1. "completely misjudge the opposition..." Why that's a Democratic tradition. He should know that.

49. S, Move On will not be supporting Obama? Is that what he is implying?

2. OK, let's see, now who's predictions should I heed

11. Yep--who needs that negative, contrarian shit? He should part with a million like Maher did.

62. He seems to want to address Citizens United monies

12. Please...

26. + a bunch

102. Yes, Romney might win. But that is no reason to quit.

110. What does this have to do with my post, RetroGamer?

116. Yes, that's what I thought... crickets!

16. Lets not forget the Diebold voting machines.

122. I agree, it will be the massive election fraud, not overspending. n/t

21. OK, let's see, who's opinion should give more credibility?

53. Nate Silver: Obama has a 71.6% Chance of Winning the Election

72. Yes, I saw that graph. It's at the link I posted.

100. Of course he's got plenty of credibility

37. Michael Moore is a good guy. There is no need to call him names. His weight is irrelevant.

67. Your comment shows your intellect,.

84. I s'pose that when reduced to irrelevant and petulant attacks on a person's weight

3. and he may well be right

4. Absolutely agree! The big money boys will do ANYTHING to put Mitt in the White House.

17. Only one sure way to overcome all the $$$

25. I have given several times already and tomorrow, I will donate again.

5. We'd be fools to forget 2000.

6. even with Obama in office.... the Rich still rule... this country is tipped sideways...

19. I know. Fuck, now I'm depressed. :( n/t

34. yeah but with Rmoney Ryan it will sink

71. +1:

7. Cannot let guard down nt

8. Michael Moore can go fuck himself. I don't need to hear that kind of defeatist shit from

13. This.

23. Why?

30. We are in the race of our fucking lives--Negative Nancies need not apply, and MM is acting like one.

40. I certainly did not read what you said into MM's comments.

41. Well I did. Saying "Romney will win" is not motivating the base. Or ANYONE.

85. I reread MM's comments.

88. When he says "Romney will win" he is saying "You can wipe your ass on your vote, loser--don't even

92. You are being unnecessarily vilifying.

105. Michael Moore is a Green Party voter who is madly in love with Ralph Nader. He IS irrelevant in my

108. Yes, I know that's all you have. You keep repeating it.

111. It's quite enough. He's not a Democrat and he doesn't wish Democrats well.

93. It's not about what he said. It's about trashing anyone who does not toe the party line. Period.

106. No, it isn't. It IS about the TOS.

47. Money changed Wisconsin.

28. Well Said

36. Moore seems hell-bent on depressing turnout on the left

39. As another DUer postulated, he makes more money when he's fighting Republicans.

119. so your theory is that MM is a total sell out

125. He's worth millions by schlepping that shit to his acolytes--it's how he makes his MONEY.

50. and never forget that he was one of Ralph Nader's

51. +1,000 nt

96. And he begged Nader not to run in 2004.

61. Amen

120. You must have done quite a bit in YOUR lifetime in order to feel entitled to dump on Michael Moore

124. Michael Moore has made a fortune being a scold.

9. I agree..never mind his qualifications.All the corporate mafia wants is a puppet and this guy

20. I don't think Romney is the only RepubliCON with hidden foreign bank accounts...

10. I think MM is being overly pessimistic, perhaps to keep the troops from being

14. I feel the same way

33. bingo

15. You're not helping, Michael.

130. Or he is just scaring the base to make sure they go and vote

18. He can make more movies and money in a Romney Administration

31. You have an excellent point, there--no windmills to tilt against. nt

38. this is how i see Arianna Huffington

121. What will you use to cut your steak in the future?

132. No he isn't. He's saying Romney is going to win.

22. I never could relate to Michael

69. I don't believe you are that dumb. Just say'n.

24. The most money doesn't guarantee a win, BUT it does make it more difficult to lose

32. Let Michael Millionaire Moore step up to the plate and throw in a few bucks instead of whining. nt

27. Obama will win I have no doubt about that

29. Let's see the tax forms

35. Right. He thinks we've forgotten. I haven't. I won't. Let's see the taxes!

42. the 1% wants the presidency for a bit

43. Mike's claim is flawed

46. Yup. They're in the big book, right next to the ones that prohibit bank fraud. n/t

44. Michael should maybe speak with Meg Whitman on this topic.

58. With so many things needing to be lied about they could never have enough money