Michael Moore makes the cover of Rolling Stone

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

(forgive the obligatory Dr Hook quote)

"Rolling Stone- wanna see our pictures on the cover-
Stone- wanna buy 5 copies for our mothers-
Stone- wanna see my smilin’ face
on the cover of the Rolling Stone."

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Michael Moore's Patriot Act

How a blue-collar screw-up became the White House's nightmare
By MARK BINELLI

Back in the mid-eighties, a filmmaker named Kevin Rafferty decided he wanted to include footage from a Ku Klux Klan rally in his documentary about white supremacists. A colleague suggested Rafferty give Michael Moore a call. The editor of a progressive weekly newspaper in his hometown of Flint, Michigan, Moore regularly embarrassed neo-Nazis and other right-wingers on his local radio show, so he was able to set up a lunch date with the grand wizard of the Klan and secure an invitation to a weekend rally. There would be Klan weddings, cross burnings, lectures. Even a barbecue! But when Rafferty's crew arrived from New York, they got cold feet. "They didn't want to be on camera, because they thought the Klan guys might come after them," Moore recalls today. "So I said, 'I'll do it. I'm not afraid to be on camera.' "

As they say in the business, the kid was a natural. Early in the film, Moore tells a tan, attractive blonde wearing an SS armband, jackboots and a stylish blue neck scarf, "You don't look like a typical Nazi."

Flattered, the woman giggles sweetly.

"You could be on a Coppertone commercial," Moore continues.

The woman beams. Then, though Moore has not asked, she says softly, "I'm not just against Jewish people. It's also blacks."

Working on Blood in the Face inspired Moore to make his own documentary. A year later, before he began Roger and Me, Moore called on Rafferty for a tutorial. Rafferty taught Moore how to use a camera and helped to shoot and edit the film. Moore subsequently discovered not only that Rafferty had friends in high places but that the phrase "friends in high places" was a gross understatement: Rafferty's uncle is George Herbert Walker Bush.

There's a scene in Fahrenheit 9/11 where George W. Bush, during an early campaign event, spots Moore in the crowd and shouts, "Why don't you go find real work?" "Right before that line, he was going, 'Heyyy, Mike,' " Moore says, accentuating his Dubya impression with a wink and a stagy finger-point. "Kevin's his cousin. They had a screening of Roger and Me at Camp David." Moore chuckles, then continues, deadpan, "I'm grateful to any family that helped me become a filmmaker. I can never forget that."

more excerpts at:
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story?id=6438345

[Worst Username Ever]

1. I got my poor old gray haired daddy

driving my limousines.

[Wickerman]

2. I had no idea he and the Chimp were tight

who'da thunk it?

nice cover! A day late and all, but its nice to see this revived shortly before the video.

[Melodybe]

3. I'm so proud of Moore, I've been a fan for a long time and I'm glad to see

him get some good publicity.

I am eternally grateful for F9/11, thank you so much Michael Moore.

[SiouxJ]

4. I could have done without the Dr. Hook but

thanks for the info! Cool!

[Mad_Dem_X]

5. Gonna have to pick this issue up!

"We take all kind of pills to give us all kind of thrills, but the thrill we've never known/Is the thrill that'll getcha when you get your picha on the cover of the Rolling Stone!"

LOL! :headbang:

[Rainbowreflect]

7. Gonna buy 5 copies for my mother.

[peekaloo]

6. Sylvia's mother says buy a few extra copies.

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[FredScuttle]

8. Buy some copies when you're in love with a beautiful woman

or when baby makes her blue jeans talk

[in_cog_ni_to]

9. He makes me smile!

Just seeing Michael brings a smile to my face. I just adore him! I LOVE the title of the article. He's the White House's nightmare. They need MORE nightmares. Go, Michael!

[Cha]

10. Go Michael! Good on ya!

You made the cover of Rolling Stone!

Get those cameras ready to roll on Florida!