Michael Moore endorses Obama

By M&C People Apr 21, 2008, 19:36 GMT

Illinois Senator and Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama greets supporters before a town hall style event at Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, on 21 April 2008. EPA/JEFF ZELEVANSKY

Filmmaker Michael Moore has endorsed Barack Obama for President of the United States.

"I don't get to vote for President this primary season. I live in Michigan. The party leaders (both here and in D.C.) couldn't get their act together, and thus our votes will not be counted," Moore writes on his website.

Moore urges all Pennsylvania voters to vote Tuesday for Senator Barack Obama.

The reason?  "I haven't spoken publicly 'til now as to who I would vote for, primarily for two reasons: 1) Who cares?; and 2) I (and most people I know) don't give a rat's ass whose name is on the ballot in November, as long as there's a picture of JFK and FDR riding a donkey at the top of the ballot, and the word 'Democratic' next to the candidate's name," Moore quips.

Moore spoke of his displeasure with Obama rival, Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton who the portly documentarian describes as "disappointing to downright disgusting."

Michael Moore - © Glenn Harris / PR Photos

It was the last debate that spurred the harsh words for Clinton from Moore.

" 'Farrakhan' (came) out of nowhere, well that's when the silly season came to an early end for me. She said the 'F' word to scare white people, pure and simple. Of course, Obama has no connection to Farrakhan."

Moore cited satirist Stephen Colbert's "six degrees of separation" theory he presented on "The Colbert Report"  noting that Obama "was supported by Ted Kennedy, who is Catholic, and the Catholic Church is led by a Pope who was in the Hitler Youth, that can mean only one thing: OBAMA LOVES HITLER!"

Moore lamented that a woman candidate will not make it to the White house this time around, until the "current Democratic governor of Kansas to run in 2016."

He clarifies that his endorsement is born more from "Obama The Movement than it is for Obama the candidate."

The arch enemy of all greedy corporate entities, Moore states: "Corporate America is not going to give up their hold on our government just because we say so. President Obama is going to need a nation of millions to stand behind him."

Moore pleads with fellow Americans to reverse the damage of the Bush legacy: "I, like the majority of Americans, have been pummeled senseless for 8 long years. That's why I will join millions of citizens and stagger into the voting booth come November, like a boxer in the 12th round, all bloodied and bruised with one eye swollen shut, looking for the only thing that matters -- that big 'D' on the ballot."

Moore insists in his open letter that the Democrats aren't perfect either.

"It's foolish to see the Democrats as anything but a nicer version of a party that exists to do the bidding of the corporate elite in this country."

Moore noted the undercurrent of silent racism that may condemn Americans to another GOP stranglehold on the White House:  "We know it's possible to hear the words 'President McCain' on January 20th. We know there are still many Americans who will never vote for a black man. Hillary knows it, too. She's counting on it."