Michael Moore Lobbies Health Care Lobbyists

from ABC News, via MichaelMoore.com:


June 15th, 2007 10:41 am
Moore Lobbies Health Care Lobbyists

ABC News

ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports: In his latest gambit to draw attention to Sicko, his forthcoming documentary about the nation's health-care system, Michael Moore is holding a screening for registered health-care lobbyists.

Over the next five days, ads will run in The Washington Post, Roll Call, The Hill, and Politico listing all of the registered health-care lobbyists in Washington, D.C., and inviting them (so long as they bring the ad as their ticket) to a special screening.

Moore plans to set up a web cam at the lobbyist screening so that the public can see how many lobbyists -- if any -- actually show up.

Asked if Moore actually expects lobbyists to show up at the "exclusive" 4:00 pm ET screening being held for them on June 20 at the Union Station theaters in Washington, D.C., Sicko spokesperson Chris Lehane acknowledged that it was a long-shot while adding that Moore is still hoping that the film provides them with "their Paul on the road to Damascus moment when they are able to see the real-life consequences of a broken health-care system."

The scores of names in Moore's ad were generated, according to Lehane, by the Center for Responsive Politics and refer to individuals who were registered as health-care lobbyists in 2006. .....(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/news/article.php?id=9900