Thanks Jay Leno for giving Michael Moore a forum. I thought you were a tool.

lutefisk

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Thu Jul-26-07 11:42 PM
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Thanks Jay Leno for giving Michael Moore a forum. I thought you were a tool.

Leno gave Moore pretty much the whole show. Jay may be stuck wearing that little lapel flag pin, but he surprised me tonight. I had Leno pegged as a total right winger, but the show tonight had a passion and purpose, once Moore came on. Thanks Jay.

Sorry to add another Moore thread!

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Elwood P Dowd

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Thu Jul-26-07 11:45 PM
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1. I agree. Leno surprised me.

Tonight was the Michael Moore Show.

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Starbucks Anarchist

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Thu Jul-26-07 11:47 PM
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2. Jay's not a Republican, anyway:

http://www.laweekly.com/general/deadline-hollywood/does-mr-middle-of-the-road-lean-left/9012/

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lutefisk

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Fri Jul-27-07 12:05 AM
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9. Interesting link. Maybe he's finally had enough of having to "appear" neutral

I'm not a regular watcher of his show, but tonight I saw a room full of people who have had enough.

These shows - like Carson and others in the past - have a real influence. Tonight's show made me feel good.

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Fri Jul-27-07 09:10 AM
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20. This is the new neutral

Don't look for that weathervane to lead in any way, shape, or form.

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WinkyDink

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Fri Jul-27-07 12:21 AM
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10. Then he can lay off the Clinton jokes, finally.

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lutefisk

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Fri Jul-27-07 12:46 AM
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11. After tonight, I'll write off those jokes as reductionist, dualistic comedy.

I guess Jay thinks there are just two sides to things and that he needs to be fair and balanced. I didn't say he was perfect.

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WinkyDink

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Fri Jul-27-07 08:01 AM
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17. I didn't say you did.

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mitchum

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Thu Jul-26-07 11:48 PM
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3. Leno is still a tool; as long as one considers a weathervane to be a tool

Leno has sniffed the winds of change (or at least "his people" have) and he knows that his bush worship of the past 7 years just isn't playing any more.

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Gabi Hayes

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Thu Jul-26-07 11:48 PM
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4. same here! I couldn't believe my eyes. best thing Leno's probably ever done

Edited on Thu Jul-26-07 11:50 PM by Gabi Hayes

(in terms of actual political importance....I know, I know, there was Arnold's announcement, but this is different, and might actually have a positive impact) especially allowing the 911 workers to stand up and be recognized

did you see the woman blow him a kiss. she looked like she was about to cry

I've never much believed in Hell, or any of that crap, but I've found myself wishing that existed for certain people for about six years or so.

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lutefisk

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Thu Jul-26-07 11:56 PM
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7. I think his audience is fairly conservative, but this show was about the people.

I don't think I'm reading too much into it. Jay was bordering on emotion. It was real.

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Bozita

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Thu Jul-26-07 11:49 PM
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5. Shit! I thought I was dreaming.

Dreams DO come true.

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Bryn

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Thu Jul-26-07 11:51 PM
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6. I watched the whole show, but something strange happened

Michael got served with a subpoena by Bush Admin. while there at Jay Leno's studio. Take a look at Latest Breaking News

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Rhiannon12866

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Fri Jul-27-07 12:04 AM
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8. I heard him say that and Jay had him announce it first on the show.

He said he hadn't even told his family yet. Jay got an even bigger announcement than he anticipated, but I think it worked to Michael Moore's advantage, since it was a very sympathetic and positive interview (after that unpleasant interview with Blitzer...:-( )and Jay gave him lots of time. WTF is Bush*'s problem now?! But Michael Moore was right on the ball, asking if they didn't have more important things to do?!:grr:

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sendero

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Fri Jul-27-07 07:26 AM
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13. This subpeona..

... is going to backfire on Bush in a big way.

Let me get this straight, we can't get staffers to come to congress to answer important questions, but we have time for THIS.

They are really losing their grip. Seriously.

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malaise

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Fri Jul-27-07 07:51 AM
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15. I dare Bush to go after Michael Moore

I fugging dare him.

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Vanje

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Fri Jul-27-07 07:20 AM
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12. Diid you hear the audience?

They were wild about Mike!

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Celebration

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Fri Jul-27-07 07:49 AM
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14. Before the 2000 election

All Jay Leno did was talk about the number of death penalty cases in Texas--non-stop, every single night. Catholic background.

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The Backlash Cometh

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Fri Jul-27-07 07:58 AM
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16. I don't care for Jay Leno. He definitely

wasn't in the Democrat's camp when it counted during the Clinton years. And the funny thing about a subpoena is that they have to know where you'll be in order to serve you. So the question is, did Jay Leno know beforehand that the server would come? This is something that can easily be determined. Who let them in? Were they advised by someone on the set that they would come?

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lpbk2713

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Fri Jul-27-07 08:19 AM
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18. Don't give Leno and NBC too much credit. It's all about ratings.

And ratings is all about money.

Even the RWers were tuned in just to see what was being said.

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antigop

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Fri Jul-27-07 09:01 AM
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19. Leno's wife Mavis has been an activist for women's rights in Afghanistan

http://uwnews.washington.edu/ni/article.asp?articleID=2360

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For the last five years Mavis Leno has used her status as an author and celebrity wife to bring attention to the plight of women under the Taliban rule.

Leno will speak about the restoration of women's rights in post-Taliban Afghanistan in a lecture at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 26 at Town Hall, 6th and Seneca.
>>

Jay mentioned this on his show before and called his wife liberal.

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