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Michael Moore Tells Jay Leno He's Been Subpoenaed By The Bush Administration

July 27th, 2007 9:52am EDT Post a comment

Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Michael Moore announced that the Bush Administration has subpoenaed him in the wake of his recent trip to Cuba on the July 26 episode of NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (Monday-Friday, 11:35 p.m. - 12:37 a.m. ET).

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Fri Jul 27 2007 14:58:11 By: hkluge1432 (

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Thanks to Moore, for keeping those in power a bit uncomfortable and making us think outside the box.

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Fri Jul 27 2007 15:35:31 By: chailey (

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Mr. Leno,
I am currently in the appelate court in orange county fighting blue sheild of Calf. We have been fighting them for 6 yrs. for canceling our insurance after my husband had a terrible accident. The LA times has done a story on us and I realy need to get in touch with MR. Moore. Our case # is g035579. Cindy and Steve hailey vs Blue sheild. Please help me.

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Fri Jul 27 2007 16:20:09 By: Tom Sizemore (

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I'm sure Mr. Moore is eagerly monitoring this news article's Comments page and will be contacting you shortly chailey.

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Fri Jul 27 2007 17:41:02 By: Anji (

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chailey - i wouldnt' get my hopes up on Mr. Leno or Mr. Moore reading this blog....but good luck to you and your case!
As for Moore - I agree with hkluge1432 - kudos to Moore for making the pres and his puppeteers quake in their sh*t covered cowboy boots...

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Fri Jul 27 2007 18:58:54 By: tyvek (

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Perhaps Cindy and Steve Hailey should to a GIS for Michael Moore to find his website about Sicko.
Or they could simply do the following:
Send your health care horror story to your member of congress (be sure to CC michael@michaelmoore.com) or pay them a house call to let them know how you feel.
You can find out "Moore" here:
http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/what-can-i-do/
Gotta love the Bush Administration. Let's pardon a criminal and attempt to punish someone for bringing us his version of the truth.

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Fri Jul 27 2007 19:18:49 By: chiostar (

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SCREW THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION! THEY'RE JUST PIST BECAUSE SOMEONE IS TELLING THE TRUTH! MOORE IS DOING THE RIGHT THING AND TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE! ALL I CAN SAY IS X@@##! BUSH AND HIS ADMINISTRATION!

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Fri Jul 27 2007 19:28:55 By: Cartman (

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Michael Moore is a hobbit and GW is the Devil

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Fri Jul 27 2007 20:21:00 By: duckofdeath (

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asshats! this windbag is nothing but a bunch of half truths.

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Fri Jul 27 2007 20:48:30 By: Anji (

1985)
Who you talking about Duck? Bush? I totally agree!

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Fri Jul 27 2007 20:52:08 By: Fried Chicken (

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This Moore guy always struck me as a grandstanding ham whos only motive was to put himself in the spotlight. But I have changed that view since seeing Sicko. At this point I actually think that he is trying to use his documentary powers for good. To show people how corrupt and contrived our government and society has become. His cuba stunt was well done and powerfully illustrates how skrewed up things really are... it goes without saying that Bush is a tool for wasting more American dollars to Subpoena Moore for a film that highlights the corruption and imbalance in our health care system. Sometimes the end does justify the means, lets see where this goes.

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Fri Jul 27 2007 21:10:57 By: Anji (

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And you know, Fried Chicken, 11% of Sicko's box office sales on August 11 will be donated to help those workers from 9/11 and other workers who need help. I'm going to see it again on that day. Funny, I think this "unwarranted" subpoena is going to only help market the movie. Good!

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Fri Jul 27 2007 21:35:04 By: truth bites, right d (

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If he's supporting every statement with facts, there is nothing anyone can do but SHUT UP. it's called FREEDOM.

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Fri Jul 27 2007 21:50:51 By: Anji (

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RIght - he should just claim executive privilege. isn't that what the bush administration always does?

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Sat Jul 28 2007 03:38:59 By: OJJB (

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I think instead of 11% on one day. perhaps all of it should go to the workers. I mean if he really, really cares!

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Sat Jul 28 2007 05:05:01 By: UR527JH (

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This fat sicko freak is just a pinky, liberal, communist piece of crap. All this bull X@@##! about the prisoners is a farce! He is pro Al Queda & anti U.S., which is why he is being subpoenaed (spell check). He is a traitor to our wonderful country & he should be banished to Cuba if he likes it so much. These liberal communists should be sent back to the 3rd world w/ all the wet backs!

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Sat Jul 28 2007 22:26:02 By: dfxdeimos (

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UR527JH,
Wow, its a good thing that someone like you with the intelligence of a rock probably doesn't even know how to drive to the voting booth.
People like you and GWB are the ones who HATE America because you don't think that we should protect its most vulnerable citizens.
My only solace is that as information availability and awareness spread you and your ignorant country hick kind will slowly become less and less relevant until you are just another lunatic fringe group.
You need to examine your soul and look at where the truth lies. Just because you have been stupid enough so far to buy into all of the Republican's half truths and whole lies doesn't mean its not too late to save you.
GWB and his master Cheney are the ones that need to be banished from this country because they have proven time after time that they hate both the poor and those who seek to enlighten everyone to the truth.
This administration's rise to power was a fluke, and the liberal transformation of America and the world will go on as scheduled. After all, reality has a well known liberal bias.

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Mon Jul 30 2007 14:59:55 By: Anji (

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Wow! UR527JH - you're an idiot.

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Mon Jul 30 2007 15:08:46 By: savage (

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I agree UR527JH is an idiot.

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Mon Jul 30 2007 19:04:41 By: Widowed1 (

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And so it goes, everytime a Republican gets into power the people suffer.
If our government is allowed to censure Michael Moore, who would be next, and when they run out of the loudest of our "free speakers" they will start in on the ones that do not yell so loud, the ones like UR527JH that hide behind their fears, and on and on until there is no one left to speak up against them and they reign, unopposed. And in the meantime, they will take away our Constitutional rights to defend ourselves so that when they install the "police state" they will have no opposition. So go ahead UR527JH, help them to enslave our entire nation, then let us hear how you defend our wardens.
Even if we do not agree with Mr Moore, we should defend his right to speak out in his own fashion.

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Tue Jul 31 2007 08:11:00 By: jujubee (

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Ah-Duh????? Micheal Moore and all of his followers need to clean the crap out and replace their brains....if they ever had one! What is with you people??! My 11 year old son has more brains than you guys! The Clintons were in office for 8 years, which was plenty of time to put their so called health care program into action. What the hell are they passing the buck off to the Bush administration for? The reason it wouldn't go through is because the Clinton's program was in no way possible a workable issue. If it was such a great idea, why didn't congress pass the damn thing? Also, you are listening to a guy {Micheal Moore} who has such mental problems that he couldn't find his X@@##! with both hands! Bush is a HUMANITARIAN. He cares about Americans, and also others in this world who need our help. Why shouldn't we help people who are being terrorized by people like Saddam Hussein and others like him?! I just can't understand how people with any conscience can just sit back and allow people to be tortured, murdered, raped, etc. and not help them when we have the means to do it. There are so many innocent children, men, and women that need our help. Most every one of our soldiers will tell you that they are glad to be over there helping. They see first hand how bad it is and that they are doing people good.America is getting so selfish about not wanting to help others in need. Moore is misleading and twists the facts around. He is a slob and should be put in the pen!

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Tue Jul 31 2007 16:34:31 By: savage (

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jujubee,
You have an 11 year old I can't believe it, well you must have had him pretty young, because you sound about as young & dumb as they come. "Bush is a HUMANITARIAN" wake up and smell your butt, dummy.

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Tue Jul 31 2007 16:39:17 By: Cartman (

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LMFAO! Holy crap, thanks for the laugh jujubee! Your statements are hilariously delusional. My favorite part was:
"Bush is a HUMANITARIAN. He cares about Americans, and also others in this world who need our help."
LOL!

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Tue Jul 31 2007 16:53:06 By: Squints (

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jujubee: "I just can't understand how people with any conscience can just sit back and allow people to be tortured, murdered, raped, etc. and not help them when we have the means to do it."
Okay, see what the president is doing to help Darfur, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Tibet...
Here's a hint: Nothing. Although now that all of these celebs are bringing up Darfur, it's suddenly very high on the White House's list.

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Tue Jul 31 2007 20:53:14 By: GLENDAE48 (

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I HAVEN'T READ ANYTHING IN THESE COMMENTS THAT ADDRESSES THE ISSUE OF HIS TRIP TO CUBA.
ALL I AM READING ,FOR THE MOST PART, ARE THE CONTINUOUS SLAMS ON THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION THAT ARE FEEDING MOORE'S EGO AND DEMOCRATIC MOTIVES IN MAKING GEORGE W. LOOK BAD. MICHAEL MOORE'S RAMPAGE IS NOTHING SHORT OF COMUNISTIC AND EVIL IN MY OPINION. I WOULD VOTE FOR GEORGE W. AGAIN IF HE COULD RUN!

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Thu Aug 2 2007 02:19:28 By: Felix Lassiter (

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Ha Ha Michael Moore is Bushtose intolerant

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Thu Aug 2 2007 15:19:01 By: savage (

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Glendae 48,
It's your opinion as you stated. I happen to have the same opinion about George W. Bush, he is an evil person.
P.S. I'm happy that he can't run again, because people like you would vote for him!

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Thu Aug 2 2007 22:02:44 By: just asking (

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to bad there is no test to pass for sanity before some of these delusional freaks vote.
Moore certainly makes you think. It made me review my medical insurance at work and I suggest that we all take a look and ask some real questions and get the answers now before it comes time for the insurance companies to put up or send you into a tailspin of financial distress.

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Fri Aug 3 2007 06:29:20 By: simplemind (

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GLENDAE48 - George W. does enough to make himself look bad, Moore doesn't have to do it.
His trip to Cuba was ballsy, for sure, but don't you think it's a little weird that an entire country is banned from American thought except to hate it. You don't feel at all badly that the U.S. government is forbidding you to visit a country, yet exploits its culture daily. The music of Havana is all over the U.S., having grown from the pockets of Cuban immigration in the south to be a part of songs in popular culture. And Cuban cigars! They have to be smuggled into the country, but everybody wants one. Even Governor Schwarzenegger went out of his way to buy a Cuban cigar when he visited Canada earlier this year.
To me, it just feels like the U.S. government is stripping rights away from their own people. Shouldn't people be allowed to choose, and not have their right to choose taken away, even if it's just about Cuba?
It's fair to say most Americans wouldn't choose to anyway, so I say kudos to Moore for showing yet again he won't be censored by the government on an issue they have no right to censor the public on!

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Sat Aug 4 2007 08:16:23 By: Navanrose (

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I (PERSONALLY) know Michael Moore. He is a giant blowhole of a man. I was an entertainment exec.at Warner Bros. when he had his deal there, writing the script for that CANADIAN BACON. Yes, Moore makes one think with his documentaries. But he inevitably screws up his own films, either with the film itself, or through his publicity or political efforts because he's not AS INTELLIGENT AS HE THINKS HE IS! I don't mean to hurt feelings, but THERE IS A REASON WHY PEOPLE ASPIRE TO GET A HIGHER EDUCATION, AND OLD MICHAEL MOORE (HE IS GETTING ON IN YEARS--HE'S A BABY BOOMER, BORN IN THE 1950'S!) The point is Mikey didn't attend college (Aw, poor Mikey!) He manages to save up $10,000 to make ROGER AND ME (from weekly BINGO and other sundry efforts) but doesn't have the brains to get financial aid to attend college? In the 1970's, after the Vietnam War Draft? (He must be SOME GENIUS!)
When people manage to attend and graduate from college, they have every right to be proud of that accomplishment because they have received: (c'mon everybody!) A COLLEGE EDUCATION! Sure, F*CK ME, COS MICHAEL has made SO MANY FILMS, got an ACADEMY AWARD, is INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN, won an AWARD AT CANNES (I speak French; do you?) NOW G.W.BUSH PERSONALLY IS HUNTING HIM. HE'S STILL AN UNEDUCATED BOHUNK FROM FLINT, MICHIGAN WHO ASKED ME TO JOIN HIM IN HIS HOTTUB WHILE HIS WIFE KATHLEEN WAS OUT OF TOWN IN THE SUMMER OF 1993!

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