Moore shows a clip of CNN legal commentator Jeffrey Toobin saying that if ballots had been recounted in Florida after the 2000 presidential vote saying: Moore [narrating]: And even if numerous independent investigations prove that Gore got the most votes — Toobin: If there was a statewide recount, under every scenario, Gore won the election. […]
Category: Fahrenheit 9/11
Director Michael Moore portrays President Bush as derelict in his duty as president during a montage alleging “George Bush spent the rest of August at the ranch where life was less complicated.” False. The President was in Texas from August 7-13 and 21-25. The rest of the month was spent traveling to New Mexico, Colorado, […]
Moore assess Bush’s entrance into the presidency as follows: “No President had ever witnessed such a thing on his inauguration day. And for the next eight months it didn’t get any better for George W. Bush.” He proceeds to make the following charges: “He couldn’t get his judges appointed;” False. When Jim Jeffords left the […]
Fahrenheit 911 begins on election night 2000 where Al Gore is on stage at a Florida rally with a banner reading “Florida Victory.” While this creates the impression that Gore was celebrating his victory in Florida, the really actually took in the early hours of election day, before polls had even opened. Gore returned to […]