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To: stockman_scott who wrote (28307)	9/20/2003 5:17:45 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 89467

Michael Moore supports Gen. Wesley Clark - a stand up kind of guy: Moore said after the Oscar audience booed his acceptance speech, in which he blasted as "fictitious reasons" Bush's rationale for going to war in Iraq, Clark came to his defence on national television: Filmmaker Michael Moore is gunning for Wesley Clark September 20, 2003 smh.com.au Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore, known as a tough critic of President George W Bush, globalisation's downside and the culture of arms, wants a new man in the White House: Democrat Wesley Clark. In a letter that begins "Dear General Wesley Clark", of which AFP obtained a copy, Moore encourages the retired general to press hard to win the Democratic Party's nod. Moore said after the Oscar audience booed his acceptance speech, in which he blasted as "fictitious reasons" Bush's rationale for going to war in Iraq, Clark came to his defence on national television. "You seem to be a man of integrity. You seem not afraid to speak the truth. I liked your answer when you were asked your position on gun control: "If you are the type of person who likes assault weapons, there is a place for you -- the United States Army. We have them," the letter said. Moore hailed Clark's support for affirmative action programs at universities, his opposition to Bush's tax cut scheme, he support for abortion rights and for privacy concerns in the president's "war on terror". advertisement advertisement "And you oppose war. You have said that war should always be the 'last resort' and that it is military men such as yourself who are the most for peace because it is you and your soldiers who have to do the dying," Moore said. "You may be the person who can defeat George W Bush in next year's election," he added. AFP