Michael Moore interview (2 of 4) John Mccain sold his soul

KING: Polls continue to show that Obama has trouble with working class, small town, ethnic voters -- the kind of people that you grew up with and know well. What's his problem?
MICHAEL MOORE: See, I don't believe that. I just -- I don't believe that that's true. I think that maybe in some of the states, they might have voted for Hillary over Obama...But if you ask any working class, middle class person these days, are you enjoying paying $4 for a gallon of gas, are you enjoying seeming to have less money than you had eight years ago, do you like the fact that a gallon of milk now costs more than what it did at the beginning of this year?

I mean you go to the -- I mean, I don't know if you've been to the grocery store lately, Larry, but the price of everything right down to the dog food seems to have gone up in just the last few months...This is affecting people. And I think that a lot of people will vote for Obama, even though they don't necessarily like everything about him maybe, or they certainly don't want to become a Democrat. But they want to get rid of the old wrench that isn't working and try the new wrench.

KING: What do you make of John McCain? Is he the same John McCain as in the year 2000?
MOORE: No, he's definitely changed. It's kind of sad, really. He did seem to stand for one or two things that seemed to be the right thing and -- but he sold his soul to get elected this year. I don't know how that feels inside of somebody who's done that. I don't know if I want that person leading the country -- somebody who will say anything just to get what he wants. That's really kind of a scary proposition in your leader -- somebody who's willing to do that.

So I don't know. I just -- I feel bad. And he -- when I was there at the Republican Convention four years ago, he didn't know I was up there in the press box above him. And the crowd went kind of crazy. And, you know, "Fahrenheit 911" had just come out. And the Republicans were all just berserk because, you know, I dared to show what was really going on with this war very early on, before a lot of the mainstream media was covering it. And they were just ballistic about it.

But, you know, that was then and this is now. Right now, two- thirds of the country is against this war. Two-thirds of the country, you know, wants a change. And, you know, hopefully things are going to turnout OK.

But I just -- I don't know what to say about John McCain, other than he's -- he will continue the policies of George W. Bush...It's been said a million times. I don't need to say it again, that he's, you know, voted with him 90 percent of the time...McCain has offered no new solutions [except] to raise these guys' taxes. You know, these guys -- some of these guys, as I said, are UAW members. So their health insurance is paid for by the company.

McCain wants to raise their taxes. He wants to tax their health care benefits. He wants to put that into the pool of money that will then go to his health care plan and provide $5,000 for a year's premium for a family, for the people that don't have health insurance -- which, of course, anybody watching this knows if they don't have health insurance at home and they've tried to get a premium, the average cost is $12,000 a year for a family.

So that won't do anything. He's going to raise their taxes. He's going to tax their health benefits. It's absolutely crazy.

KING: What factor do you think -- and this would have to be an educated guess -- what factor will race play?
MOORE: None is what I'd like to say.
KING: You think nobody is going to walk into a ballot -- nobody's going to walk in and vote against Obama because he's black?
MOORE: No. Well, if they do that, then I don't know. Are they American? Is that the American thing to do? Are they Christian? Jewish? Who are these people that would do such a thing? Is that really going to happen, I mean really? Do we have Americans who would behave that way? Do we have Christians that would behave that way? I -- boy, I don't know.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0809/05/lkl.01.html

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[peteagassi]

I voted for Bush, and I see Moore's point. I'm now voting Obama. The Republicans have their heads so far up their asses. It's time for change. Real change. We need another wrench. Obama 08!

[IH8Palin]

Kudos from Detroit MI! Love ya Mike right on :)

[peteagassi]

@HarvirBraich Actually my step cousin who I have 8 children with told me to. Because I'm a redneck idiot.

[HarvirBraich]

@peteagassi i cant believe you voted for Bush...did your media tell you to

[adreamer789]

it's not about the wrench, it's about the time waisting with the wrench..

[jackhammer0925]

why do people like you always have to say stupid shit listen its its important true shit grow up

[Falloutmoon]

Then we'll know it was as bad as the old one...Until then, it's worth the try...

[Kalafut42]

Micheal moore eats to many fatty foods.

and got beat with the stupid stick way to many times

[htezerdi]

genuises like this are portrait as evil people in the united states of dumb people

[DefendUSA08]

what scares me about moore is that when he gets sick from all the pizza he's been eating the health care cost is going to be as large as his ass.

[timmyj2008]

Yep, because this is a communo-dictatatorship in which the president hold the ultimate power...Oh, and you're watching Michael Moore, the most radical left-wing person with a camera, are you fucking serious???