JoeScarboroughKilledHisIntern.com & Michael Moore

[kainah]

Yesterday, "Democracy Now" broadcast a Michael Moore talk at a San Francisco college last Monday (Oct 20). He started talking about how Joe Scarborough had a show called "Michael Moore Hates America." Moore, of course, was outraged. So he began researching Joe Scarborough on the web and, of course, soon found the story of Lori Klausitis (sp?), Joe Scarborough's young female employee, who was found dead on the floor of his office during Scarborough's last few weeks in Congress. DUers will know this story, of course, but Moore at least pretended to have only recently learned of it.

In any case, Moore went on a rant about how Scarborough's show wasn't entitled "Does Michael Moore Hate America?" as a debatable question but rather "Michael Moore Hates America" as an irrefutable truth. Therefore, after Moore discovered the dead intern story, he bought the domain name JoeScarboroughKilledHisIntern.com and that it should be on-line within a couple weeks. (I just checked and got an "under development" page but I also checked it under domain registries and the domain name is not available.)

It sounded as though Michael was trying to bait Scarborough into the same kind of legal hysteria O'Reilly indulged in against Al Franken. In any case, I think this is a GREAT development & we need to get this website spread around when it appears so that Scarborough won't be able to ignore it.

yet another :toast: to Michael Moore.

[David Zephyr]

1. JoeScarboroughKilledHisIntern.com

Ha!

[arcane1]

2. lol, GET 'Em, MIKE!!

:toast:

fight fire with goddamn FIRE, man!

[tabasco]

3. The perfect crime?

Maybe.

[Sesquipedalian]

4. The truth is 100% defense against libel..

If Scarborough isn't suing it should raise some red flags.

[tinanator]

9. no it isnt

not lately. I believe the SCOTUS disallowed free and honest speech on the oped pages a few years ago. Telling the truth can get you sued for libel. If Im not mistaken.

[Philostopher]

5. Domain record, courtesy 'whois'

Domain Name: JOESCARBOROUGHKILLEDHISINTERN.COM

Administrative Contact:
Schankula, David (24718067I) [e-mail]
Dog Eat Dog Films
331 W 57 St
Box #201
New York, NY 10019
US

[SoCalDem]

6. Better late , than never, Mike

It's stuff like this that really makes me mad.. "Our side" seems to always get into the fray too late to matter.. This stuff should have been done WHEN IT HAPPENED....NOT 3 YEARS LATER..

We were all over it, here at DU, and it went NOWHERE in the mainstream press.. it was a ho-hum..move along issue..

They are like this with EVERYSTINKING thing that happens to be republican-related..

[kainah]

7. Lori Klausutis informational websites

No doubt some of our newbies will know nothing of this story so I did a quick search. The correct spelling of her names is Lori Klausutis and these sites will give you the background:

http://www.americanpolitics.com/20010808Klausutis.html

The truthout series:

http://www.truthout.org/docs_01/01.05B.Klausutis.1.p.htm
http://www.truthout.org/docs_01/01.06B.Klausutis.2.htm
http://www.truthout.org/docs_01/01.07B.Klausutis.3.htm

http://www.whoseflorida.com/lori_klausutis.htm

http://www.justgivemesometruth.org/from_the_pub/07_27_01.htm

http://www.makethemaccountable.com/floyd/010817_HushHush.htm

Or do your own google search. There's plenty out there.....

[tinanator]

8. MICHAELMOOREKILLEDOFFICERFAULKNER.COM

It appalls me to say it, but Michael really does have his head up his ass. No doubt he is fully qualified and talented enough to ridicule the media monkeys and corporate frontmen, but, he DOES NOT have the right to judge Mumia "guilty" (particularly in light of the currently available information including sworn confessions from the actual killer), and make that proclamation publicly in such a way that it might influence other impressionable and equally uninformed minds.
When I heard his grade school prank reply to Scarborough's hate speech, it occurred to me I may have to buy this domain name and ridicule one stupid white man in particular. He has no exuse for what he has done, it is only a matter of time before anyone that mediocre cuts off their other leg(s) and has nothing left to stand on.

[pretzel4gore]

11. cmon tin...

we're all being run ragged by the busheviki, and Mike's an organization ferchrissake!

[tinanator]

12. he's an evil fuck!

;)
Hey, what he said was stupid, possibly racist. At first, I refused to believe it was true that he said such a thing. He needs to make amends. He needs to show the honesty and responsibility that he wants to hold others accountable for. It isnt my outrage that will weaken his influence, it will be his own missteps. Justice for all, or you got nothin.

[ShaneGR]

13. Dude, you need to chill

Mumia was guilty.

[tinanator]

14. prove it

talks cheap. Congratulations though, thats the most ignorant statement I have ever heard.

[RetroLounge]

20. thats the most ignorant statement I have ever heard???

Then you need to get in the GD forum more often :)

[nostamj]

10. scarborough is a parody of scum

an impossible figure w/o the perversions of Rush/Faux/BushCo

[rasputin1952]

15. The Klasutis death needs to be investigated fully...

it never was, and if a body were found in my place of business, you can be pretty sure there would be an awful lot of questions.

While I do not like Scarborough, or any of his rantings, it seems toi me that he basically got a ride on this one. He was a known carouser, and tht in itself should have raised red flags. He may very well be innocent of anything that happened, but without an investigation, the famiy of Klasutis will never know the truth.

:kick:

[kainah]

16. The hypocrisy of his treatment

at the same time that Gary Condit was being hounded relentlessly over a missing intern is staggering.

And Scarborough made a very quick and unexpected departure from Congress. Why was that?

Yes, there is much that should be investigated in this case.

[kainah]

17. kick

[grasswire]

18. dang

She wasn't his intern. She was an aide. So it should be joescarboroughkilledhisaide.com. To be accurate.

[tinanator]

19. accuracy entirely optional i guess?

To think I doubted his detractors. To hear his (MM's) story, you would think he was pretty ignorant NOT to know Scarborough's history long before MSNBC repaid his Floridian efforts with a program. Hope they are letting him spend more time with his family? Or did he mean in divorce court?

[DWright]

21. She WAS a paid staffer

not an intern. But what the hell, I say. The intern reference will remind people of Condit/Levy. Since I wrote several stories on this I sent an email to MMoore's admin offering my help.