(In light of this, I suspect that we won't see Michael Moore getting on his hands and knees to beg Nader not to run in 2008.)
Washington Post, Friday, June 22, 2007; A05 Moore Says Weinstein Wanted Clinton Scene Cut By Politics Michael Moore is getting a lot of mileage out of the hit he takes on Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) in his provocative new movie "Sicko," which made its Washington premiere Wednesday night at the Uptown theater. Moore said after the premiere that movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, a personal friend and supporter of the Clintons whose company financed the film, "begged" him to remove a scene exposing Hillary Clinton as the second-highest recipient of campaign donations from the health-care industry. "I said, 'No, Harvey. I gotta do the right thing.' He understood." Moore said he didn't know whether the Clintons asked Weinstein to make the call. The film describes her as "sexy" and "sassy" as photos of Clinton over the years are splashed on the screen. After her health-care overhaul plan failed, Clinton went "silent" -- as Moore put it -- on the need for health-care changes. And then she began raking in the dough -- big time -- from the industry when she started running for office. Clinton's campaign had no comment on Weinstein's attempt to have the scene removed. -- Mary Ann Akers
