Michael Moore on Countdown with Keith Olbermann

Michael Moore discusses his blitz on Wolf Blitzer and George's War that is quickly becoming the Democrats' War. Why are we there? When will it stop? Help us answer these questions and more at www.michaelmoore.com/ .

[@dan3232]

Olberman is one of the only true reporters out there - great commentary and one of the only guys with the moxy to stand up to the media responsibility. Great show! Keep up the great work!

[@OneoftheImmortals]

Michael Moore has lost 30 pounds in three months and is doing his best. He walks 1/2 to an hour a day. He, like most Americans, has a major weight problem and now realizes he has to take it off in a healthy way and set an example for the rest of Americans. Michael is fully aware how important it is to strive to be healthy. Keep it up Michael. Good Luck!

[@unknownunknowns]

Yes, thank God he is, and people should strive to be like him. My dad is pretty active around the house by doing it himself first and then if he finds he can't do it himself then has asks for other people's help. I mean he (not a mechanic) does simple tasks like change the oil. You can actually save a ton of money and time by learning how to do these tasks. This can be why he doesn't complain about the price of his prescriptions.

[@ArloGuthrieRSR]

Michael, This is a great interview you did with Kieth. Arlo and I watch him every night! We really appreciate what you do. JG

[@tylertyler82]

Michael Moore is great, he is a great American. Thank you MM!!

[@blackgirlnerdsBGN]

It's so interesting to see so many comments criticizing Michael Moore. I would like to see someone have the balls to stand up the the flawed administration leading this country. His films are not propaganda, they're the harsh realities of this elitist system that we live in where the rich only get richer and the poor always gets poorer.

[@marcelosinico]

Michael Moore... When just one man makes the difference.

[@sonofjabba]

Thanks For posting this I missed it Last night. Michael Moore is the man!

[@michaelarmijo4112]

Lol he's anything but a man.

[@eretzsus]

Michael Moore should run for president and bring his ideas to the debate. I would vote for this man and I feel that he is a true American patriot .

[@Boricua9215]

Michael Moore for Congress!

[@CheapRobot]

mike moore is becoming my favorite reason to come to this website. love these clips.

[@NoGuff]

"You sought to minimize the impact of death" Again, thanks for attributing a meaning to my message that was not intended. I didn't seek to "minimize the impact" of each casualty, but rather to understand their impact as part of the military strategy in the context of other conflicts and other losses. Sorry, if its too difficult for you to understand, maybe we should just move on.

[@LILVOKA]

Thanks Michael Moore. The American patriot!

[@edisonoside]

I like Olbermann, He is so informed and well spoken and backs what he says with checked and studied facts..Unlike some "other" commentators.

[@ThailandKyle]

Actually, I think Olberman is perhaps the most brilliant person I have ever seen on t.v. or heard on radio. On top of the knowledge he gives on MSNBC, he is an amazing sports historian. Especially on baseball. And of course, a true patriot!

[@aleterra]

Michael Moore should run for the presidency

[@Budvb]

For myself, becoming aware of Ron Paul has changed my view of the world. I always knew that things were not right but did not know why. Now I know about the Federal Reserve, debt-based money, the principles of individual liberty, the perils of collectivism, government and corruption etc. Now I spend my spare time and money studying, practicing and teaching these principles. Wake up Americans and take back your country! Ron Paul for President 2008!

[@theatro46]

Keith Olbermann is the voice of Truth in a ball-less Media!

[@JauriAragon]

Michael More !! you are the bomb , rocks big time , awesome Movie , everyone need to see it and woke up

[@dickyco2]

Michael Moore a great American. Free health care a Great British way of life.

[@navyboydjray]

Michael Moore is just a great American that uses his right of free speech to voice his oppinons. I may not agree with him 100%, but he makes a great argument. I do feel he is 90% right.

[@NoGuff]

pie - Thank you, Michael Moore.

[@boo1312]

Michael Moore is a bad ass!

[@unknownunknowns]

Tell me why we need Michael Moore's healthcare.

[@stihlman37]

Thanks!

[@PackedFunk]

Listen to Mike! He was right-on before about Walter Reed & Iraq's WMD! He's has proven to be right, so listen!!!

[@lynx234]

Thanks for posting this, mmflint! ;D

[@grecoj2]

Countdown is my favorite new show

[@cancergrrrl]

Keith and Michael on a split screen: heaven.

[@michaelarmijo4112]

Homo's.

[@Picardy]

I'm also Canadian. Our medical needs are taken care of, with a small fee paid by each citizen per month deducted from paycheques. If a person works in a job where benefits aren't included, they pay that amount themselves to our medical services. Either way, it works. Believe me, as a 49 year old that's lived in Canada all my life, the government has not tried to "take over" any of our rights, human or otherwise. It's not about "taking over", it's about taking care of. Cheers!

[@NoGuff]

"dividing the world into good and evil isn't that easy" THERE! You just qualified your answer to the initial question! See! I knew you couldn't do it. I just knew it. You're complete answer is now "Yes, but dividing the world into good and evil isn't that easy." My work here is done.

[@stihlman37]

Right On Brother!

[@arandjr4ever]

Michael Moore is spot-on. In addition, people MUST begin to take more responsibility for their health, i.e have self control and don't eat that donut, leave the junk food on the store shelf! Quit the butts! Obesity and smoking account for many of our health problems. Don't need to turn off the TV -- just stick in an aerobics DVD instead! Every person is responsible for his/her health and that of their children. Good health begins at home!

[@Aerolight1]

I am totally looking foward to watching the movie Sicko this weekend with my whole family. :-)

[@reefseeker]

I just spent 3 days in the Hospital, I buy my own insurance and pay for everyone in my company. After these 3 days I can tell you first hand that at least half of the patients that I met in there didn't have any insurance, and commanded every little thing like they were kings and queens. I was discussed, the guy next to me owned apartments and was doing business on the phone for the whole time I was there. Social workers came in, hospital help, endless people to give him everything for free.

[@NoGuff]

"I'll disagree out of hand, provide no sources" hanshiro - I thought you weren't bothering with me anymore? I love how you intentionally apply a different meaning to messages. Do I really need to supply sources when I say the news networks don't sponsor all debates, but merely broadcast them? Give it a rest.

[@NoGuff]

All I can tell you is what I saw, on that broadcast, at that time, that's whey they said. There's a really good joke that went around during the recession of '91. A guy applies to McDonalds. The manager says "I see you've got a Masters in Geology." The guy replies "yes, I know I'm overqualified, but I really need the work." He's told "I wish I could help you, all our Geologists have PhD's."

[@spyguythesamurai]

@eugene1926 You, my friend, are a good breed of intelligent America. I can tell you love America by how much you wish to improve the country itself. Thank you for being intelligent, and please instruct others as to what you know as well. God bless.

[@chockiemoo]

None of Moores videos have ever been shown on mainstream US television. They have been shown here in Canada many many times. What are the networks afraid of?

[@stoptherightwing]

For many years now I have been selling auto, home and business insurance. I don't write health insurance but I am so afraid to come in each and every day because I know one of my longtime customers might call and tell me they can't pay for their insurance anymore. It's not losing the business that frustrates me, it's what's happenening to all income levels, except the filthy rich. If I could, I would pay the bills for them. Michael, keep up the good work, ride those RIGHT WING freaks shows.

[@NoGuff]

"What do you know of Europe?" Enough to know that I prefer living here, in the most free nation on Earth.

[@DonKE3]

Keith is gangsta! This guy and Moore speak nothing but the truth.

[@raf747]

Recommend this video and the movie SICKO (I saw it yesterday) to all Americans and residents in the USA. Both of them are a good sample of what a reporter and a Good movie maker should do when many of its fellow citizens are suffering unnecessarily... Michael Moore you are my hero

[@RustyCyler]

Great reply ad3543 !

[@NoGuff]

"I don't remember anything about Hillary" --But at the same time you tell ME I don't know anything, and you try to tell ME I've got it all wrong and you have all the answers. Friend, I don't know how you get out of THAT hole!

[@NoGuff]

mech - You're absolutely right.

[@chiefkc26]

Where did you find they were ranked higher than us? I'm just curious where you got that from?

[@jackshaw6793]

a health problem that I can't get resolved because my doctor refuses to send me to a specialist and I believe it's because of the EOY bonus.Something has to be done to help people fight the greedy insurance and pharmaceutical companies who are killing our people. Go Michael Moore and anyone else with the guts to speak up.

[@onebluestone]

could you suggest one source of information? I would to check it out.

[@Ch28Kid]

Michael Moors FTW! Sicko best movie out there and I support him!

[@drlemur]

Finally some sane media.

[@idiotsinc]

Its good to see Americans debating these issues. Maybe making sure the homeland is right before imposing their will on the rest of the world would be beneficial. I have never been able to understand why the US doesnt have universal health care, were trying to go the US way in Australia and to be honest it sux hard core.

[@drews]

Thanks Castor, I will. I'm glad I have now gotten to meet yet another one of the lesions on our country that just keeps festering and leaching while providing absolutely nothing in return.

[@NoGuff]

"Say what?" --English, do you read it? "I did live for a time in Massachusetts" means ?" --Means exactly that, and as a joke, because in case you're not boned up on things, MA is one of our more socialized states.

[@watchulla]

These guy know what they are talking about they are not blind. They are real!!!!

[@mjc1027]

I am british and moved to america in 2001....after digging my heels for 6 years of hard work....yes real work...it was impossible to get ahead so came back to europe....i make double now what i made in america...its not the land of opportunity anymore.

[@NoGuff]

"what sets this man apart in your mind?" I don't agree with him on everything (especially immigration and border security), but here it is: He is honestly on this country's side (unlike Liberals). He has a strong moral center (unlike Liberals). He knows the job of President doesn't mean constantly changing your mind based on the results of weekly focus groups (unlike Liberals). He knows the consequences of inaction, and of failure (unlike Liberals). Satisfied?

[@winterflame1965]

Thanks Mike! Was a very invormative movie! So sad for the USA.

[@unknownunknowns]

No, but my mom did have breast cancer and she survived. She still feels pretty happy in that does complain that she wished she would not a have suffered from it. When you suffer from it, the key is to have an optimistic attitude.

[@PackedFunk]

bobalu10, you are a classic!

[@mozzmanau]

Wait till you get sick and you will know its the TRUTH hahahaha, so glad i live in Australia.

[@strewthmate]

How bout Congress authorizes the 3 former Surgeon Generals (who just testified before their Oversight and Government Reform Committee) to come up with a report on how to best implement a single pay universal health care system for ALL Americans. Way to go Keith and Michael, you give me hope that the once great USA will renew itself.

[@jensenium]

I feel so sorry for Americans and how they're getting bent over by the big drug companies and 'medical insurance' companies. Here in Canada, you just walk in to a doctor, show them your Care Card, get fixed, and go home and absolutely no bills. Like my dad used to say - "They're so far behind, they think they're in first place."

[@wilburjr]

Both of these guys are telling the truth. Truth is an ever-dwindling commodity in this 'free trade' society that we now have. Please view searchword wilburjr-thanks.

[@drews]

The reason why we created a government was to give our country permanence, and to give our people a collective voice through a system that would have the power to answer the requests of its people. The government is still supposed to be there to help us, not just themselves That strong free market better be coming with citizens that strong ethics and morals, or it will just revert right back to the few having more than the many again.

[@mechanicalhornbird]

Supraspd, that is false. Canadians get seen just as quickly as we do in the US when it is an emergency. I have Canadian friends and they would NEVER trade their healthcare for ours. And, when you go to the emergency room in the US you have to wait for hours and hours. That's WITH Health Insurance!

[@velation]

The funny thing is that it's not my country. I live in the UK. I just try to respect and understand people, instead of blaming them for being subjected to tyranny and indoctrination.

[@NoGuff]

"it didnt guarantee INDIVIDUALS to carry arms, it guaranteed state militias to carry them" No, it guarantees individuals can own and carry weapons AS PART of a militia. There's a big difference. It doesn't mean "the militia" issues citizens arms, citizens have their own arms.

[@paproductions]

The poster of Michael Moore doing the snappy thing with the rubber glove is one of the most genuinely frightening images I've ever seen. Can someone please punch me in the nuts? I'll paypal you fifty bucks.

[@velation]

It's just incredibly frustrating to see a video like this with a bunch of comments underneath that are like "Yeah, socialised healthcare!" I mean WTF? It's like everything that happened in the 20th century didn't teach us anything. "Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia."

[@NoGuff]

ben - I never said the message was bad just because it came from Moore. He's not the only one saying this stuff. And its incredibly easy to disparage Moore. Where do I start?

[@paproductions]

Yeah. I didn't think so either. Plus, my mom's a doctor and I got a Bentley y'all. I love that car.

[@NoGuff]

"still doesnt mean you're right" No, but it doesn't mean my assumption is wrong. Also, it doesn't mean that getting your news from other sources is a bad idea.

[@Sugartalker]

I live in Canada and I sincerely wish universal healthcare for America. It does work just fine here and so many other countries. Out Canadian life is not really very much different form that of yours. I just never have to pay to get healthcare if I need it. I do have to pay for medication though.

[@fuzzybunnies]

Awesome... agreed.

[@JLaw012]

Army Brig. Gen. Richard Sherlock "Surge is improving conditions" (United Press Intl)- Hillary Clinton "Military tactics are working" (NewsRoom America)- Gen.Petraeus We are making progress. We have achieved tactical momentum in many areas, especially against Al Qaeda Iraq and to a lesser degree against the militia extremists. (NewsHound)

[@NoGuff]

"The US Gov't needs to do it's job" Where in the Constitution does it say the government's job is to provide Socialized health care for the People? I think I overlooked that part, could you point it out to me?

[@nafaidni]

You're complaining that workers who work for American companies with unions are getting more than workers for Japanese companies with no unions? Wow, that's SO SENSIBLE!!! WHY DIDN'T WE THINK OF THAT!?!?!?

[@NoGuff]

"They are funded by the GOVERNMENT" --Mostly by state/local, not fed. "Fire Dept. ARE NOT,ARE NOT,ARENOT funded locally" --Then why was there a referendum I was to vote on which was to up the funding of my local FD via higher local taxes? Are you talking out of your ass again? "In country where they got publicly administered national health care" --And like I said before, we're not talking about other countries, we're talking about the proposed socialized medicine proposed here. GET IT?

[@NoGuff]

"Fire Dept. is run locally but is funded by" --Funding is one thing, running it is another. And the FD is also funded locally, by local taxes. "the clinics and hospitals are run locally" --That's not what we're talking about, we're talking about potential US socialized medicine, under "Hillary Care." Remember the gigantic bureaucracy it was to create?

[@NoGuff]

"The american soldiers in Iraq" And I thought Saddam Hussein was dead. My mistake. Now he's got a KZbin account. Good for him.

[@NoGuff]

"That's what we call guessing.YOU-DO-NOT-KNOW." No, that's what we call "taking a message out of context" or "not understanding what the fuck you're reading."

[@NoGuff]

BTW, please don't try to tell me that preserving these soldiers lives is your primary concern. If it were, you'd realize a few things, like: 3500 KIA in 4 years is one hell of a record. In WWII we sometimes lost 15000 in single engagements. More people die each year from lung disease, firearm deaths, and military training accidents. 45,000/yr die in auto accidents on our nation's highways alone. So, for soldiers IN A WAR ZONE, I'd say they're doing a pretty fucking great job over there.

[@NoGuff]

"The US is ranked # 37 for healthcare" --They're comparing a Socialized system to our system based on Socialized criteria, and you can't do that. And they're lying with their statistics, or at least you're being fooled by them. The shortest wait time to see a doctor is in the US. And for those who are able to choose their hospitals and specialists come to the US, not to France, or Cuba. That speaks volumes in itself.

[@WhiteTiger686]

Moore - Olbermann 08' LOL! You guys work well together.

[@rimspin2410]

canadian bacon- written and directed by michael moore

[@NoGuff]

The Surgeon General is part of the Administration as he is an appointee. It isn't his job to see to the health care of the people of other nations, but to the health and wellbeing of the people of the US. That's what he's paid for. And that is more in tune with the Administration's job. So if the SG wants to be an activist for the health of other nations, the SG should quit and go do that.

[@jamesrav]

"hate" might be too strong, but i get your point and agree. It's pretty much a 'take care of yourself' , 'charity begins at home' philosophy in this country, the thought of helping everyone and maybe even doing so at less cost goes against this belief

[@NoGuff]

"The UN is chock full of socialists! Take away the thug nations, and anti-American socialist, and you would have maybe three nations left." sir - You're absolutely right. Countries which would not be in the remaining group of allies include ones we're sending economic aid to. That should make it plain as day.

[@jabraun00]

i live in canada if i feel sick i can see a qualified dr that day i was watching fox the other day and they said ours was a failure im sorry but the coverage i get just for being a citizen here is incredible call it socialism if you want but to me its just helping people

[@spanishprisoner]

He's more powerful as the person he is now then as a president.

[@NoGuff]

ale - Tax rate in USA is 0-35%. Sweden 0-55%. Denmark 38-55%. Norway 28-54%. That's how they pay for it. And because the taxes are so high, prices for consumer goods and services are sky-high. Gasoline is, in USD, $6.27/gal in Norway, $5.93/gal in Denmark, and $5.80/gal in Sweden. Renting an apartment or hotel room in these countries is also ridiculously high, as well as food prices. On a travel show, I saw a picnic lunch for 1 priced at well over $50 in Sweden.

[@aleterra]

You can swear, insult, torture or kill whoever you want, but the truth will always be the truth. No one can take that away from us.

[@NoGuff]

"Not Canuck,purebreed american" --Don't you mean "pure bred American?" Nice to see that Canadian educational system works so well. And that also means Mexicans, Bolivians, and Brazilians are Americans. Yes, I know full well what "American" means. The reason I asked is because our medical system affects you as a Canadian ... how?

[@unknownunknowns]

I just wonder why people seem to be complaining how "expensive" healthcare is getting and yet my 65 year-old dad doesn't seem to be complaining at all. Oh, and my dad is currenly working eventhough he has enough money to retire. I take it that he would be BORED all day long by retiring.

[@NoGuff]

"Ingrates." You included me in that generalization. At least, that's how it appeared, seeing that there was an insult toward me first, followed by "Ingrates!" So according to interpersonal communication theory, it isn't my fault if I misinterpret your messages, its your fault.

[@drews]

It's not about the government stealing money from your wallet, it is about everyone helping someone out when they are in need, just like they would for you in that system.

[@NoGuff]

"the UN would desolve w/o us $, support" bob - You are 100% correct. If the US left the UN, the UN would fall apart within weeks, maybe even days. Donald Trump would be renting out that building in no time.

[@NoGuff]

"There's no doubt that you were the brightest student your professor had ever" --Thanks! What a great compliment. "Europe is not a nation,but a continent" --Uhhh...yeah. I know its not a nation. And its status of a "continent" is debatable. And this pertains to health care how?

[@dharmamarx]

"Granted/declared by whom?" There was a typo in this post (obviously I know "by whom" so please don't bother to answer it literally); I meant to insist that it wasn't granted/declared by the Palestinians who were already living there. They had to become refugees or second-class citizens w/in Israel.