http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyid=2007-06-27T012118Z_01_N26256662_RTRUKOC_0_US-MOVIES-MOORE.xmlFilmmaker Moore wishes Bush well at L.A. rally
Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:17pm ET137
By Bob Tourtellotte
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Filmmaker Michael Moore on Tuesday launched into the final days before the U.S. debut of his movie "SiCKO" with two things that might surprise his detractors: a call for compassion for others and well wishes for President George W. Bush.
Moore is the director behind 2004's anti-Bush documentary, "Fahrenheit 9/11," and he is back on the attack with this Friday's release of "SiCKO," which aims to expose weaknesses in U.S. health care.
At a rally on Tuesday on the steps of Los Angeles' City Hall, the fiery filmmaker recalled his grandfather as a doctor who "wanted to help people, not make a buck."
Moore remembered nuns who schooled him as a boy and taught "the most important lesson, which is we will be judged by how we treat the least among us."
After his speech, a reporter asked if he had one thing to say to President Bush, what it might be. Moore replied in a soft voice: "I would wish him well, and ask him to please bring the troops (in Iraq) home."
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