Press Release: July's Playboy Interview

Provocateur Moore Discusses Bush's IQ, Hillary Clinton's Sex Appeal, Hiring Israelis to Kill Osama Bin Laden and Why Oprah Should be President

Oscar-Winning Filmmaker and Best-Selling Author Michael Moore Is July's Playboy Interview:

NEW YORK, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Michael Moore, Playboy's July Interview (issue on newsstands now), is ready to stir up national controversy once again as he prepares for the U.S. release of his new film Fahrenheit 9/11 -- a scathing indictment of the government's post-September 11th actions. 'The tragedy was a bonanza for the [Bush]administration,' Moore tells Playboy.

'Immediately after the dead were buried, Bush's people realized they had a golden opportunity.'

Following are selected quotes from Moore's July Playboy Interview conducted by contributing editor David Sheff:

On Bush's intelligence: "He is not a very bright man. Like a lot of
people who aren't very bright, he knows the best way to get ahead is to be around smart people. That's survival instinct, not brains."

On why Oprah should be President: "The Democrats need to start thinking like the Republicans. Who is our Reagan? Who is our Schwarzenegger? Oprah would be a perfect president. She's got good politics. She's got a good heart. She'll have us up Jazzercising at six in the morning and reading books. How can that be bad for the country?"

On the title of Fahrenheit 9/11: "[It's] the temperature of hysteria that has allowed the Bush administration to get away with a series of unconscionable acts since 9/11. They used the 3,000 victims of the terrorist attack as a cover to enact their own right-wing agenda.""