Through threatened legal action and cancellations due to his partisan views, Michael Moore’s “Slacker Uprising” tour continues inexorably forward to his Sunday appearance at Iowa State. And whether they hate him or love him, leaders of ISU’s political clubs are awaiting his arrival.

“It’s going to fire up a lot of students on campus who see the show,” says Gabe Whitaker, president of the ISU Democrats. “Hopefully, it’ll fire up people to go vote early.”

Director of Fahrenheit 9/11 and author of books including “Dude, Where’s my Country,” the controversial Moore has thus far completed 25 stops on his planned 60-city tour of undecided “swing” states, sometimes with less than positive results. Moore’s style of satirical documentary filming has oftentimes provoked the wrath of other pundits, most notably those in the right wing.

“I don’t like Michael Moore,” says Louis Kishkunas, president of the ISU College Republicans. “He has a problem with the truth, and he passes himself off as a documentary maker when he’s really spreading propaganda.”

Kishkunas and his group have pledged to make their views about Moore known, planning to set up a booth outside Moore’s appearance and distribute pamphlets entitled “The Truth about Michael Moore.” But, he says, he’s not worried.

“Michael Moore is nothing to be afraid of,” Kishkunas says. “It’s easy to defeat his arguments because of the tactics he uses.”

Moore’s slippery logic and claims, Kishkunas says, have given rise to an entire cottage industry based on debunking his proclamations.

Pat Miller, manager of the ISU lectures program, says there is no set agenda for Moore’s speech, and organizers would make no effort to restrict the content of his talk.

“Michael Moore is someone who talks about whatever he wants to talk about,” Miller says. “You never know what he’s going to talk about.”

The Daily reported Monday that a number of ISU alumni had asked ISU President Gregory Geoffroy to cancel Moore’s appearance, threatening to pull funding if he was allowed to speak. Geoffroy declined to cancel the appearance, explaining the value of controversial viewpoints to the university’s educational mission.

On Oct. 29, Iowa State will host conservative author Ann Coulter, a forum which Kishkunas helped arrange as a counterpoint to Moore. Coulter will be paid $15,000 by the ISU lectures program. Moore will be paid $4,000.

This is typical of the reaction Moore’s tour has evoked on the road. California State-San Marcos, fearing that allowing Moore a podium would constitute illegally spending of university funds on a partisan speaker too close to the upcoming election, canceled his appearance. Moore held an appearance anyway at local Del Mar Fairgrounds, and retaliated by promising to spend $20,000 of his $37,000 speaking fee toward establishing four $5,000 scholarships for whoever could make the best show of standing up against the administration.

He’s also been threatened with legal action. The Michigan Republican Party filed charges against Moore in early October for attempting to bribe students to vote by promising them clean underwear and Ramen noodles. Moore responded by releasing a fake press release in which he detailed filing a theft complaint with the Lansing City Police department regarding the stolen brains and sense of humor of the group.

George H.W. Bush, father of current president and favorite Moore target George W. Bush, told reporters earlier this month that he regarded Moore as a “slimeball” and “total ass.”