Why I'm Not Now and Have Never Been the Democrats' "Rush Limbaugh" by Michael Moore

[GPDP]

http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/20821

Have a look at Moore's latest ego trip. Apparently he, with the help of the nonstop assault of the Republican Party, is the reason most Americans want to get out of Iraq and want universal health care, among other progressive demands.

I especially like these quotes:


After Fahrenheit, I kept speaking out, the Republican machine kept attacking me, and two years later, in 2006, the American public sided with me - not Rush Limbaugh - and voted in the Democrats to take over both houses of Congress.

And then, finally, two years after that, we won the White House.

That's the difference - The American people agree with me, not Rush.


The days of using my name as a pejorative are now over. The right wing turned me into an accidental spokesperson for the liberal, majority agenda. Thank you, Republican Party. You helped us elect one of the most liberal senators to the presidency of the United States. We couldn't have done it without you.

Nice.

[crashmcbean]

from the article:
>>Considering how, for the past eight years, the Republican machine thought they could somehow smear and damage the Democrats if they said it was "the party of Michael Moore," it appears that the American public heard them loud and clear and decided that, "hey, if you say Michael Moore is connected to the Democrats, then the Democrats must be OK!"<<

That is ridiculous, what a massively inflated sense of self-importance. Most people, if they know this guy at all, consider him a buffoon.
Moore is an embarrassment to the left.

[Lynx]

I suppose Rush Limbaugh takes him seriously.

[GPDP]

What really astounds me about Moore is his feverish support for Obama. As reformist as he is, he's still well to the left of Obama in many issues, and yes he has nothing but praise for him, even in light of his plans for Iraq, health care, etc. Is he blind, stupid, or does he have some sort of blood tie to the Democrats? How can he keep fevereshly supporting a president that is nowhere near as progressive as he makes himself out to be in public, when all the evidence is there to say otherwise? Does someone have to go up to Moore and shove Obama's plans for imperialist domination and corporate-friendly policies in his face? Or is he ignoring it all out of blind partisan devotion?

[Lynx]

Well, 8 years of Bush/Cheney may have caused some irrational exuberance in favor of Obama.

[The Idler]

Unless I'm grossly mistaken, Moore is a committed capitalist albeit one who wants a strong welfare state. His loyalty to the Democrats is strong, he once had a fling with capitalist Ralph Nader but has returned to his Democrat home full of regret. He is a very talented filmmaker and researcher and the most popular and widely known antidote to the full-frontal onslaught of conservative propaganda in the United States. He has a public profile higher than any genuine American socialists could even dream of.

[GPDP]

Unless I'm grossly mistaken, Moore is a committed capitalist albeit one who wants a strong welfare state. His loyalty to the Democrats is strong, he once had a fling with capitalist Ralph Nader but has returned to his Democrat home full of regret. He is a very talented filmmaker and researcher and the most popular and widely known antidote to the full-frontal onslaught of conservative propaganda in the United States. He has a public profile higher than any genuine American socialists could even dream of.

Indeed he does, but that does not make him so important as to influence public opinion to the degree that he claims he does. Nor does that excuse his seeming willingness to turn a blind eye to Obama's reactionary and half-assedly "progressive" agenda. If he really had the clout he claims he does, he could expose Obama for the fraud that he is, and thus denounce his sorry excuse for an Iraq withdrawal and corporate-friendly health care proposal. But of course, that would mean actually growing some balls, and applying the standards he is quick to impose on Republicans and the conservative right to Democrats and so-called "liberal" politicians, and I doubt he is ready to loose his liberal Democratic following because of it.

[Trystan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg2_MntkMzg