armyvern said:
I'm still trying to fugure out how all his fans think he's able to afford all those Macs he shoves down his throat. They all need to wake up and smell the Sanka.
I wasn't aware anyone needed an 8-figure salary in order to eat themselves into obesity...I should have thought the opposite was true, really; generally the poor and disempowered are helpless when it comes to controlling overeating or eating poorly.
Anyway, you paint with a rather broad brush here and don't really say anything other than to characterize an entire group of people as misinformed. I'd be willing to bet there are "fans" of Mr. Moore who don't care how he affords to overeat.
Did you have anything significant to say about the actual article in question? I'd hate to see an entire thread degenerate into insults and attacks on people simply because a) they are overweight or b) see logic and reason in Michael Moore's comments.
I am certainly not a fan of Mr. Moore's work, though i thought Bowling for Columbine was an interesting bit of fiction. These latest revelations are indeed interesting. Let's save the hysteria and foaming at the mouth for the right-wing idiots, though. One doesn't need to oppose a left-wing idiot by becoming one of the right wing idiots, do they?
Attack the message and not the man, and all that.
As for George's comments; I think hypocricy is always present in public figures. John F. Kennedy ushered in a new era of space exploration, civil rights, even changed the way millions of men dress in public (he was the first President to go hatless, and by consequence so have we). And yet he cheated on his wife.
Michael Moore is no JFK and has, I would argue, done more harm than he has good, with his hysteric ranting and misinformation campaigns. I can't figure out what he has ever hoped to accomplish, except gain for himself some spotlight. In that sense, hearing that he has his own self-interests at heart is neither surprising nor shocking, and really shouldn't be, either for those who believe in what he says, or those who oppose it.
Perhaps even one or two of his "fans" are smart enough to realize that, eh?
If fans of Michael Jackson can rationalize what he has done, or fans of O.J. Simpson can keep the faith, I am sure this will not be a setback to fans of Michael Moore. And Mr. Moore will no doubt be able to rationalize or explain away these setbacks.
I mean come on, we still have fans of Jean Chretien, for pity's sake. Or for that matter the Federal Liberals.
