Sunday, July 22, 2007

Live Blogging with Michael Moore

As I write this Michael Moore is live blogging on the Crooks and Liars Blog

Here is a typical exchange:

Novin @ 179 posts a question for Michael Moore:
Michael,

My wife and I went to see Sicko (at our local theater, the Battery Park Cinemas, across the street from Ground Zero) last week. My wife was skeptical (I have already signed on to ending our for profit health system) having heard all the pro corporate propaganda from her work colleagues.

She was shocked at the film and shaken out of her complacence of thinking that it was only those without insurance who are on shaky ground. My wife is a smart woman (graduate degree from Harvard, reads a lot) yet it took your film to completely change the way that she saw something so drastically.

Thank you for all your work. I’ve been a fan since Roger & Me. TV Nation was one of my all time favorites (I even remember the Health Care Olympics - the precursor to Sicko).

Take care,

Paul

Michael Moore replies:
What happened with your wife after she saw sicko is exactly why the health care industry and the MSM are so desperate to make sure no one sees this film. All of our mail and the polling the Weinsteins have done at the theaters has shown that the people most affected by the movie are independents and conservatives. It truly turns them around on this issue. That is bad news for you know who.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Are there people out there who need Michael Moore to help them understand that the healthcare system is not perfect?

However, if there are people out there silly enough to look to Michael Moore for answers...well, God help them.

The man creates his own truth to line his wallet - period.

Dave Barrett said...

"Are there people out there who need Michael Moore to help them understand that the healthcare system is not perfect?"

Is this some sort of instant reading comprehension test to see if the reader understands what they just read?

"However, if there are people out there silly enough to look to Michael Moore for answers...well, God help them."
Uh, anonymous, you forgot to go on to explain what is wrong with Michael Moore's suggestions for how to fix the problems and/or which other solutions would be better.

"The man creates his own truth to line his wallet - period." You forgot to explain how he is creating his own truth rather than reporting reality. And, yes, he is doing well by doing good. How are you doing?

Anonymous said...

Dave, if you cannot figure out the opening line, then you do have a reading comprehension problem. You might not want to be admitting your lack of understanding so quickly.

I have no desire to debate MM positions. You think he is the answer to everything, I think he is a money-grubbing quack that is playing the left. Let's agree to disagree.

Again, I have no desire to debate MM's perceived 'truth'. And...I am doing just fine thank you.

Dave Barrett said...

anonymous,
Whoosh! Over your head, eh!
LOL