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In reply to the discussion: Hmmm? I wonder why people chose to leave off this part of Michael's interview [View all]Spazito
(50,327 posts)134. I responded to your question on the thread as requested n/t
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Hmmm? I wonder why people chose to leave off this part of Michael's interview [View all]
Luminous Animal
Sep 2014
OP
The mass media will edit anything to advance their Foxified agenda opposing Obama...what does
Fred Sanders
Sep 2014
#1
I give Moore credit because he at least recognized the folly of voting for Nader.
Jim Lane
Sep 2014
#84
I guess what I'm saying is that we can be pretty good at acting like the MSM all by ourselves.
FlatStanley
Sep 2014
#83
no, According to some DU types Obama is under the bus because they don't believe Obama has done
still_one
Sep 2014
#72
Then those types have bought into the mass media and moved into an area of delusion.
Fred Sanders
Sep 2014
#99
But it's perfectly OK for Rahm Emanuel to call many of us here "f-ing retarded"!
cascadiance
Sep 2014
#125
Indeed. The Fox News ploy. Don't take a person's comments in their entirety.
Luminous Animal
Sep 2014
#14
Yes. Like Fox News. Focusing on one part and ignoring the fact that he also said that Obama has done
Luminous Animal
Sep 2014
#34
It is a significant accomplishment, it is NOT his ONLY accomplishment which is...
Spazito
Sep 2014
#132
Your compulsion to fixate on Hilary Clinton is puzzling given the discussion is about race...
Spazito
Sep 2014
#157
The best possible face you can put on this is that he was rambling and near incoherent.
randome
Sep 2014
#15
He is immensely entertaining in person. I've seen him every time he's come to the
Luminous Animal
Sep 2014
#21
No one is ignoring it, it is a small part whereas his key point, in his interview, was to....
Spazito
Sep 2014
#19
Obamacare, getting Bin Laden, the Lily Ledbedder Act to name just a very few things...
Spazito
Sep 2014
#23
Obama had nothing to do with getting Lily Ledbedder passed. He signed the law. And Bin Laden?
Luminous Animal
Sep 2014
#31
I always find it fascinating the President is never given credit for pushing for something like the
Spazito
Sep 2014
#52
If FDR had forced people to purchase private retirement insurance instead of a public obligation
Luminous Animal
Sep 2014
#45
I think he will be remembered for the rights of GLBTs being furthered more than at any...
Spazito
Sep 2014
#146
I give him credit for growing, maturing and ending with a greater understanding...
Spazito
Sep 2014
#151
I think, like many of us, Moore expected Obama to go big. He certainly campaigned as the anti-Bush
Luminous Animal
Sep 2014
#25
Those who expected President Obama to "go big" were not paying attention to him and his...
Spazito
Sep 2014
#32
There were some go big issues that he campaigned on. One the public option...
Luminous Animal
Sep 2014
#40
If you listened to him during his campaign speeches in 2008, you would know he was a
Spazito
Sep 2014
#67
First and foremost, I have never told anyone, American or otherwise, how they should vote...
Spazito
Sep 2014
#167
It is clear you are unable or unwilling to have a discussion without insults...
Spazito
Sep 2014
#169
Easy, because they LOVE to pull stuff out of context, turn on the hate and then look like idiots.
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2014
#26
I'm old enough to remember when environmentalists turned on each other...
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2014
#47
I'm pretty sure Monsanto will remember him, NSA will remember him, CIA will remember him,
whereisjustice
Sep 2014
#30
lol, apparently so, I remember media tributes about how Obama overcame "adversity" and
whereisjustice
Sep 2014
#56
Please back up your accusation with a detailed assessment of MM's past racist remarks/deeds. Please
ChisolmTrailDem
Sep 2014
#109
of course the purist are going to throw Michael Moore under the bus - Who haven't they thrown under
Douglas Carpenter
Sep 2014
#54
just like the purists who throw Obama under the bus for "doing nothing significant"
still_one
Sep 2014
#73
at least you agree that purist are throwing Michael Moore under the bus
Douglas Carpenter
Sep 2014
#75
yup, the sword cuts both ways. MM also did NOT vote for the Democratic nominee in 2000
still_one
Sep 2014
#76
And Elizabeth Warren voted for Republicans in almost every election in her adult life
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2014
#123
That is interesting. What is even more interesting is a lot of posts on DU are quite happy that it
still_one
Sep 2014
#71
even if they did think it was objectionable or even if they felt he was completely wrong
Douglas Carpenter
Sep 2014
#89
Because it doen't fit with the anti-Liberal sentiment they are trying to peddle. nt
NorthCarolina
Sep 2014
#100
I imagine MM is still a little bitter over the abandonment of a public option.
raouldukelives
Sep 2014
#120
I posted the same interview clip in a couple threads where his "Racism" was being decried
Savannahmann
Sep 2014
#156
I'm surprised and disappointed to see so many people defending Moore's comments
ecstatic
Sep 2014
#159