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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]Number23
(24,544 posts)143. Well played, Anansi. INCREDIBLY well done
Of course, Moore is the real victim of hate!
And it will fly over the heads of the supporters of this OP as does everything else.
And it will fly over the heads of the supporters of this OP as does everything else.
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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