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10. Dan Rather was the most hated by Bush the elder.

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Tue Sep 30, 2014, 05:28 PM

Sep 2014

Rather was fearless then.

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Michael Moore was the person most hated by the Bush WH, [View all] G_j Sep 2014 OP

And one of the most hated by some DUers MannyGoldstein Sep 2014 #1

Well, we do know that the 'Security Contractors' were bidding on contracts to 'smear sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #11

Uh... um... GREENWALD IS A LIBERTARIAN!!! MannyGoldstein Sep 2014 #27

Lol, see what I mean about the smear mongers lack of imagination regarding their talking points sabrina 1 Oct 2014 #104

+1 GREAT post. merrily Oct 2014 #87

It's been mind-blowing to watch them go after Moore, fox news style whatchamacallit Sep 2014 #29

What an amazing honor lame54 Sep 2014 #2

Just watch Fahrenheit 911 and you'll know why. Cleita Sep 2014 #3

In "Fahrenheit" I though the scene with "W" was interesting. Seemed more like a slick talking brewens Oct 2014 #83

oh definitely, want to see some more pre-dumbya speak? reddread Oct 2014 #112

THANKS! Very interesting look at preDimson Bush. nt valerief Oct 2014 #145

I find their comments illuminating reddread Oct 2014 #147

Just another reason to like Michael Moore!! Laf.La.Dem. Sep 2014 #4

Others should be slightly jealous uponit7771 Sep 2014 #5

I'm sure he welcomed their hatred�. dhill926 Sep 2014 #6

He exposed Chimpoleon for exactly what he was hifiguy Sep 2014 #7

and how many votes did Farenheit 9/11 shift? brooklynite Sep 2014 #9

That's because OUR ticket in 2004 SUPPORTED everything Moore's film called out. Ken Burch Sep 2014 #15

You should crucify Kerry a few more times, every chance you get. Major Hogwash Sep 2014 #17

It's not crucifixion to tell the truth. Ken Burch Sep 2014 #18

Evidently you didn't even hear about Ohio's 2004 presidential election results. Major Hogwash Sep 2014 #34

I know about Ohio as much as you do. Don't patronize me. Ken Burch Sep 2014 #40

I highly doubt that. Major Hogwash Sep 2014 #41

OK, I don't know as much about it as your relatives. Ken Burch Sep 2014 #43

There was no Dem strategy against fixed elections. Gore had 51m and Kerry 59m blm Oct 2014 #119

"But Ohio isn't really the point." Major Hogwash Oct 2014 #150

I wasn't "crucifying" Kerry. Ken Burch Oct 2014 #151

LOL! I have relatives in many places. Never dreamt that made me merrily Oct 2014 #92

YOU run a campaign against Bushes and Clintonites and see how you do, Burch. blm Oct 2014 #115

It's not hate, it's disappointment. Ken Burch Oct 2014 #121

LOL - rebuild national party infrastructure AND run a presidential campaign at same time. blm Oct 2014 #125

He could have dismissed McAuliffe. Ken Burch Oct 2014 #128

LOL - It's Fantasy Island to believe a Titanic could easily turn around blm Oct 2014 #133

It's EQUALLY fantasy to think the Titanic could somehow have limped into New York Harbor Ken Burch Oct 2014 #139

Why insist BCCI couldn't be re-opened and Iraq war be drawn down simultaneously? blm Oct 2014 #144

LOL - Tell that to the hawkish Clinton wing of the party you claim didn't exist in 2004. blm Oct 2014 #111

Baloney - You sound like you bought the lazy-minded corporate media's version of 2004. blm Sep 2014 #20

If we were going to keep the Iraq War going, BCCI was meaningless. Ken Burch Sep 2014 #23

Baloney - BCCI is the skeleton key to just about everything that is still going on today. blm Sep 2014 #33

What's a few more pre-conviction pardons, a little MSM play along, a couple of airplane crashes reddread Sep 2014 #39

You are proving to be unable to accept the facts in my post. blm Oct 2014 #105

impeachment? reddread Oct 2014 #110

You think Bush1 gave up presidency to Clinton unwillingly? LOL - blm Oct 2014 #113

not at all reddread Oct 2014 #114

Perhaps you should read the entire exchange - I posted in order of replies blm Oct 2014 #116

yeah, watching Henry Gonzales on C-SPAN all that time reddread Oct 2014 #118

Henry Gonzales was on top of Iraqgate and IranContra links to Iraqgate blm Oct 2014 #122

So what if we left before "the first Iraqi election"? Ken Burch Sep 2014 #42

That's the problem arguing with you - you didn't pay attention then. blm Oct 2014 #55

90 days per Kucinich reddread Oct 2014 #57

As president Dennis Kucinich could NOT fulfill 90 days promise logistically, blm Oct 2014 #103

adamant assertions are still assertions, ANYTHING is possible, except perhaps Kerry saving us reddread Oct 2014 #107

In Nov 2003 there was no election in Iraq scheduled. blm Oct 2014 #109

Again, why are you still so invested in the "Iraqi election"? Ken Burch Oct 2014 #126

And that could have been easily conveyed to the American public blm Oct 2014 #130

ON the stump and in the debates, yes. Ken Burch Oct 2014 #132

Sorry - but you're still wrong. Corpmedia was still pushing blm Oct 2014 #135

Then he should have told Clinton to pound sand. Ken Burch Oct 2014 #138

Sorry, Ken, but your posts are absurd at this point. blm Oct 2014 #148

The "Iraqi election" was a meaningless joke. Ken Burch Oct 2014 #124

Prove it with the poll numbers of the American people at the time. blm Oct 2014 #136

Why do you still pretend that the Iraqi "election" meant anything? Ken Burch Oct 2014 #120

Keep telling yourself that. UN was involved at that point. blm Oct 2014 #146

Moore's film relied on Kerry's investigation of IranContra and BCCI - you think blm Oct 2014 #108

Is that all that matters to you, politics? What all this information has done and continues to do sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #16

& we now have a record for future generations, G_j Sep 2014 #22

The silence included Congressman Bernie Sanders, right? brooklynite Sep 2014 #36

Bernie was in the House at the time what was needed was 1 Senator to go along with the challenge dflprincess Sep 2014 #38

I've read somewhere that not-challenging was negotiated with the GOP, and Dems got more seats Ken Burch Oct 2014 #131

That's interesting dflprincess Oct 2014 #152

Still getting it wrong, eh? RandiFan1290 Oct 2014 #52

Please explain... brooklynite Oct 2014 #53

Moore set an example for all kinds of things. merrily Oct 2014 #90

Um, the OP is about whether Michael Moore was hated by the Bush Administration... brooklynite Sep 2014 #35

on no legs. reddread Sep 2014 #45

In other words, he's "stumped". Ken Burch Oct 2014 #141

After this, therefore because of this... LanternWaste Oct 2014 #99

It did help to rally dispirited Liberals MannyGoldstein Sep 2014 #30

As if you know what the impact of that film was or wasn't. merrily Oct 2014 #89

Boosh should be on our enemies list. Enthusiast Oct 2014 #48

And Phil Donohue would know this, because... brooklynite Sep 2014 #8

Oh? Watch the Colbert stand-up at the WH Correspondents Dinner. hatrack Sep 2014 #13

Yes. rustbeltvoice Sep 2014 #24

How can anybody on the liberal side be anti-Michael Moore? Ken Burch Sep 2014 #19

I'm not "anti", I just don't seem him as politically effective or a danger to the Bush Administratio brooklynite Sep 2014 #37

Really? Well, you are not Bush/Cheney. And you must not have been around sabrina 1 Oct 2014 #46

Funny..I just went down to my local theater to watch it... brooklynite Oct 2014 #54

hope you enjoyed my eyeroll reddread Oct 2014 #59

Lucky you. We were told there were threats against the local theater so it might be wise sabrina 1 Oct 2014 #106

The Bushies have been out of office since 2008. Ken Burch Oct 2014 #142

I don't care... brooklynite Oct 2014 #143

I have to agree JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #50

because you failed to stop it. reddread Oct 2014 #60

Are you serious? JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #66

you can blame Moore, I can blame you reddread Oct 2014 #67

When did I blame Moore? JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #71

"If he was so effective - then why did we have 8 years of the Appointed One instead of four?" reddread Oct 2014 #72

Again you are being a silly sophomore JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #76

and they didnt hate him. noooo reddread Oct 2014 #81

If Audie Murphy was such a big war hero, Jackpine Radical Oct 2014 #102

Because our party ran an incompetent, deferential, defeatist campaign in 2004 Ken Burch Oct 2014 #134

resistance is futile. accountability is "off the table" reddread Oct 2014 #137

The poster I'm arguing with in this exchange Ken Burch Oct 2014 #140

That is not close to a fair standard for a film, JG, esp. when we let Kerry off the hook. merrily Oct 2014 #95

Apparently, you should have assured the Bush White House about that. merrily Oct 2014 #94

theres the rub reddread Oct 2014 #58

Dan Rather was the most hated by Bush the elder. grasswire Sep 2014 #10

They sure showed him he had something to fear. merrily Oct 2014 #91

yes, much later grasswire Oct 2014 #117

Payback for his story on Dubya's desertion from the Texas Air whatever. merrily Oct 2014 #123

much, much earlier, Rather went after Bush senior. grasswire Oct 2014 #127

Lee Atwater was one POS. Everyone who thinks Poppy is so merrily Oct 2014 #129

Michael Moore is very fat and he lives in a big house!!11!! QC Sep 2014 #12

Get with the program- He's a known Racist n2doc Sep 2014 #21

Oh yeah! I guess Moore's evil was so devastating QC Oct 2014 #63

Not only a known racist Puglover Oct 2014 #75

He's fat, too. That makes him even worse! n/t QC Oct 2014 #78

That's so last week. Today, it's that Bush got re-elected, so Moore is merrily Oct 2014 #96

Makes sense. Ken Burch Sep 2014 #14

Yes, only after Paul Wellstone died. Octafish Sep 2014 #25

they put Jesse Jackson away on Day One reddread Sep 2014 #32

Eh I think that was actually JustAnotherGen Sep 2014 #26

why, do you think they felt threatened by Hussein? reddread Sep 2014 #44

They didn't JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #49

why would they hate him? reddread Oct 2014 #56

Listen JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #64

You best take issue with Phil Donahue, not the OP reddread Oct 2014 #68

Nope I take issue with the OP for posting it. JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #74

thats not logical reddread Oct 2014 #77

Ahh - there it is . . . JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #84

one for Phil and Mike, tied to the tracks when a bus couldnt be found reddread Oct 2014 #88

I'm confused G_j Oct 2014 #79

Your buddy is the one JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #82

you keep mentioning the OP G_j Oct 2014 #85

Post removed Post removed Oct 2014 #86

hey now reddread Oct 2014 #93

lol G_j Oct 2014 #97

historical basis? reddread Oct 2014 #98

As well as DU's Party Faithful. n/t Le Taz Hot Sep 2014 #28

Some folks here hate him as well malaise Sep 2014 #31

a long list of hated staunch Bush opponents in these parts reddread Oct 2014 #62

Partisans are partisans every where on the planet malaise Oct 2014 #65

hilarious from another planet maybe reddread Oct 2014 #69

In a cynical way it is funny watching them malaise Oct 2014 #70

My Hero libodem Oct 2014 #47

The trolls swarmed DU when F911 came out. RandiFan1290 Oct 2014 #51

yeah, bring up JFK and you get the same routines reddread Oct 2014 #73

I remember that JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #80

He is much hated by the local Loyalty Brigade, too. QC Oct 2014 #61

AND WE WELCOME THEIR HATRED: grahamhgreen Oct 2014 #100

I guess that Secretary Donohue would know better than anyone. n/t Orsino Oct 2014 #101

Michael Moore was the first one to courageously take on the samsingh Oct 2014 #149