Michael Moore's quiet revolution

[Robbien]

By Kara Miller / Local Columnist
Wednesday, June 30, 2004

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Suddenly, in one revolutionary weekend, Michael Moore planted a priceless notion in liberals' minds: you are not alone. You are not freaks or conspiracy theorists or members of some NPR fringe. You are not adrift in a world of Rush Limbaugh, Jay Severin, Neil Cavuto, Ann Coulter, Charles Krauthammer, Laura Ingraham and Larry Kudlow.

Suddenly, in one revolutionary weekend, people who embrace Jon Stewart, Bill Maher and Tina Fey began to feel that they were part of a movement. That lots of Americans get weirded out by flag-pin-wearing anchors. Or distressed by the fact that most foreign leaders seem to speak better English than George W. Bush.

Suddenly, in a powerful, palpable way, liberals realized that it was not just their friends -- or the vegan neighbor -- who worried that America was headed in the wrong direction. No, it was lots and lots of people, so many that they couldn't squeeze into the Framingham AMC. So many that Michael Moore will be a gazillionaire by election time. So many that Michael Eisner is undoubtedly -- even as you read this -- cursing himself for not distributing "Fahrenheit 9/11" (though he's between a rock and a Bush place, as Disney has serious tax considerations in Florida).

Suddenly, liberalism had become fun and kicky and colorful. Moore had done with the documentary form what conservatives did with talk radio in the '80s and cable news in the '90s: made it entertaining. "Fahrenheit 9/11" bore no vestiges of the old, dullsville left-speak, the Ivory Tower chatter, the scholarly denseness of The Nation. Instead, it had tunes from the Go-Go's and R.E.M. -- as well as the theme songs of "Greatest American Hero" and "Bonanza."

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[undergroundpanther]

1. Yep

:) :) !!!

[the Kelly Gang]

2. yehhhh !

[TheTruthBeKnown]

3. REPUBLICANS ARE AFRAID of MOORE

REPUBLICANS ARE AFRAID of MOORE
by Larry S. Rolirad

Why are republicans so terrified of Michael Moore? The answer: It is because Moore speaks the truth and his movies are based on the truth. But republicans are terrified of the truth. They run from the truth like a cockroach runs from the lights when they are turned on in the middle of the night.

Republicans think they can silence Moore by attacking him. I have news for these short sighted bozos...the truth can't be silenced. Michael Moore has the courage and the brains to be able to bring out the truth in a very creative way. The more the terrified republicans try to throw water on the Moore's patriotic fire, the more Moore's message gets heard. When republicans speak out against the truths that Moore tells, it is like throwing gasoline on a fire. You republicans can't win with lies, deceptions, hiding, attacking, or censorship. You can't destroy the message by attempting to destroy the messenger. Republicans are so much like the Nazis who loved to burn books to control people. But for every 'book' a republican 'burns', the more people will search out the truth.

[lanparty]

4. Moore needs another TV show ...

His work on TV Nation was excellent.