McCain was trying to make Michael Moore the Willie Horton

[The Hair in my Nose]

of the election. This was an attempt to equate Kerry with Moore using imagery with no opportunity to respond until after the audience is gone.

Moore's presence at the RNC was used by the Arizona Ass to stereotype the opposing party as the Michael Moore party. And as effective as MM is in his films, he isn't an attractive image physically.

Saks of Fifth Avenue Republicans versus the scruffy, grunge attired, over-weight Moore. (I don't care what MM weighs) but honestly in a telegenic age he is not our best image!

[trumad]

1. Oh fuck that.... Moore looks like America

That's what America looks like and fuck the telegenic age!

stupid thread!

[The Hair in my Nose]

2. Ignore the telegenic age

and you'll lose. Please toggle the reality switch back on.

[el_gato]

3. Your analysis is just the opposite

The image of Moore is the image of America, working class all the way.

Maybe you watch way too much TV.

[incapsulated]

4. Are you kiddin'?

Moore came out the clear winner, McCain fucked up big time picking him out of the crowd for a group hate fest. Moore's advance DVD sales just jumped big time. He laughed at them and he will get the last laugh.

McCain even admitted afterwards that he didn't even see the movie, making the whole thing look even more calculated and absurd.

[JI7]

5. what is the purpose of this post

[KharmaTrain]

6. Moore = $$$ Money

He's the boogie man. Moore's replace Clinton, Clinton's penis, Hillary and virutally every Democrat outside of John Kerry as the evil incarnate for the wingnuts. He's enemy number one because he has the "power of the media"...and his phyisique (always something the wingnuts glam onto before any substance) makes him the ideal fundraising target.

McCain's line was the big one of the night for the hivedwellers, but for the rest of us was a total joke...especially when people started pointing to Moore; sitting right behind McCain.

F911 undid the "mystique" of this regime and really scored a direct hit. It continues to do so, as none of the facts in the movie have ever been discredited. All the GOOP can do is characterize (as they always do) and then attack the strawman they've created.

As long as the question is asked "did you see the movie"...McCain claimed he saw "clips"...this strawman routine vindicates Moore rather than minimalize him. Be assured there will be a wave of people who are going to see F911...where they can...and once people see the movie you don't hear the same wingnut rhetoric from them afterwards.

Moore comes out of this stronger than ever. His next movie is sure to get the red carpet treatment, as will his book. His voice hasn't been diminished but gets louder every time they try to slap him down. Now if this man was doing something that was distracting or counterproductive (like the slimeboaters) then Democrats should distance themselves, but all he says and what he's produced is right on message. Many of us thought he didn't go far enough.

And Falwell and Coultergeist are telegenic images for the GOOP?

[bluedog]

7. that was despicable!

single out one man in a crowd of thousand on national tv and mock him for his film...which in the film...bush did himself in.......McCain did NOT see the film....yet he comments about it..

McCain has hit the lowest of all lows in this campaign...........I hope he rots in hell!!

[ArkDem]

8. You should do analogies for a living. You could make a fortune.

[NYCGirl]

9. Saks Fifth Avenue Republicans? no.

Most of those delegates I saw were strictly Wal-Mart people.