Moore's USA Today column: The GOP doesn't reflect America

[Rose Siding]

NEW YORK — Welcome, Republicans. You're proud Americans who love your country. In your own way, you want to make this country a better place. Whatever our differences, you should be commended for that.
But what's all this talk about New York being enemy territory? Nothing could be further from the truth. We New Yorkers love Republicans. We have a Republican mayor and governor, a death penalty and two nuclear plants within 30 miles of the city.

New York is home to Fox News Channel. The top right-wing talk shows emanate from here — Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly among them. The Wall Street Journal is based here, which means your favorite street is here. Not to mention more Fortune 500 executives than anywhere else.

You may think you're surrounded by a bunch of latte-drinking effete liberals, but the truth is, you're right where you belong, smack in the seat of corporate America and conservative media.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/2004-08-30-moore-gopamerica_x.htm

*apologies if this is a dupe. Look what the paper felt it had to explain:

Political conventions have become predictable rituals, four-day cheerleading sessions for both parties. So USA TODAY is offering readers an alternative perspective. Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore, director of Fahrenheit 9/11, is writing daily from the Republican convention in New York. A month ago, conservative National Review columnist Jonah Goldberg weighed in from the Democratic convention.

Do you think they added a similar explanation at the end of Goldberg's column? Ummm...no, they didn't:

Jonah Goldberg is editor-at-large of National Review Online and syndicated columnist.

[liberalpragmatist]

1. And some people claim that Moore is the "Coulter of the Left"

Yeah. Right. :eyes:

Personally, I've often found Moore shrill and sometimes unnecessarily inflammatory. And I think he's made some extremely dumb, even anti-American statements in the past, such as his remark to the European media that "Americans are stupid."

But even so, compare this for one second to Ann Coulter's vitriolic column that the USA Today refused to run. There is no equivalence. Ann comes off as psychotic, insane, even murderous. Moore comes across as merely angry, and in this particular column, actually quite eloquent.

Moore is Moore. There's no way in hell he's the Left's Ann Coulter.

[Rose Siding]

3. He's just so reasonable.

I can see him being able to connect with anyone who actually listens to him.

[marlakay]

2. Remember most hotels give USA out free across america!

That means all week thousands of people will be reading Mike. Think about it folks!

[Noxmtbnk]

4. Ha!

I had no idea Ann got bumped from the coverage of the Democratic convention. I knew about the article that USA Today refused to run, but can anyone give me details on her coverage being dropped entirely?

[OSheaman]

6. It's because she made lesbian jokes

instead of actually reporting the convention. Not that any of us were surprised.

[noonwitch]

10. She's got some serious issues to take to therapy

Mommy and Daddy issues. I'll bet she was a daddy's girl, always trying to please daddy and hating her mother, who was probably overweight.
Anorexic females are usually daddy's girls, overachieving daughters with a desperate need to please their fathers. It's not necessarily a sexual abuse thing (although it can be), but it is more of a gender role issue.

1. She's not comfortable with a female body (which is why I tend to discredit the transexual rumors)-the natural 40 something female body has some fat on it. Women who have anorexia hate the mature female body and want to keep their bodies in a no-breast, no fat, no hair preteen state.
2. She seems to have latched on to the late Joseph McCarthy as some kind of historic father figure that must be rehabilitated for history's sake.
3. She has very few female friends, it appears. Bill Maher refers to her as a drinking buddy. David Brock refers to her friendship in his book.
4. Her appearance and mannerisms are masculine. She needs to ridicule lesbians because if she doesn't, she fears she might be accused of being one.

Just some insights from a social worker with 17 years of experience figuring people out.

[newyawker99]

9. Hi Noxmtbnk!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[abrock]

5. Wow!

A great read, even better and more level headed than I expected of Moore. I hope millions read it!

Watch Fox come out tonite and bash USA Today as being a liberal propaganda tool. Hehehe!

[LuminousX]

8. Moore actually realized he was going to be read by

millions and not all of them agree with his politics. He wrote a piece that was more than calling people names.

[Rose Siding]

7. hiccup

:kick: