Moore Is Less: Michael Moore Chimes In On Gustav And The GOP Convention
Apparently God has a sense of humor and had decided to unleash Hurricane Gustav on the first day of the GOP conventional, according to political gadfly, conspiracy-tossing filmmaker and all-around live-action cartoon character Michael Moore.
“The possibility of a storm (a storm that never hit New Orleans, and was no longer a hurricane by last night) was enough for McCain to essentially cancel most of the first day of the convention. Cut and run? The AP reported yesterday that conventions have always been held when the nation was facing perilous moments. Right smack in the middle of World War II, the Republicans and the Democrats both held full conventions. Thousands of Americans were being killed every week. The Republicans held their convention in Chicago less than two weeks after D-Day. No one faulted them for that. In fact, it made Americans feel good that, no matter what happens, NOTHING stops Democracy. No retreat, no surrender…”
Did you get that? I mean, seriously now. Moore is badmouthing the Republicans for leaving their convention and showing some concern for the Gulf Coast residents. Now the thing that’s most insulting about this is, Moore has spent the last eight years trying to depict Republicans as ineffectual people who sit on their hands when disaster strikes. Now, after playing that song for nearly a decade, he has the audacity to change his tactics and virtually DEMAND the GOP just stay at their convention and do nothing.
What a stupid argument for Moore to make, seriously. Of course, you can tell what he’s really saying. He secretly wishes that they HAD stayed at the convention so that he could make the argument he really wanted to: namely, that McCain and his pals are insensitive to the plight of people on the Gulf Coast and would rather make money at the convention than help people. But he can’t make that argument. It’s been stolen from him. So he’s grasping at straws with this pathetic tamper tantrum of an argument, desperately trying to create controversy where there is not any.
This is putting aside the tastelessness he demonstrates in a previous message of his on his website, and was repeated on a recent appearence on Countdown with Keith Olbermann, where he actually was delighted the storm was coming at the start of the GOP convention. Yes Moore, it’s nice to be greatful for the existence of a storm that so far has killed 107 people just so you can make half-hearted political joke. Look, why don’t you stick to making fictional propaganda tirades award-winning documentaries and leave the political forecasting to people who actually know what they’re talking about.
–Stephen Payne, Editor, Oil and Gas Investor This Week; www.OilandGasInvestor.com; spayne@hartenergy.com
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September 4th, 2008 at 10:51 am
Stephen,
I think politicians are also on more “pins and needles” since the time of World War II. It’s much more of a society these days where they have to consider what others may think. While the hurricane wouldn’t have had much of an effect on the convention attendance, Moore’s tirade was uncalled for and just a chance for him to rant.