re: #157 dragonath

I figured out the game Moore was playing by 2004, when Fahrenheit 9/11 tried to indict Bush for doing business with the bin Laden family.

Stupid, xenophobic, and out of all the terrible things Bush was doing, he chose that topic to appeal to people’s senses.

It took me a while to realize how stupid that was. Reading that Steve Coll biography on the Bin Laden family helped a lot. I really had no idea that Moore had no idea what he was talking about. Yes, the Bushes and Bin Ladens did seem to have some connections but those family members weren’t terrorists either and Moore’s film portrayed an image of them being sympathetic towards their relative’s ideology. What turned me off frankly about Moore was his political actions in 2004. I had seen Bowling For Columbine and saw Moore’s criticism of Clinton for the Kosovo campaign which at that time I did think was wrong(have since changed my mind). Anyhow, when Moore endorsed Wes Clark for president, it just really soured me. There’s just something about the guy I don’t like. I don’t flip out over him obviously but he’s an obnoxious jerk IMO. Should clarify I am talking about Moore and not Wesley Clark here too.