Smoke in Your Face

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Apparently I missed some entertaining political drama involving filmmaker Michael Moore and Republican dark horse candidate and actor Fred Thompson. Mr. Moore has a new documentary coming out that puts the burning spotlight on America's rather ill healthcare system, which is titled "SICKO". Moore went to Cuba to do some comparative analysis, under which Americans are supposed to fare shamefully poorly.

Mr. Thompson criticized Moore's trip to Cuba. In return, Moore took a shot at the fact that Thompson has boxes of contraband Cuban cigars in his office, and for good measure, Moore challenged him to debate healthcare. Thompson declined, but issued a brief video on the Internet to answer him:

"You know, I've been looking at my schedule, Michael, and I don't think I have time for you," said Thompson, sitting in a leather chair, chomping on a big cigar. "But I may be the least of your problems. You know, the next time you're down in Cuba visiting your buddy Castro, you might ask him about another documentary filmmaker. His name is Nicolas Guillen. He did something Castro didn't like and they put him in a mental institution for several years, giving him devastating electroshock treatment. A mental institution, Michael. Might be something you ought to think about.

Apparently this got big play on TV. I pay fair attention to the cable news outlets, but I missed it. Maybe I need to watch less porn.


(Source: Stephen F. Hayes for The Weekly Standard)

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Comments

Michael Moore

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I wonder if part of the problem is that we tend to agree with his message, but are discomfitted by what can look like propagandic means, which can feel like the message is being discredited.

On the other hand, I can appreciate that his exaggerated, showboaty ways may be the tack to take to get a message across to the large American audience in a way that sticks. Democracy needs its clowns?