Re: dem primary

[Drew Johnson <djohnson@snowplow.org>]

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Peter T. Chattaway wrote:

>
> FWIW, for more Moore mythicizing and demythicizing, check this thread:
> http://promontoryarts.com/viewtopic.php?t=627
>
> > That said, I think _Bowling for Columbine_ is a terribly important film
> > to watch, particularly in regard to what it says about fear in America.
>
> Yet more irony -- the film's basic thesis is "Fear the fearmongers!"  In
> which case I guess I should fear Michael Moore.  :)

Sure.  But the thought of fearing a guy who hires a man in a chicken suit
to crack down on corporate crime is just goofy.  But seriously, I thought
the point of it was not to fear them, but to do something about that fear.

Brief aside as to this whole thread:
Mikey sure ain't perfect by any means.  Just like any of us, he can be a
hypocritical mess.  So's Limbaugh, so's Franken, so's L'il Annie Coulter.
But quite frankly, it comes down to this; I believe that my life is better
because I've seen the work that he's done.  At one time, I could say the
same thing about Rush (and did - I used to listen to NPR and Rush
everyday), but his old huff-n-puff to look out for the little guy has been
replaced with the trumpeting of a loud Republican Elephant.  At some point
in the late 90s, it seems like he lost his edge and just kind of reverted
into something less than he used to be.

I hope that we don't see the same thing happen to Dennis Miller; I've
always liked his Rants and they had a fierce sort of scrappy conservatism
that I can enjoy and even identify with; what I've seen thus far from his
new show makes me fidget a bit.  It's his old style of humor, but
I...dunno.  It's kind of like he's taken the RNC's talking points for
the day and wrapped obscure Roman theater references around them.

-Drew J


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