On the first night that "Fahrenheit 9-11" was released locally, in Houston, Texas, the inner city art cinemas were sold out. I attended a midnight showing in the outer suburbs. That was almost sold out and full of young people, many of whom were cheering wildly.
Moore covered lots of things that Kerry and Edwards neglected in the most disastrous campaign since Gore's in 2000. Remember how Gore was asked if he questioned Governor Bush's qualifications to be President? A Vice President for eight years who had been accused of being a serial liar for trivial mistakes on details like who accompanied him on a FEMA trip played "nice". He could have said, "I agree with Senator McCain; Bush is not ready for prime time".
One of the things Moore covered partially was the famous warning that Bush got while on vacation at that phony "ranch" in August 2001. We never heard anything from Kerry or Edwards about that, while Cheney declared that if Kerry were to be elected, we would be attacked again.
So why shouldn't some of us who are seeing the same mistakes made again be concerned? Take a look at what Moore says below.
I know. He's "Hollywood" and all that, but here's his latest post and I agree with almost all of it. The Democrats should be coasting on a steady stream of "change" and instead they are cautious.
We've already seen criticisms or concerns that Obama's campaign is repeating McCain's points, for example, by referring to his "maverick" status or his being a war hero. I think those are huge mistakes. Did we ever hear Bush or Cheney referring to Kerry as a war hero? Did we ever hear Kerry or Edwards refer to Bush or to Cheney as "draft dodgers"?
See if you agree with just some of what Moore has to say:
http://www.michaelmoore.com/...
Just on the issue of offshore drilling, I am not hearing any Democratic surrogate even compare this to the gas tax gimmick; the public seems to be buying it and it's not like they're reading Paul Krugman. It's a simple solution and has some superficial appeal, just like attacking Iraq did.
Why are we afraid of the "Hollywood" stuff? The GOP has done pretty well with Hollywood candidates, going all the way back to George Murphy.
And Michael Moore has a lot of appeal to working class whites who are supposedly Obama's problem. This election might come down to Moore's home state of Michigan, especially if Romney, or even Ridge is the VP choice.