Is there anyone else who combines being political with being an entertainer? I can't help think that Michael Moore is an entertainer first. His job is to be outrageous. Which is great, I can divide the two-I know what is for effect, what is for show, what is for real. I worry about our acceptable public discourse towards any issue-which tends to be black or white. Moore read his letter from God, from the new book. I can't help think that it alienated a good number of people. Our public discourse doesn't allow for rhetorical effect-he's being disrespectful to God, end of story.
Another important issue I thought of tonight listening to Moore criticize Republicans: If you keep up with Calpundit and read the Texas Republican Platform that he posted you understand that these people are hijacking the Republican Party. It is really, really bad to lump all Republicans in with these people. The Republicans vote as a block with very little breaking of the ranks. Mostly because we mean the wingnuts when we criticize the Republican party and not the rational people with a different idea on Government spending & function. They hear, see, read our diatribes against the "Rethuglians" and think, "but, I'm not that way, my friends and co-workers are not that way so the majority is not that way." And they vote Republican, not thinking that they are promoting a minority agenda.
I've been really interested in getting to know Republicans and how they think-hey, most of them are normal people without some xtian propagand to sell. Usually fiscal Republican, but socially liberal is who I meet. Nice. Dialogue. Community. Learning.
We need to change the national discourse on politics, the whole us or them meme is untenable and will kill us all.