dukakis-bush, whoops, we mean kerry-bush, and moore
Recommended reading:
Excerpts with my comments in bold:
“Part of wisdom is having a vision and being consistent with that vision,” said Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman. “With Senator Kerry, we have seven different positions on his vote against the 87 billion dollars for Iraq.
“At one point he said it would be irresponsible to vote against it, at another point in time he voted against it, then he said he voted for it before he voted against it, now he says he’s proud he voted against it.”
you know, I ain’t happy with Kerry’s (and a lot of other senators) vote on iraq either. But I think it’s a mistake nine times out of ten to act as though anything is black-and-white, particuarly a situation so fragile as iraq. It changes every day, with new information always coming through.
Coleman noted that liberal filmmaker Michael Moore, director of “Fahrenheit 9/11,” had a seat of honor at the Democratic convention.
“We had Michael Moore in the presidential box, someone who said Americans are stupid,” Coleman said. “Michael Moore sits with President Jimmy Carter in his box. Is that the foreign policy coming out of this convention? Does that demonstrate the party’s commitment to make tough decisions?”
well, this one took me aback–I was not aware of Michael Moore having said Americans are stupid. Some, to be sure–he did call a book Stupid White Men–but it’s clear he was talking about men like Bush (and, I’m guessing, Coleman).
Even allowing for context, even allowing for the fact that non Q&A style interviews make it even harder to divine that context, this wasn’t the wisest remark Moore ever made. Even allowing that I know what he meant.</b>
