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Why does my once hero Michael Moore now suck (Original Post) brettdale Jan 2020 OP
He always sucked. TexasTowelie Jan 2020 #1
He was right on the 2016 election. While everyone else thought doc03 Jan 2020 #3
Well he supported Nader and was wrong on more elections than he was right on...including Romney and Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #4
Yup. +++ still_one Jan 2020 #6
Just because he called one election correctly doesn't mean that I have to like him TexasTowelie Jan 2020 #5
He helped bring about that result. And 2018?! He tried. Hortensis Jan 2020 #17
He nailed 2016. Joe941 Jan 2020 #21
He was NOT fucking "right", he was complicit! maxrandb Jan 2020 #24
Bullshit. whathehell Jan 2020 #9
My opinion and it's my right to have it. nt TexasTowelie Jan 2020 #10
Nyah nyah! whathehell Jan 2020 #11
Welcome to ignore! TexasTowelie Jan 2020 #12
Thank you! whathehell Jan 2020 #13
The coincidence was not lost on me either, but c'mon, Michael, surely you see the difference. Music Man Jan 2020 #2
Apart from his vote, for me he's in the same group as SARANDON, STEIN, & GABBARD UTUSN Jan 2020 #7
I was so pumped for his Fahrenheit movie. Once I saw it, I knew he was a con. Lexee Jan 2020 #8
What an asshole. dalton99a Jan 2020 #14
I stopped paying attention to Moore a long time ago Gothmog Jan 2020 #15
Gas Bag.... Historic NY Jan 2020 #16
I have been leery of him for better than 2 decades. Mc Mike Jan 2020 #18
He's not intellectual, far too susceptible to those around him. He wants to be liked. betsuni Jan 2020 #19
I lulz'd KG Jan 2020 #20
And to think that I had a Moore-bashing thread locked about two years ago. Stinky The Clown Jan 2020 #22
He is simply pointing out what tRump is doing. Joe941 Jan 2020 #23

TexasTowelie

(112,202 posts)
1. He always sucked.
Fri Jan 3, 2020, 12:46 AM
Jan 2020

Just because he directed a couple of movies that Democrats liked doesn't make him a great visionary or even intelligent. I'll take a delayed sense of satisfaction knowing that I never upheld him in any way.

doc03

(35,337 posts)
3. He was right on the 2016 election. While everyone else thought
Fri Jan 3, 2020, 01:00 AM
Jan 2020

it was a sure thing remember "The Blue Wave".

Demsrule86

(68,576 posts)
4. Well he supported Nader and was wrong on more elections than he was right on...including Romney and
Fri Jan 3, 2020, 01:05 AM
Jan 2020

Obama...he is a Democratic party hater and a opportunist...despise him

TexasTowelie

(112,202 posts)
5. Just because he called one election correctly doesn't mean that I have to like him
Fri Jan 3, 2020, 01:17 AM
Jan 2020

or respect him. I was never part of Michael Moore's fan club.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
17. He helped bring about that result. And 2018?! He tried.
Fri Jan 3, 2020, 04:58 AM
Jan 2020

I remember his coming on one of the late-night comedy shows on election eve to supposedly tell young people to vote. He started out "agreeing" with the young people of America that they had no one to vote for, but even though both options were bad they needed to vote against the Republicans anyway.

He's poison. That's why the fable of the scorpion and the frog was created about people like him. It's his nature to be poisonous. Like drawing this equivalence with Trump's insanity.

maxrandb

(15,330 posts)
24. He was NOT fucking "right", he was complicit!
Fri Jan 3, 2020, 06:05 PM
Jan 2020

His Bernie Bro bullshit and wink and nod to Jill Stein gave Donnie Shit for Brains the few thousand votes in 3 states that enabled him to win.

Michael Moore is the kind of guy that would start a barfight with a biker gang, and then when you got your ass beat, he'd come out from hiding under a table to tell you how you "could have beat that gang", or point out that at least he didn't start a barfight with the accountants, because that would have been "worse then the bikers".

Of course, then he'd go on TV to point out that the biker gang and accountants are "just the same".

He's not so much a fucking has been... he's more like a "never was".

Music Man

(1,184 posts)
2. The coincidence was not lost on me either, but c'mon, Michael, surely you see the difference.
Fri Jan 3, 2020, 12:55 AM
Jan 2020

The 1998 campaign had been planned for sometime, we had the help of allies, and it didn't aim to kill a high ranking military person of a legitimate government.

For what it's worth, I don't think today's operation had anything to do with Trump wanting to distract from the impeachment process. It's just something he pulled out of his ass to show how tough we are. I hope Michael Moore is just saying that it's interesting how history repeats. If he's truly trying to conflate Trump and Clinton's leadership on foreign policy, he is ridiculous.

Many of the ideas presented in Michael Moore's documentaries and books are half-baked. He has a fine body of work, but many of his thoughts are cartoonish, and increasingly so. I'm over him.

 

Lexee

(377 posts)
8. I was so pumped for his Fahrenheit movie. Once I saw it, I knew he was a con.
Fri Jan 3, 2020, 01:32 AM
Jan 2020

There was so much information out there, that we knew, that needed to be heard and the movie was all frills.

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
18. I have been leery of him for better than 2 decades.
Fri Jan 3, 2020, 07:48 AM
Jan 2020

Possibly, some of "left" labor is playing a pro-soviet game, and always has been.

betsuni

(25,528 posts)
19. He's not intellectual, far too susceptible to those around him. He wants to be liked.
Fri Jan 3, 2020, 08:03 AM
Jan 2020

He has not chosen his friends well.

Stinky The Clown

(67,799 posts)
22. And to think that I had a Moore-bashing thread locked about two years ago.
Fri Jan 3, 2020, 09:23 AM
Jan 2020

My how sentiment has changed.

Yes, he sucks. He is out for no one but Michael Moore. He got one election prediction right (after many that were wrong) and now thinks he's an analytical genius.

He is one of a legion of consummate self promoters.

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