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In reply to the discussion: Lots of misunderstanding around here about what Michael Moore is doing. [View all]MountCleaners
(1,148 posts)A lot of people took the DLC's explicit condescension toward "the little guy" to heart and thought they were out of the party, and endorsed Nader. They underestimated the threat from the right. It was a mistake, and four years later, Moore begged Nader not to run. I think some people need to get over it. Used to be on DU, people said we need those Nader voters.
Moore is from the left and you can't expect him to be uncritical of Clinton and Obama. I associate cults of personality with the idiotic thinking of the right wing and Democrats should be better than that. I cringe at some of the posts I see here sometimes. You can't attack the lack of education on the part of right-wing voters and then behave with religiosity toward Democrats. We're better than that, or should be.
I have mixed feelings on Moore, but people need to get over their anger and spend more of their energy opposing the right wing.