Gore / Moore

So Al Gore gave a speech yesterday blasting Bush. Ok, fine. Despite the fact that I agree with a lot of what Gore said, I still think he's a Schmuck. Want to know something, Al? The biggest reason you aren't President is that you were too freaking stupid to campaign in your "Home State", or to enlist Bill's help to win Arkansas. When Fred Thomas is working his ass off to win Tennessee for Bush, and you don't even bother to show up, you don't deserve to win the election.

As my daughter might say "Gore - Moore... it's a rhyming word!"

Michael Moore won the Palm D'Or at Cannes. Oooh big surprise. As the Americans are getting booed off the court at Roland Garros by an extremely anti-American crowd, Moore winning a film award at Cannes is about as shocking as a Republican wearing a tie.

For the record, I despise Michael Moore. I don't find him entertaining in the least. He furthers his blatant political agenda with half truths and inuendos and when he's called to account for distortions, he reverts to the "Hey, it's not the news, it's only entertainment" defense. (I call this the "Rush Limbaugh" defense.)

So NPR did a special on Moore on Tuesday I believe during the afternoon rush hour. Not sure if it's the right link I found, but it's still appropriate. Anyway, the film critic reporting from Cannes described Michael Moore as some sort of hero to the French. God, if they think the best we have to offer is Jerry Lewis and Michael More? ugh.

In any event, The film critic (possibly Ken Turan) stated that Moore is viewed as a hero in europe, as the only American to "tell it like it is", and speak the truth. This bothered the critic (good for him) who called Moore to task on his skewed, political view of the world, and his distortion of facts. The critic cited Bowling for Columbine as a film he didn't like, that he felt was inappropriately labeled a documentary, and was more properly labeled propaganda.

Anyway, the critic closed out his report by describing an exchange between a French reporter and Michael Moore. I tried to google for the transcript but couldn't find it. In essence, Moore railed against the "ban" on his film in the US. The reporter asked him if he thought the film would ever be seen in the US. More paused and said "of course it will" quietly. The French seemed to think that it was a governmental ban, and not a corporate decision to not distribute a hot potato.

Oh well.

PS. There is one Michael Moore film I really love. Canadian Bacon. In no way is it a great film, it's a great late night cable comedy. I good $0.99 rental. A fun and stupid little movie. Much like Killer Klowns from Outer Space. I remember seeing "Killer Klowns" on cable one weekend, when MaxLeader came down to Blacksburg to see a football game. Watched it on cable after the game.