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acroyear"The Republicans seem more interested in locking me up for trying to encourage people to participate in our democracy than locking up Bin Laden for his attacks on our democracy." -- Michael Moore.
Yeah, he's a jerk at times, but constantly harrassing him is actually aiding his cause, because as a producer of entertainment (whether factually based or not), attention is what he needs. If you just let a blowhard go, he'll blow himself out of the picture.
But as long as you keep trying to shut him up, you keep him in the papers and that's all he really wants...
...so to the Bush-ites, I say, keep trying to shut him up! I dare you!
oh, and for those noting that right-wing Fox News keeps beating CNN and that must be "proof" that more americans support the "Fair And Balanced" view of the news, I note that they ignore the fact that CNN + PBS + MSNBC + the 3 networks FAR outnumber Fox in totals. For moderate and honest news coverage, we have choices, you know...
Yeah, he's a jerk at times, but constantly harrassing him is actually aiding his cause, because as a producer of entertainment (whether factually based or not), attention is what he needs. If you just let a blowhard go, he'll blow himself out of the picture.
But as long as you keep trying to shut him up, you keep him in the papers and that's all he really wants...
...so to the Bush-ites, I say, keep trying to shut him up! I dare you!
oh, and for those noting that right-wing Fox News keeps beating CNN and that must be "proof" that more americans support the "Fair And Balanced" view of the news, I note that they ignore the fact that CNN + PBS + MSNBC + the 3 networks FAR outnumber Fox in totals. For moderate and honest news coverage, we have choices, you know...
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Date: 2004-10-07 11:58 am (UTC)well, naturally...
Date: 2004-10-07 12:00 pm (UTC)