tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313916164911265633.post6132331590052131208..comments2023-08-10T14:58:46.329+07:00Comments on Authority!: Moore deceptionTimothy J Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10634355920003282809noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313916164911265633.post-8630041018109752942018-01-30T22:22:15.468+07:002018-01-30T22:22:15.468+07:00They didn't listen to him on Clinton (and Trum...They didn't listen to him on Clinton (and Trump beating Clinton had everything to do with what he said -- he made the same prediction I did and for the same reasons we were both right).<br /><br />So far as I can tell, the only time they ever listened to him was very briefly around the time of the release of Fahrenheit 9-11, but after listening they didn't do much about it.<br /><br />If they were listening to Michael Moore, Keith Ellison would be the head of the DNC. As he put it in November of 2016, "My sincere hope is that the DNC, that there is a clean sweep in this party. They all have to go ... And they have to make room for the progressive Democrats ..."<br /><br />Moore is what would have been called a labor Democrat 40 years ago. And what he accurately predicted was that labor Democrats in the Rust Belt would break for Trump just like they broke for Reagan, because Clinton was ignoring them and Trump was talking to them like a labor Democrat.Thomas L. Knapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16271473384378782680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313916164911265633.post-27081614377899717612018-01-30T22:14:45.601+07:002018-01-30T22:14:45.601+07:00One can't get much more to the left than Moore...One can't get much more to the left than Moore. I think that Trump beating Clinton had nothing to do with what Moore said... the Dems still love the slob and if they keep listening to him they'll get beat again. Timothy J Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10634355920003282809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313916164911265633.post-22347220213222288032018-01-30T18:20:58.139+07:002018-01-30T18:20:58.139+07:00"When you think of prominent faces in today’s..."When you think of prominent faces in today’s Democratic Party, who comes to mind? Michael Moore?"<br /><br />Um, no.<br /><br />Moore became prominent as a labor-oriented center-leftist about the time the Democratic Party moved to the right under the Clintons. He was definitely a party outsider last year when he warned the Democratic Party that if Clinton continued campaigning as the center-rightist she is, she would be beat by Trump, a standard-issue progressive masquerading as a populist. He was right, and the Democratic Party establishment hates him for it.Thomas L. Knapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16271473384378782680noreply@blogger.com