June 25, 2004

"How'd a nice guy like me make so many enemies?"
Posted by Jon Henke

A few weeks back, Kevin Aylward and Oliver had a disagreement on whether "Bush-hatred" had reached the levels of "Clinton-hatred". Kevin thought it had, Oliver...didn't. Kevin listed numerous claims against Bush that were similar to Republican claims against Clinton, but Oliver--fairly, I think--rejected that because the claims against Clinton had been made by actual Congressmen.

However, I think the Democrats have essentially tied up the game in one fell swoop...

Cheered by supporters, Michael Moore previewed his Bush-bashing documentary, "Fahrenheit 9/11," before a mostly Democratic audience in the nation's capital Wednesday night. Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe said he thought the film would play an important role in this election year.

Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa implored all Americans to see the film: "It's important for the American people to understand what has gone on before, what led us to this point, and to see it sort of in its unvarnished presentation, which Michael Moore has done."

Lovely. This demagoguery is promoted by the same people--Tom Daschle--who used to say that demonizing attacks like this caused "the threats to those of us in public life go up dramatically, on our families and on us, in a way that's very disconcerting."

But, presumably, he's ok with it now.

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Some of us think the stakes are a little higher now.

Posted by: spongeworthy at June 25, 2004 08:41 AM