The headline had me laughing before I even read the article:

Michael Moore says gets lots of Republican hugs

I’m thinking it must be a slow news day. But then I read the article and realize that the entire article reads like a press release for Moore, himself.

Michael Moore — gadfly filmmaker, liberal activist and political lightning rod — says he finds himself being hugged by a lot of Republicans these days.

So who are these Republicans he speaks of? Does the article identify any?

…the Oscar-winning director says he is approached all the time by conservatives ready to make peace.

Ok, so who are they? Names? Descriptions? Anything….?

Some in solidly Republican northern Michigan and elsewhere now believe that they made a “colossal mistake” in initially supporting the war in Iraq, Moore said, and they have let him know it in chance encounters on the streets of Traverse City, a resort town where he has relocated from New York.

Great, I’m six paragraphs into this article and I’ve already read - three times - Moore’s own claims that Republicans are anxiously lining up to caress him… So who are they?

Used to traveling with security and encountering a barrage of hostility, Moore said he finds people now more accepting, even to the point Republicans are spontaneously hugging him.

Paragraph # 7. Moore claim # 4. Moore-hugging-Republicans identified: Zero.

The success of the second annual Traverse City Film Festival, which runs from Monday to Sunday, has also won over some of Moore’s political foes — or at least sidelined them.

So did it win them over or sideline them? The article is shifting its claims now. Still haven’t seen one of these Moore-hugging-Republicans identified. Beginning to wonder if they actually exist.

In 2005, critics attempted to upstage the Traverse City film festival with a parallel event nearby intended to hammer the message that Moore was out of touch with the mainstream. Moore said the effort failed to draw crowds and fizzled.

“Moore said…”? Well, I’m glad they cited an unbiased source for that comment. That would be like writing an article on Auschwitz and claiming “accommodations were reasonable”… “according to Mr. Hitler”. Still no Moore-hugging-Republicans identified.

I read it all the way to the end and never once saw an identification of a single Moore-hugging-Republican. What I did see was 17 paragraphs of pro-Moore propaganda bolstered by quotes from Moore himself. This is supposed to be a news article and yet I’ve seen press releases with less bias.

A more appropriate headline would’ve been: “What Michael Moore thinks about Michael Moore”

1. I’d hug him til he pukes. Or, you know, kick him in the nuts or something. But then again, I’m no Republican; I’m a conservative.

   Comment by A. Truman North — 11:33 pm
   

2. Mike…Can I call you Mike?

   Mike, you have to understand us Michiganders, those sudden hugs you seem to be describing….did you check your back afterwards?

   Mikey…I can call you Mikey right?

   Mikey, I wouldn’t be suprised to see a sign that says “Kick my Ass please” attached to your sizeable backside Mikey.

   Mikey, let me leave you with a little quote…..

   “A pat on the back is only a foot or two away from being a kick in the ass”

   Mikey, Mikey, Mikey….

   This just seems like a puff piece for you…”Look they really do love me…see…they do…”

   Sorry Mikey, but at least speaking for myself, I wouldn’t hug you even if you were on fire and I needed to smother the flames….

   But I am not uncaring or heartless, I would throw you in Lake Superior to put out the flames…don’t mind the cold though….

   Comment by sanity — 11:53 pm
   

3. Michael Moore is a real heavy weight in the liberal world of politics. We should take in his every word; then immediately proceed to take a mental enema. The Michael Moore theme song: I love me, I love me, I love me, yessiree! Excuse me, I have to go take one of those mental enemas now.

   Comment by Old Soldier — 6:49 am
   

4. This is the same guy who lied about Columbine in “Bowling For Columbine”. I challenge anyone who lives outside the Denver metro area to find a news agency that questioned him regarding his depletion of facts.

   Comment by Stacy — 9:46 am
   

5. Michael Moron is a freakshow abomination of a human being.
   I care nothing about what he has to say. Yuck!

   Comment by Sandy — 10:30 am
   

6. What Michael Moore Thinks About Michael Moore

   As usual, Texas Rainmaker has plenty of great stuff to read this week. But (already having read the article to which he refers) his review of the latest Michael Moore propaganda had me falling out of my chair laughing!

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