Tuesday, June 29, 2004

Michael Moore, Reckless Republican, Daunting Democrat, or just plain Other?

Well, I finally decided to get back into the swing of things with a doozy here at the MaDMaN Journal. Ok, I am sure everyone has heard of the big hoopla that Michael Moore's new movie (Fahrenheit 9/11) has caused in the movie industry. Starting with the fact that the movie company (Disney) would not send it to the theaters after spending some good sized dollars on it to it being the #1 grossing documentary to hit the theaters (the trick to this is that it is one of the only documentaries to hit the big screen.) Someone recently said that Michael Moore (hereafter referred to as "Mikey") was just another pissed Democrat because they lost the last Presidential election. To this Mikey replied "I am an Independent. I'm not a member of the Democratic party." Well, I have run across a tidbit of information. Seems that Mikey is not being totally honest with his adoring public. It looks like Mikey is registered as a Democrat in the state of New York. He registered in Gotham in 1992 and has not voted since an October 2001 Democratic runoff election. But wait, there's more! He is also registered to vote in Michigan (they do not have you put your political affiliation on the records.) He registered there last April in Antrim County. Now, call my nutty, but I think there is something slightly immoral (is it illegal?) about being registered to vote in two different states. Well, lets chalk it up to being forgetful. Maybe he forgot he was a registered voter in the state of New York. Ok, that's fine, but he still said he is a Independent but is registered as a Democrat in New York. Well, we must remember that he forgot he was registered in New York so that argument goes out the door. But that is pretty interesting that a guy would forget that he was registered to vote already when he preaches so ardently on his website about his "Pledge of Democratic Allegiance." He actually wants people to register ten new voters this summer and spend one October weekend in a swing state. Now, this is a good idea but it sounds like Mikey is, what's the word I'm looking for? Ah, yes. A hypocrite of the highest order.