Eveything Is Political

And speaking of politicizing the death and disaster along the Gulf Coast, Mikey’s got a new message out.  I’m not going to fisk the whole thing, you can go and read it for yourself.  Suffice it to say it’s nothing more than a vile attempt to use this tragedy to smear Bush and score political points.  I don’t know who the hell he thinks he’s going to convince with this type of thing. I’m sure this will play well with the radical left, but I guarantee the majority of Americans don’t feel this way.  At ant rate, check out what shitbag Moore wrote.

I especially like how, the day after the hurricane, instead of flying to Louisiana, you flew to San Diego to party with your business peeps. Don’t let people criticize you for this—after all, the hurricane was over and what the heck could you do, put your finger in the dike?

Okay, keep this comment in mind when you read this next quote.

On Day 3, when you finally left your vacation home, I have to say I was moved by how you had your Air Force One pilot descend from the clouds as you flew over New Orleans so you could catch a quick look of the disaster. Hey, I know you couldn’t stop and grab a bullhorn and stand on some rubble and act like a commander in chief. Been there done that.

The other day I spoke of how Michael Moore will always find a way to criticize Bush ex post facto by claiming that Bush should have done the opposite of whatever he ended up doing.  Here he criticizes Bush for keeping his regular schedule.  (What was he supposed to do, Mikey, stick his finger in the dike?  I’d honestly like an answer to that question.) Then he criticizes Bush for having Air Force One fly over the destruction.  Again, what was he supposed to do, Mikey?  How, exactly, do you land a 747 in an area that’s submerged in water?

So, when Bush goes to the rubble of 9/11 it’s a cynical ploy on his part.  Then, when he doesn’t go to the disaster site in Louisiana it’s because he doesn’t care.  If Bush had gone charging into Louisiana on a boat Mikey would criticize him for that.  There’s nothing, nothing that Bush does that Mikey won’t claim was wrong.  Of course, Moore won’t actually tell you what Bush should have done.  Why?  Because if Bush subsequently does it, then Mikey is on the record for it, and he’d have to agree that Bush did the right thing. 

As I said to Jim the other day, I’ve always had a grudging respect for Moore on some level.  I wouldn’t say that I like him, but he’s very good at what he does.  I imagine that a lot of Democrats have the same kind of respect for Karl Rove.  But the way that Mikey’s first instinct, before the waters had even begun to recede, was to somehow use this tragedy for his own political gain, well… there isn’t a word in the English language to describe just how disgusting this is.