Oscar time

Mike was nominated for Sicko.  Does he have a shot at winning?

Update by Lee: I don’t think so.  First off, Sicko wasn’t that good of a movie.  His previous efforts were timely and something a large section of the general public was interested in.  And, had Moore treated the subject matter in Sicko with the seriousness it deserves he might have made more of an impact.  But, as I’ve said before, Sicko was nothing more than a two-hour infomercial for socialism which used healthcare as a context.  Even Hollywood lefties, who would all spout the expected platitudes about how we need to “provide healthcare for everyone” know that government run socialist disasters like the UK and Canada simply don’t work.  And I think the Cuba segment, where he portrayed the island as a tropical paradise of egalitarian brotherhood and compassion, was the final nail in the coffin.  Castro is an evil bastard, and other than the usual suspects—Moore, Sean Penn, Oliver Stone, etc.—most Hollywood types know it.  They all know Moore to be nothing more than a manipulative, self-promoting blowhard, and I doubt they’re going to reward him for this film, which from a cinematic standpoint was nowhere near as entertaining as F9/11 or Bowling for Columbine.

But, these are Hollywood liberals, so ultimately you never really know what the fuck they’re going to do.