I think we can all agree that Moore has told some whoppers in his day. He says whatever is expedient at the time, knowing that if you do remember later, you won’t care...and so many have proven him exactly right. Look through the comments to any story about him. The theme from his supporters is generally "Well, maybe he lies a little, but he gets poeple talking" or "It’s in service to a good cause!"

Is it?

I’ve been calling Mikey out since he put out a particular promise (via email and "Mike’s Message") just after the 2006 elections. He wrote, and I quote:

12. We will not tolerate politicians who are corrupt and who are bought and paid for by the rich. We will go after any elected leader who puts him or herself ahead of the people. And we promise you we will go after the corrupt politicians on our side FIRST. If we fail to do this, we need you to call us on it. Simply because we are in power does not give us the right to turn our heads the other way when our party goes astray. Please perform this important duty as the loyal opposition.

Time and time again, Democrat scandals go by and Mike says nothing. Now we’ve got some pretty clear soft money trickery and millions of taxpayer dollars getting funneled to campaign contributors. John Murtha, Jim Moran, Peter Visclosky, Silvestre Reyes and Alan Mollohan are all tied up with PMA Group to the tune of a hundred million dollars.

Mikey, are you going to do something about this? Are you going to keep your promise or not?

If Mike doesn’t keep his word about something so basic, how can you trust him to help you make decisions that have massive, long-term and potentially catastrophic effects on the nation and your personal health and welfare? Scandal is scandal, and a Democrat scandal should be just as abhorrent as a Republican one. Where’s Moore leading the charge against Hillary for her part in taking money (for years!) from criminals like Hsu? Where was Mikey on Louisiana’s William Jefferson? A search of Moore’s website shows that he’s never ever discussed PMA, and his only posts about Murtha were about Murtha supporting a pullout from Iraq. Nothing at all about Murtha’s storied and scandalous history or his current troubles. Moore’s only mentions of William Jefferson’s scandal were to reprint an AP article from before Jefferson’s re-election. Nothing about the $90,000 bribe in the freezer. His only posts on Norman Hsu are reprints of wire service articles. Not a single mention from Mike himself about Hillary’s close, long-term financial ties with the wanted criminal. Or any of her other fund-raising scandals for that matter.

Will Moore ever keep his word? How can you - and I mean you, personally, the human being who is reading this post - ever believe he’s telling you the truth?

If you feel like Moore is a voice to which you should listen, I urge you to watch the footage from Manufacturing Dissent available here at AOL, and buy the DVD when it is released. If TV has taught me one thing, it’s something I learned from watching Mulder & Scully: Trust no one. My version of that sentiment is trust no one, question everything and don’t make a decision until after you’ve researched it for yourself.