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Originally posted by dplax: "Fifty-one percent of the American people lacked information (in this election) and we want to educate and enlighten them," Moore was quoted in Thursday's edition of Variety. "They weren't told the truth. We're communicators and it's up to us to start doing it now."

Although I should be accustomed to it, the absolute arrogance and ignorance of Michael Moore never ceases to amaze me. Since 51% of Americans didn't agree with HIS choice for President, then we are un-informed and weren't told the truth. Well at least he is still giving us credit for being able to think for ourselves (at least so far) if we DID have what he considers the "truth".

I saw a post on another forum that really hits the nail on the head as far as the liberal reaction to the election is concerned....


The wrath of the losers is more than pique over a hotly contested election, even one contested in wartime. Bush haters feel affronted by America's failure to defer to their wisdom. Pundits, novelists, historians, movie stars, eminentoes, and glitterati of every kind told us that Bush was dumb, crooked, bigoted, bloodthirsty, incompetent, and unpopular the world over, yet 51 percent of the electorate ignored them. The election was worse than a defeat; it was a diss. All was lost, including honor.

I think this paragraph - and especially the 2nd sentence - really gets to the very heart of the flood of op-ed commentaries we are seeing about Red America being ignorant, backwoods bigots that are incapable figuring out anything on their own. It reflects the arrogance and elitist attitude that Blue America views Red America with - and it also shows just how completely out of touch they are with their fellow countrymen. Yet there is no suggestion that Blue America needs to re-evaluate their values and beliefs. No, no....it is Red America that needs to be enlightened and educated so that we can overcome our inherent ignorance.

Michael Moore and the rest of his elitist Blue Buddies just don't get it. Still, it will be interesting to see how many more lies and half-truths Moore can create for this next version of his film.