Courting the Michael Moore Vote in N.H.

LACONIA, N.H. -- The more pugnacious among the country's left-leaning Democrats tend to be fond of John Edwards, who pledges that he was "born for this fight." They also tend to be big fans of the work of documentary filmmaker Michael Moore. Is it a surprise, then, that Edwards is not himself an avid follower of Moore.

At a town hall meeting here yesterday, Edwards was asked by Jessica Halm, a high school teacher attending with her 7 week old baby, what he made of the Michael Moore films "Bowling for Columbine," "Fahrenheit 9/11," and "Sicko." Edwards paused for a moment, as if searching his memory, and then said that he thought he had seen the first and the third but not "Fahrenheit 9/11," the provocative 2004 look at President Bush's first term and the start of the war in Iraq, a movie that broke attendance records for a documentary and became a rallying cry for many Democrats. Edwards then went into a lengthy discussion of the health care shortfalls described in "Sicko."

Afterward, Halm said she was a little surprised that Edwards had not seen "Fahrenheit 9/11." She said she supported Edwards but was actually not an unequivocal admirer of the three films and was hoping that Edwards would give a more in-depth critique of the films' strengths and weaknesses.
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A hero from the left that the left wing politicians can't even follow. LOL

Have a good one!:s4:

when i was a kid i remember that documentrys were boring films that told unbiased facts. its amazing how michael moore has turned this medium into a vehicle to get his own opinion out. i find moore to be one of them left wing crazies that even those of us who lean left consider a wacko. i actually used to like him that was until i watched bowling for columbine. i was in awe of how he took a tragedy like that and put a racial spin on it.

he is to the left what jerry falwel is to the right

Edwards is the most left leaning of the viable candidates, and the most left wing of any of the candidates besides Kucinich. He has to temper public displays of support for MM though, since if he gets the Democratic nomination (which he has a fair chance at doing) he still has to play to a more moderate general electorate. Saying "yeah, MM is great" right now could harm his chances down the road.

Unlike guys like Paul and Kucinich (the REALLY loony ones -- Keys and Gravel), guys like Edwards and Obama can't just say what they really think most of the time.

EDIT: couple of typos.