If You're a Republican, You're Not an American

According to Michael Moore, demagogue to the Democratic Party (but maybe not Democrats). NRO notes:

. . .radical filmmaker Michael Moore launched into a shouting, red-faced denunciation of Republicans Tuesday, saying supporters of the GOP are different from "real Americans"; that they are "people who hate"; that they are "up at six in the morning trying to figure out which minority group they're going to screw today"; and that in the upcoming presidential campaign, they "are going to fight...smear...lie...and hate."

Later, there is more on Moore:

"The right wing is not where America is at," Moore said. "Most Americans, in their heart, are liberal and progressive. It's just a small minority of people who hate. They hate. They exist in the politics of hate."

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Moore conceded that there are "good Republicans." Those Republicans, he said, will vote for Kerry in November.

Normally, Michael Moore would just drop off into the noise, but the problem is that the guy is being lauded by the Democratic Party leadership :

What made the Moore movie so consequential--and so scary--was its open embrace by the Democratic Party. Senator Daschle stopped work in the Senate on a defense appropriations bill so Senators and staffers could attend the premiere. Daschle, Senator Barbara Boxer, and DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe attended the premiere, “applauding throughout and giving Moore a standing ovation when it was over,” according to the New Republic. 6-24-04. . .Jason Zengerle of the New Republic noted that the Democrats in the past “kept Moore at arm’s length, deeming him too controversial and mercurial to be of much political use,” but that changed after Moore’s attack on the President as a “deserter” during the New Hampshire primary seemed to make the issue stick and Moore seemed useful to the general cause of shredding Bush. (hat tip to the blog, "Daschel v. Thune: Analyzing the Biggest Senate Race in the USA")

And Moore has a history of being deceptive in quoting others.

It seems that Sen. Daschle, et al, tacitly agree with Moore, or at best tolerate him as a useful tool. I ask Democrats, does this represent your party? Does this man represent your views? And should the drive to win the election endorse tactics that smack of Leni Riefenstahl?