More Moore-bashing

Let's get one thing straight: the Bushites are pleased as punch to have Democrats turning on each other instead of on the people with the power now. So all this internal debate about Michael Moore and Move On, thrills them. They fuel it. They want the party to engage in mass purges, to alienate an activist base. They want Democrats not just to say "well, we have a more nuanced view of some things than some of our activist base does" but to repudiate it entirely.

So you get things like George Will writing in today's WAPO that "The reason that Moore is hostile to U.S. power is that he despises the American people from whom the power arises. Moore's assertion that America "is known for bringing sadness and misery to places around the globe" is a corollary of Kuttnerism, the doctrine that "middle America" is viciously ignorant."

Actually, George, most of America, middle or no, IS viciously ignorant. Also, that whole paragraph makes no sense whatsoever. Why do you say Moore "despises the American people from whom the power arises"? Who are those people Moore despises? What evidence do you have that he despises them? How is Moore saying that the rest of the world does not look kindly on America right now, which all the polls say is in fact true (or is true one of the words that has already been removed from the doublespeak lexicon?) a corollary of your invented Kuttnerism? As in, middle America doesn't even know the world hates us right now? Um, that too appears to be, um, true.

But can we all please not get sidetracked by this Republican-encouraged internecine warfare and focus on stuff upon which we can all agree? I suggest the following:

1) Torture is bad. Alberto Gonzales likes torture. Alberto Gonzales no make good AG.
2) Nukes in hands of terrorists bad. Russian nukes not secured. Secure Russian nukes now.

Two things: torture and nukes. Both related to terrorism. Both pretty easy to sell to people. Both pretty fucking urgent. Neither involves mass party purges and cheap shots at Michael Moore. Go, Team, Go.