[stands2reason]

You said:

"I don't think any conservative would agree with MM's portrayal as Saddam's Iraq as a nice place to live as has been reported."

--Have you SEEN the movie?

--If you had bothered to SEE the movie, you'd realize that Moore wasn't portraying Saddam's Iraq as "a nice place to live" so much as he was showing what daily life was like in Baghdad before the war began. He had several images of people going about their daily business: children playing; people congregating in public places; people living their daily lives WITHOUT WAR AND WITHOUT BOMBS DROPPING ALL AROUND THEM.

--THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT OF MOORE'S IMAGES. He wasn't praising Saddam's Iraq as being a "nice place to live" or making a statement about the virtue of Saddam's regime, as much as he was showing that ordinary people live ordinary lives, and that those ordinary lives will be interrupted with incredible turmoil and perhaps even destroyed when and if a war comes, whether or not that war is "justified" or "righteous" or for some supposedly "better cause." The whole point was that Moore was showing that wars take their tolls upon innocent civilians who are caught in the cross fire.

--Only a rabidly partisan and paranoid wacko who has some screws loose would interpret those scenes in Moore's film as an endorsement of Saddam or the "wonderfulness" of Saddam's Iraq. That wasn't what Moore was saying, and those who assert such, in my opinion, are either complete idiots or liars.

--Next time, see the film before you form any opinions about it. Either that, or say, "I don't want to see the film. And because I refuse to see the film, I'm REALLY NOT QUALIFIED TO COMMENT UPON IT."

--Otherwise, to those people who are in-the-know, you will come off clearly as someone who really is speaking out of his ignorance, and really doesn't know what he is talking about, and your opinions will be discounted as such by them . . . especially when you comment upon Mel Gibson's "conservatism" or supposed lack of it because he may have said something about Moore's film.

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REAL conservatives defend Michael Moore PING.

[Happygal]

Did this REAL conservative see Passion of the Christ?

If so...ping me to his/her review of same.

[Happygal]

I'm asking both of you (but there are others). Is there REALLY a necessity to ping the RKBA to EVERY little thing or thread on FR?

The pinging is inordinate to the necessity.

[nopardons]

FR's getting a whole lot of crazy newbies. :-(

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Unsuccessful (Democratic) presidential campaign slogans:

1864-

We need a man like McClellan to put an end to this senseless quagmire, once and for all!

1984-

If you like high marginal tax rates, you'll love Walter Mondale!

2004-

Hey, Hussein could have lost! You never know how those wily Tikritis are going to break.