The attack on “a disingenuous filmmaker”<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> After Republican delegates erupted in chants of “Four more years!” at McCain’s Moore was in the press gallery observing the convention for an op-ed column for USA I’ve often found that if I go down the list of “liberal” issues with people who say they’re <\/P>
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\nJohn McCain’s speech last night to the Republican National Convention. Did he miscalculate by
\nnot knowing, as he claims, that the object of his scorn was in the house? Did
\nhe not realize his attack would boomerang, as I believe it did, for the TV
\naudience? <\/P>
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\nmention of the unnamed filmaker, the television cameras caught sight of Michael
\nMoore in the press gallery. Playing the moment with a quick wit, Moore held up two
\nfingers and shot back: “Two more months!” From where I sat, watching the convention on the
\ntube at home, it was impossible to hear Moore’s words over the roar of the delegates. But he
\nmouthed them too clearly to miss. It was a powerful riposte, more effective for having to read his
\nlips than actually hearing his words.<\/P>
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\nToday. In Monday’s column, headlined “The GOP doesn’t reflect
\nAmerica,”<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> he wrote:<\/P>
\nHanging out around the convention, I’ve encountered a number of the
\nRepublican faithful who aren’t delegates. They warm up to me when they don’t find horns or a tail.
\nTalking to them, I discover they’re like many people who call themselves Republicans but aren’t
\nreally Republicans. At least not in the radical-right way that George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, John
\nAshcroft and Co. have defined Republicans. …
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\nRepublican, they are quite liberal and not in sync with the Republicans who run the country. Most
\ndon’t want America to be the world’s police officer and prefer peace to war. They applaud civil
\nrights, believe all Americans should have health insurance and think assault weapons should be
\nbanned. Though they may personally oppose abortion, they usually don’t think the government has
\nthe right to tell a women what to do with her body.<\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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