Michael Moore: Leftist Derangement Syndrome

Michael Moore is back. On Friday, our favorite leftist hate-monger told the Democrats how they could not only regain the initiative, but could actually pull off “the mother of all upsets” in November. What makes this post interesting, aside from the sheer idiocy of it, is that it shows us just how deranged the modern left has become. Everything Moore says is vile, hateful and stupid, and this is what has become standard thinking on their end of the spectrum. Let’s examine Moore’s five “ideas.”

1. Whine and Finger Point

Moore leads off with the thing leftists do best: whine that everything is someone else’s fault. Specifically, he wants the Democrats to run “wall-to-wall” advertising on all channels to blame Bush and the Republican. He wants them to tell the voters that Republicans “concocted and led the unnecessary invasion of two countries” and “caused the biggest collapse of our economy since the great Depression.”

Note the Trutherism in his assertion that the Afghan war was “concocted,” and note how easily he forgets that the Democrats were onboard with both wars until they became unpopular. And let’s not forget that Obama himself called Afghanistan a “good war,” or that Obama has expanded that war with 30,000 additional US troops and has expanded it into Pakistan. . . something Moore’s side called an “illegal war” and a “war crime” when Nixon did it in Cambodia. And don’t get me started on the economy garbage.

In any event, it’s funny that Moore’s first instinct is to blame the enemy. That’s a clear sign of a side bereft of ideas. Mooreover, why should this actually work? Would you accept mistreatment from your current boss or spouse just because they remind you that your prior boss/spouse was worse? Apparently, Moore would. And what does Moore think the Democrats have been doing for months now. . . they blame Bush like they talk about the weather?

As an interesting aside, Moore adds that: “I don’t know a single person in Hollywood who wouldn’t shoot and produce those spots for you for FREE.” So much for any claim that Hollywood isn’t a bastion of leftist groupthink.

2. Gestapo Tactics

Like all leftists, Moore next turns to the power of the state to punish his enemies. He wants the Democrats to announce that the Justice Department will seek indictments against “those who caused the economic collapse.” Think about this for a moment, Moore is actually suggesting that we criminalize economic failure. . . “you didn’t produce enough jobs, to the gulag with you!”

Of course, Moore doesn’t put it this way, he talks around it by pretending that such laws already exist. He says to use RICO and “basic laws that make fraud of any kind a crime.” But what fraud is he talking about? He never tells us, except to say that Democrats need to “get in the face of those who stole the billions, make them pay for it -- and the people will love you.” Right, because law is about gaining popularity and inciting the masses. So who stole the billions that caused the economy to crash? He doesn’t tell us, but he gives us a strong hint in the next section. . . observe:

3. Burn The Banks

Moore wants Obama to announce a moratorium on all home foreclosures, and by “moratorium” he really means something more permanent. Forget the rule of law, forget contract rights and property rights. And why are we justified in ignoring the rule of law? Because banks are criminals: “This week, two of the largest crime organizations who are throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of their homes (GMAC and JPMorganChase) have been forced to momentarily stop doing this.” He later adds that Bank of America has joined the “crime syndicate.”

Moore, like all leftists, sees anyone (apart from himself) with money as a criminal, and therefore not deserving of the protections of law. This is entirely consistent with how the communists treated the bourgeoisie and the Nazis treated the Jews. Hate is hate, and this is hate. This is also hypocrisy, imagine how much Moore would squeal like a pig boy if someone were to advocate letting victims take an eye for an eye in any case that doesn’t involve a rich criminal.

Mooreover, I wonder why Moore stops with homes? If we’re going to eat the rich, let’s not nibble. Why should anyone have to pay the rest of their car loans? Their student loans? Their credit card debts? Or any debt for that matter? Sure, this will wipe out credit for everyone, but it will be so satisfying to Michael’s hateful enlarged heart.

4. Hand Out Jobs

Moore next wants the Democrats to have the government hire enough people to get the unemployment rate down to 5%. That means hiring 17 million people (the government currently employs 3 million), at a likely salary cost of $1.2 trillion plus benefits plus whatever it costs to put these people in offices or get them equipment to do whatever it is Moore wants them to do. Using the old rule of thumb, that salary is 1/3 of total cost of employment, expect this to cost the taxpayer $3.6 trillion a year. . . a little more than the entire 2010 budget.

How will Moore pay for this? By taxing the top 1% of earners. Here’s the problem. These people earned $460 billion in 2008. So they are $3.2 billion short. To make Moore’s plan work, we would need to tax all income above $80,000 at 100%. Even the communists weren’t that stupid.

5. Fake Populism

Finally, Moore wants the Democrats to announce that they won’t take any more Wall Street money for the next election cycle. Instead, they will only accept donations of $2, $5 and $10. They will also pledge that they won’t take a job as a lobbyist or as a lawyer for any corporation for ten years after leaving Congress. Of course, he doesn’t want them to return the money they already collected from Wall Street, nor would he restrict anyone from spending money independently. What this really does is put the Democrats at the mercy of leftist activists like George Soros, who would need to bankroll their campaigns, and would weed out any candidate who isn’t already a millionaire. Nice Mike!

Conclusion

The Democrats should do this! Right now the public is mad as hell at the Democrats, and this would push the public to the point of actually dragging Democrats out of their cars and murdering them in the streets. That would be fun to watch, and Michael Moore could film it! It would be a win-win.

Seriously, this is an insane ramble. And what’s moore, it shows that the left has nothing to offer. Finger pointing, witch hunts, impossible and false promises do not make an ideology that anyone can get behind. Pathetic.