I have reviewed Michael Moore’s movie, Fahrenheit 11/9. Michael Moore showed he is smart, more perceptive than most, made some good points and presented his viewpoint in a strong manner in this movie. I was hoping for an even stronger presentation, however. Below I will list several key points, my reasoned opinion on them before going over the implications of Moore’s movie in regards to the state of US politics. Trump’s abnormal and cringeworthy fixation on his daughter Ivanka. Moore strung together several clips or photos of Trump interacting with or talking about his daughter. Truth be told, I felt uncomfortable by what Trump has said and his physical contact with her. In another era, Trump would have been summarily dismissed by the public as a viable candidate, in my opinion. In this era of the media elevating disfunctional behaviour and legitimate concerns of many over our Constitutionally guarenteed rights, Trump gets a Mulligan in my and others book on this. The old saying “Necessity is the mother of strange bed fellows” comes to mind. Moore also portrayed Trump as a Nazi and showed several videos of people being racially violent at both Trump rallies and in the public. Moore also showed some protesters being escorted out of a Trump presentation. I felt Moore lost a little credibility when he left out some important details of protesters actions, never mentioned ANTIFA, or addressed some of the bad behaviour of the other side. Moore may not be obligated to talk about these things, but for credibility in front of a wider audience, I felt it would have helped his cause. Moore’s attempt to tie Trump’s actions to the Nazi’s fell flat for me. Moore covered the Flint, Michigan water crisis scandal. Top of mind, I thought this was a Democratic governance issue. I will have to do my own independent research on this to feel comfortable in my position on this. However, accepting most of Moore’s view on this crisis as fact, it does seem to expose some systemic political problems in our state and national political systems. The reason, for even the sake of argument, I don’t accept all of Moore’s claims as true is his apparent leading questions, mischaracterizations, non-questions that begged to be asked, and the leaving out of seemingly basic facts. If I am challenged for specifics, I am willing to review this movie again and take notes. The Flint, Michigan water crisis scandal where it is shown the residents were poisoned, the problem was denied, no remedial action was taken, and efforts made to cover it up are examples of the most serious criminal failure of Governance possible. There should be criminal charges to include jail and fines for the leadership responsible as well as the beneficiaries of this conduct such as lobbyists and service providers. Broadening legal liability may discourage practices that are contrary to public interests by all involved and encourage whistle blowing by more people. Basically if you and your cronies cause someone to get sick, everybody involved faces the music. Moore also showed Obama’s arrival to Flint for a lip service session, disappointing local residents. Moore covers the 2016 election where Hillary ultimately gets the Democratic nomination over Sanders through the use of Super Delegates, even though Sanders would have beat her otherwise. For example, Sanders won the popular vote in all 35 counties in West Virginia, yet West Virginia was awarded to Hillary. This happened in many other states as well. Moore also showed Sanders bitterly concede to Hillary. Tony Stark: Tell us again how important winning the popular vote is again, please. Between Flint and the Democratic nomination, Moore is painting a picture where our interests are not being represented by politicians on either side of the aisle. Moore showed Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and other prominent Democrats talking about the importance of compromise. Moore said basically compromise was akin to being let down by our leaders. Moore seemed to imply the only thing being compromised is citizen’s interests. I found it hard to disagree with Moore on that point on many current issues. Moore also covered a teachers strike in West Virginia where teachers, school bus drivers, and cafeteria personal went on strike over low wages and benefits such as healthcare. The teacher’s union recommended a compromise settlement, but the teachers rejected it. Ultimately, by everyone sticking together, they were able to get what they wanted. This was the message Moore wanted to convey because one of the reasons Trump got in was the feeling that one’s vote does not matter, such as how many people felt in Michigan and other states. Moore pointed out that Hillary would was won Michigan if she averaged just two more votes per precinct. Moore covered the school shootings and more significantly, the rise of effective high school student participation in our political system. Personally, I welcome the active participation of younger people in our political, economic, and social systems. Younger people tend to be far more perceptive, knowlegeable, honest, outspoken when motivated, and smart than the general population gives them credit for. Although I can imagine the emotions of students losing their friends in a school shooting and wanting to lash out at guns, it is my sincere belief any attempt to limit gun ownershio in the United States will be met with severe opposition. There is a lot of justifiable mistrust by both sides, but making gun owners your enemy where many of them are current and ex-police officers, current and ex-millitary, hunters, and target shooters is going to cause strong resistance to even policies that have common ground among the parties. Michael Moore missed a historic opportunity to use his superior intelligence, movie making skills, and story telling abilities to help bridge the large political divide among our people. Moore’s message appears to be for voters dropping both the disfunctional Democratic Party politicians and the disfunctional Republican Party politicians in the favor of Socialists who have the alleged best interests of our community at heart. Unfortunately, a society based on Socialism has long term issues. Look at Russia, formally known as the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics. There is big money and influence backing the Socialists and this should give people serious pause before considering going down that road. I do understand Socialism can be a compelling argument based on how long we have been misrepresented by our politicans of either side and the long term and extreme greed of certain business leaders. Although I said Moore was more perceptive than most, he is not perceptive enough. 40,000,000 people and myself, a long term registered Democrat that supported Bill Clinton and Rejected Bush, strongly rejected the choice presented to us by the other side. Voting for an admitted pu**y grabing a**hole could be considered a bit of a rejection of the other side, Couldn’t it? In my opinion, had Moore addressed in detail the “rebellion” against Hillary, recognized the importance of the second amendment to many people, and had been more honest about Donald Trump, he would have created a society changing movie that would have forced real changed by our elected “representatives” or the inevitable removal of said representatives. Instead, we are likely to remain at each others political throats for generations to come for the benefit of the establishment.
In the case of states such as West Virginia where it is stated that Sanders won every county but Hillary won the state, how were the delegates and voter populations allocated? What was the effect of super delgates in those calculations?
Hillary got nearly 4 million more votes in the 2016 democrat primary than Sanders.The candidate the people voted for won the nomination.
In fairness the superdelegate system worked exactly as the democrat insiders who enacted it many years ago wanted it to work. It allowed party insiders to veto the nomination of a non-mainstream candidate and thereby prevent crushing losses in both the presidential and other races. Of course there is resentment but everyone knew what the system was going in. Can anyone really say with a straight face that Bernie would have been a stronger candidate than Hillary?
Michael Moore? I haven't even watched that, I'm sure it's a hit job. I was talking about the A&E bio The Trump Dynasty. It's very interesting regardless of your politics.
My mistake. I’m glad I watched Michael Moore’s movie, though. Ok, looks like I’ll be watching another video.
I think a candidate like Trump winning was inevitable. Look at what the main stream media did to EVERY Republican candidate to run for president. IMO the media brought this on more than anything else. They demonized them all, including their beloved McCain when he ran. And to be clear, Trump didn't win because of who he was. He won because of what he was not.