[AGDee]

If you read my post dated 11-04-2004 11:59 PM, you'll see that I said "other Americans" and didn't refer to a specific party, although I did reference Bush on one issue also. I am more concerned with a broad philosophical difference than any one particular issue.

Sometimes, there are public figures whose points I agree with, but whose methods are questionable. Jack Kervorkian is a good example of this. I am for physician assisted suicide, but his methods were so radical that his ideas got lost in the drama of HOW he did things. That's how I feel about people like Sharpton and Moore. The original idea or intention is good, but the methods of getting out the message turn too many people off.

The DNC is a politically staged event, not your average Joe Democrat on the street. After a vicious primary cycle, they try to bring anybody who ran earlier, to be on board with them, in hopes of getting their supporters to support the presidential candidate. In fact, the whole DNC was a big pep rally (at least the things they showed on TV). Everything at a Convention is orchestrated.

Dee

ETA: It's possible that the Democrats I know (who are Michiganders) are less enamored with Michael Moore because, long before Farenheit 911 or Bowling for Columbine, he did Roger and Me, which ripped on GM. Since GM and other car companies have fed, clothed and educated so many here in Michigan, and that movie was made out to be a bunch of bull, the same assumptions are made about any Moore movie here.