Meryl Yourish, another excellent blogger, fisks Michael Moore, albeit reluctantly:

I almost never write about Michael Moore, because I find him a tiresome windbag. I saw him on The View a few weeks ago, and even the ladies of the ABC morning were fed up with his lying and dodging of questions. I have never seen a harsher interview on that show. They don't have transcripts available, but CNN's Kara Henderson asked the tough questions.

But once she gets started, she gets rather enthusiastic. A sample:

Let's think about why so many Europeans would have passports, and why so many Americans do not. Let's go look at a map of Europe. Okay, now let's go look at a map of America. Do you see something similar about the two maps? Right! Many European nations are the size of American states! Why, if you're German and you want to vacation in France, it's a short trip, depending on how close to the border you live. But it's another country. If you live in Georgia and want to vacation in Florida, you don't need to show your passport. It's basically a no-brainer, which explains why Michael Moore couldn't figure out why 82% of Americans do not have passports. Oh, that, and the fact that you don't need them to go to Canada and Mexico.

It's getting to be similar to fisking Ted Rall. If you thought that reality had any meaning for Rall and Moore, stuff like this would hurt, but they're so disconnected from reality you may as well be speaking a different language. However, the easy targets exist for Yourish and others to keep their skills sharp, and to provide some entertainment for people whose heads aren't firmly inserted in their backsides.

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