How Liberals Respond to Their 'Enemies'

[Charleston Chew]

Run time: 01:21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSExWo0S4XY   Posted on YouTube: January 10, 2011 By YouTube Member: mmflint Views on YouTube: 194   Posted on DU: January 10, 2011 By DU Member: Charleston Chew Views on DU: 1434

 
From SiCKO: How Liberals Respond to Their "Enemies"


MICHAEL MOORE: YOU: If this is what can happen between supposed enemies, if one enemy can hold out his hand and offer to heal, then what else is possible?

That's when I heard that the man who runs the biggest anti-Michael Moore website on the internet was going to have to shut it down.

He could no longer afford to keep it up because his wife was ill and they couldn't afford to pay for her health insurance.

He was faced with a choice of either keep attacking me or pay for his wife's health.

Fortunately, he chose his wife.

But something seemed wrong about being forced into such a decision.

Why, in a free country, shouldn't he be able to have health insurance and exercise his First Amendment right to run me into the ground?

So I wrote a check for the $12 thousand he needed to keep his wife insured and in treatment, and sent it to him anonymously.

His wife got better and his website is still going strong.

[bluestateguy]

1. And did this guy ever say thank you to Moore?

I can hear the crickets....

[valerief]

2. You should tell him since the donation was anonymous. nt

[The Wielding Truth]

3. A thank you from the blogger's wife.

Before I begin my tenure here, I believe some kind of introduction might be in order. My name is Donna Kenefick and I am the proud wife of Jim Kenefick, the maintainer and one of the founders of Moorewatch. At the moment, most of you only know me as “Jim’s sick wife” or as one of the beneficiaries of the now infamous “$12,000-Gate”, but over the coming weeks I hope to change all of that. Until about six weeks ago, about the only two things on my mind were giving love to my family and doing everything in my power to recover from some extremely devastating and serious medical problems - problems that have been plaguing me for over seven years now. Under circumstances such as these, becoming a writer or contributor to Moorewatch had never even entered my mind. However, now that my life and my health situation have been thrust so abruptly into a rather glaring spotlight thanks to Michael Moore’s new movie Sicko, I now feel as if I should use this opportunity to the best of my ability. As of now, I will be adding my voice to the talented writing pool here at Moorewatch, and I hope that you all will enjoy my contributions to the site.

But before I write word one on any subject, I have something extremely important to say. To Michael Moore… thank you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the generous gift you gave to my husband and me anonymously last year. The $12,000 you anonymously sent us paid for our health insurance premiums and gave us the financial breathing room to both deal with our debts and also relieve the ever mounting stress with which we struggled daily. Since we received that check I have silently thanked my anonymous “guardian angel” countless numbers of times, and it is good to now finally be able to have a real name to go with that title. Though you and I may not agree on many intellectual or political issues, I have always been and will always be thankful for your gracious gift. I hope that you will see any debates I may have with you or your work on this site to be mere intellectual criticisms that have no reflection whatsoever on my gratitude to you as an individual.http://www.moorewatch.com/index.php/weblog/category/Personal/

[barbiegeek]

4. Sorry, but that Thank U was pitiful

[The Wielding Truth]

6. I thought so, too. Next time his family has a crisis,what will he do?

They don't understand that only the generosity of Micheal Moore saved his wife's life. Without a national healthcare system those without lots of money or a job with a good employer supplied health plan just suffer. They must give up their hard earned gains, lose their health, maybe their lives, or beg for help from the rich. It is not the way a civil society works.

[BeliQueen]

7. Michael Moore didn't help them out so they would stop criticizing him

It would be hypocritical for him to try to buy off criticism.

I thought the thank you was genuine.

[DesertDiamond]

5. She's living proof of what Sicko is telling us. So she thanks the filmmaker and then...

keeps on attacking him. Egads.

[rexcat]

9. Even though she is living proof of how bad the health...

insurance industry is and how bad the health care system is because of the insurance companies she still can't accept the idea there is a legitimate issue on our side. There is a total disconnect with her but that is not an uncommon with the conservative mindset. She would vote against her health or financial best interest to prove her political point. It is more than ignorance, it is stupidity, pure and simple. I feel sad for her. She made her "bed" on this issue and she should have had to sleep in it no matter what the cost (life, limb, property). Michael Moore is a better man than me because I would not have lifted one finger to help her.

Part of my attitude comes from living in SW Ohio for 22 years. I am literally surrounded by ultra-right wing, fundamentalist religious types and have grown weary of trying to debate them on the merits. These people don't care about anyone but themselves and possibly their immediate families. Altruism is not in their vocabulary and if you have different ideas than them watch out!

[AsahinaKimi]

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Run time: 01:21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSExWo0S4XY   Posted on YouTube: January 10, 2011 By YouTube Member: mmflint Views on YouTube: 194   Posted on DU: January 10, 2011 By DU Member: AsahinaKimi Views on DU: 1434

 

[AsahinaKimi]

8. Wow..

Michael Moore is definitely a class act.

[southernyankeebelle]

10. HOW IRONIC; WELL I AM SURE HE KNOWS NOW.