Michael Moore came to rescue of his harshest critic

[kskiska]

Much Moore for a foe in need

(snip)

For several years now, Jim Kenefick has been railing against the Oscar-winning director on Moorewatch.com. Recently, Kenefick wrote about the difficulty he was having paying his wife's medical bills. Fellow conservatives guided him toward a cheaper health insurer, but Kenefick said he still had trouble making payments.

"Someone e-mailed me and asked if an 'anonymous' benefactor could offer to pay my first year's premiums - $12,000," Kenefick wrote on his site.

He was skeptical when the check arrived. "I opened a whole new account at my bank, waited for it to clear, checked twice with bank personnel to make sure it wasn't a scam, and waited a full 60 days before spending the money. At that time, I started drawing on it and paying the monthly premiums until it was gone."

(snip)

Still, he doesn't sound especially grateful.

Having suspected Moore might be his secret patron, he contends that his bete noir made the gift just to publicize "Sicko," which takes aim at America's health-care system and, we've heard, touches upon Moore's covert generosity.

"I knew he was using me," said Kenefick. "Moore is going to try to make me into one of his little puppets."

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http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/r_m/2007/05/18/2007-05-18_much_moore_for_a_foe_in_need.html

[tabasco]

1. Then don't take the money, jerk.

Stop being "used".

[Merlot]

24. That seems like the obvious solution!

So simple, really.

[file83]

29. He's a little man with a BIG ego.

He's crushed that the man he became famous for bashing has turned around and helped him. His life no longer serves a purpose.

[ComerPerro]

44. no kidding, what a tool

[RandomKoolzip]

2. If I was this guy, I wouldn't look this particular gift horse in the mouth.

I mean, Jesus...this idea that Michael Moore has "little puppets," etc. like he's some secret Dr. Evil....come on dude, just take the money and keep doing your website. You don't even have to thank him.

[spag68]

13. We all know

Moore is not Dr. Evil,Cheney is.

[oscarmitre]

3. Ingrate

But if the US had a decent public health system he wouldn't have to find $12,000.....ideology sucks eh?

[dogday]

4. Hey Asshole, Just thank Mr. Moore for his generosity

Your wife's bills will be paid... He can afford it and apparently was moved by your plight....

[johnaries]

5. So, he doesn't know it's Moore?

He posts his problem on the internet. He gets help from an anonymous donor. And he automatically assumes that it's Moore trying to make him a puppet?

Paranoid much?

[hippiechick]

6. ... some people don't deserve a helping hand ...

... what an asshat. :spank:

Kudos to MM for proving he's a better man than most of his critics will ever be! :applause:

[jollyreaper2112]

7. so how did people figure it out?

The donation was made anonymously.

This sort of thing is the Christian thing to do, love your enemies and all that. It would be scummy if Moore did it with the intention of making the charity public as a means of humiliation but we have no proof this is the case. If he made the donation anonymously and took precautions not to let his identity be known, if it was the moorewatch camp that made it public, especially with the quotes from the article, then I think the entire world will see who the asshole is here.

But, given that the source is a tabloid, everything should be taken with a grain of salt. I am reminded of this Ghandi quote, paraphrasing here: "I like your Christ and what he had to say. His followers should be more like him."

[jojo54]

8. Hey DICK- you're g.d. lucky that someone offered to help pay your premiums!

There's still 46 mil people out there with NO insurance, asshole...remember that the next time you bitch about MM helping you out.

[Marnieworld]

9. This is so emblematic of the differences between us

The freeper mindset is so sure that they are right that they stubbornly hold onto their beliefs despite anything that could sway them. The old believe on wednesday what you believed on monday despite what happened on tuesday thing.

If I received help from Rush Limbaugh, I would probably say something like, "Well, I still disagree with everything he believes and think that he works for everything I am against, but I guess there must be some good in him after all. Humanity surpasses politics." Something like that but not this guy. He takes the help, spend the money and then shits on the person who gave it to him. It's just impossible to shake his beliefs, without them he would fall apart. I think so much of these people are so afraid that they cling to these convictions and can't let them go.

Sure Moore really needs this guy to promote his movie and make a point? What would he do without him? :sarcasm:

[jojo54]

11. Well said. n/t

[thoughtanarchist]

25. It also highlights the main tennet of conservative philosophy that money is the highest priority.

To abandon your ideals for a sizable sum is what the cons are all about.

[earth mom]

10. Damn the rethugs are jerks through and through!

:eyes:

[HeeBGBz]

12. Say Thank You, Pinocchio

Maybe you'll become a Real Boy.

[Matsubara]

14. What a SLEAZEBAG Moore is to help pay someone's med bills.

It's even worse than the time that DESPOT!!! Chavez gave poor Americans discounted heating oil...


:sarcasm:

[ck4829]

15. He sounds paranoid. How big is this guy's tinfoil hat?

[proud2BlibKansan]

16. LOL I love MM!!

He is such a GREAT American. I am confident he will go down in history as a hero in the late 20th, early 21st century. And his critics will look like the idiots we know them to be.

[wicket]

17. What an asshole

n/t

[TlalocW]

18. If Moore did do this, it certainly wasn't for the publicity

Kenefick, by acting like a dick and putting the story out there, however, is doing exactly what he's accusing Moore of - he's highlighted how awful our healthcare system is and shown himself and to a point all conservatives as ungrateful assholes. Not quite the message someone with the website, Moorewatch.com, would want to put out I would think.

TlalocW

[Ganja Ninja]

19. Maybe Michael should spring for his deprogramming too.

:crazy:

[patricia92243]

30. lol - right on target!

[DS1]

20. Cynical, completely devoid of trust, and disbelief that someone out there

could genuinely want to help. This is why the Cons hate Government, based on their own outlook of life, there's no possible way it could work.

[Dhalgren]

21. I think that perhaps one of the more salient points is that his freeper

colleagues and contacts in the subhuman world gave him no money, only advice on getting cheaper insurance. When you sleep with dogs, you will get fleas...

[nashville_brook]

33. good point -- DU would have started a fund drive, stat...

and... someone from the dark side would have tried to sabotage it...

[ClayZ]

22. This is a GREAT story! K and R

[roamer65]

23. Mr. Moore is a lot nicer than I would ever be to this jerk.

Hats off to Michael.

[mmonk]

26. He IS a puppet. But not of Moore.

[uberblonde]

27. Michael Moore and his wife are devout Catholics.

Seems exactly the sort of thing a truly Christian person would do.

[HughBeaumont]

28. Absolutely AMAZING.

What can you say to this? You help them out and they STILL don't change. They'll STILL go ankles up for the Failure Fuhrer and his America-killin' policies and think anyone that offers to help them is "out to get them".

[EFerrari]

37. "sore winners" n/t

[jebediah]

31. "What kind of moron turns down a free 12 grand?"

... a principled one.

It's easy, you either don't take it or you do and say "thank you."

From his site:

If this was Moore behind it all, then I have to say...nice try, dude, but I’m not going to play your game. You can call it a cost of promotion. This site has sold more books and DVDs for you than that $12,000 could ever buy. You’ve gotten your money’s worth. If it was you, Mikey...your $12,000 doesn’t buy my silence. It won’t buy my affection, nor will I shy away from talking about whatever may or may not be in your new film. I’ll still be the same guy, expressing my opinion and trying his best to research facts you tend to skip over or ignore. All you bought for your money - if it was yours - was the peace of mind of knowing you actually helped someone who needed it. Wouldn’t it be nice if that was where is stayed? Ultimately, my accepting that donation has absolutely no bearing on the larger debate about health care in America, and I won’t engage you or anyone else in a bank-and-forth on it so you can sound-byte my words into something they aren’t.

http://www.moorewatch.com/


Kenefick, you're shaming yourself. How embarrassing. How... typical.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

32. Kick.

[EC]

34. I just love how his "fellow conservatives" helped him

Fellow conservatives guided him toward a cheaper health insurer, but Kenefick said he still had trouble making payments.


If a better solution couldn't be found as things are, why isn't this ass-hole railing to find a new way for solutions for everyone instead of working to shut-down Moore? His priorities are screwed up....

[Norquist Nemesis]

35. So, Michael Moore does it anonymously, but this guy makes it public?

Something wacko about that.

[Dora]

36. This is "love thy enemy" in action. I LOVE IT! n/t

[mudesi]

38. The BEST part about this is that Moore did it anonymously

This ungrateful person doesn't have a leg to stand on.

[WI_DEM]

39. then he should return the money

[Brigid]

40. Well you know what they say . . .

No good deed goes unpunished. Sheesh, Kenefick! :wtf:

[K8-EEE]

41. There's gratitude for you. Must be a Republican.

What a dick.

[LTR]

42. This whole story blows my mind

The key part is the one about his wife's medical bills. Ironically, that's basically what Moore's new flick is about.

And Moore anonymously sends him the money, without even making mention of it.

First the Treasury Department, now this. You just can't buy this kind of publicity for any price! And at least we were spared the sight of Moore showing up in a fluorescent green bathing suit like Borat did last year. Yes, I'm very thankful for that.

[kineneb]

43. "Never look a gift horse in the mouth" -Grandma

and Grandma was seldom wrong. Take the money, give thanks, or not, to your favorite deity, and get the health insurance.

What a paranoid dip.

[no_hypocrisy]

45. Cardinal Rule: If anyone wants to give you money without strings, you do 2 things:

1. Take the money.
2. Remember to say "Thank you".

[coffeenap]

46. Maybe he should ask his wife what she thinks... nt

[Geek_Girl]

47. I wonder if this guy will ever get a clue

nt

[Hersheygirl]

48. Just like the 28% of people who support *,

They just don't get it. They can't wrap their puny brain around the fact that liberals have more compassion in their little finger than conservatives have in their whole body. Their cognitive abilities just aren't there. They only understand one thing and that is how to hate.

[Blue_Tires]

49. kick

hopefull MM will earn a little more respect from his detractors from the right (and left)

[Paladin]

50. You're Welcome, Douchebag (n/t)