Hate's Labour's Lost: How Michael Moore Led the Democrats Astray

It is remarkable, in hindsight, how thoroughly Moore's movie infiltrated the election.

by Andrew Ferguson
The Weekly Standard
November 15 2004

"Always give your best, never get discouraged, never be petty; always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself." --Michael Moore

WAIT. I'm wrong. Michael Moore didn't say that. (Where's that fact-checker?) No, it was Richard Nixon who said that, 30 years and 3 months ago, on the day he left the White House a few steps ahead of the sheriff. Nixon knew all about hatred--as does Moore. Except Nixon realized, a bit too late, the price that haters pay in the end.

Bush-haters hate it when you call them Bush-haters. You should see my email. "Who are you to call anyone a hater, you filthy piece of [hate-filled expletive] ?????" wrote one baffled correspondent not long ago. Others, trying to dissuade me from using the term, take a more anecdotal approach. "Perhaps you will let me share a story," wrote another correspondent. "In the check-out line I met a young man weari…