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

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Nov 15, 2004
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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…

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