Dude, Where's My Country?
Michael Moore’s political commentary is directed mainly at George W. Bush and why he should not be re-elected President again in 2004. More specifically, he blames Bush for using the 9/11 disaster in 2001 to justify the war on Iraq. And strangely enough, the bin Laden family, all accept Osama, had close ties to the Bushes and were allowed to fly to Europe shortly after the World Trade Center was destroyed by terrorists.
Also shortly after 9/11, one of Bush’s richest campaign supporters from Texas, Kenneth Lay, became involved in the Enron crash. This not only cheated thousands of Enron employees out of their jobs and stock investments, but also tarnished Bush’s campaign pledge "...to restore dignity to the White House."
But Enron was only one of many corporate powers whose "...real political party is called Greed and their religion is Capitalism," in Moore’s words. However, most Republicans are willing to support this concept. Moore also claims that most right-wing reactionaries "...long for the days of Strom Thurmond and legally accepted date rape."
Moore points out that the American people usually forgive presidents for most questionable actions, such as FDR and Pearl Harbor, Kennedy and the Bay of Pigs, and Clinton with his forty-seven mysterious deaths. But the continual lies and cover-ups of Bush’s administration since he’s been in office defy forgiveness, not to mention understanding and reason.
To predict and illustrate what our oil problem might be in 2054, Moore in one chapter imagines himself struggling to pacify his great granddaughter with some reasonable excuses for its disappearance. In another chapter, God takes over and evaluates what is happening in America today.
Most of Moore’s book is based on appalling revelations, his critical commentary, and at the same time, a good deal of humor. But his accusations are well-supported by footnotes and a 26 page bibliography at the end.
An earlier best-seller by Michael Moore was Stupid White Men. This book, Dude,Where’s My Country, also a best-seller, was published in 2003.