Michael Moore: Obama Is a 'Big Disappointment'
Moore himself simply remains 'big.'
"When the history is written of this era, this is how you'll be remembered: He was the first black president," Moore said during a discussion at The Hollywood Reporter's video lounge at the Toronto Film Festival.
"OK, not a bad accomplishment, but that's it," the director said. "That's it, Mr. Obama. 100 years from now: 'He was the first black American that got elected president.' And that's it. Eight years of your life and that's what people are going to remember. Boy, I got a feeling, knowing you, that — you'd probably wish you were remembered for a few other things, a few other things you could've done."
"So, it is, on that level, a big disappointment," Moore said.
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Michael Moore disapproves of Obama. I suspect it's not for the same reasons we do.
"But Republicans told me he was a socialist."
You musn't believe everything Republicans tell you. They lie all the time.
The problem is the Democrats lie even more. It's a paradox and that's what makes this country great.
He did his best. A Great Leap Forward.
And "3-Year Plan"! Which is a 5-year plan by a wimp.
Nonsense - I think he's played a very important part in disfiguring multiple industries for the worse, flouting the constitution in a way that very few Presidents before him were able, and for setting the bar at a whole new low in terms of what we expect in terms of leadership, fidelity to law, and honesty in a President.
The question is whether history will whitewash that part of it because FirstBlackPresident.
Who you callin' big, Michael?