Comment About Farenheit 9/11

I have no intention of seeing the movie. Though I want the Bush Administration retired so its members can write their memoirs, which I doubt I'll read, everything I've read or heard about Michael Moore's movie indicates to me that at its best it is mere polemic, and I already know what Mr. Moore thinks, so I don't need to give him more money. At its worst, his movie is not always truthful, even as it claims to expose the lies of the Bush Administration.

Then I ran across this quote today on the Reuters news wire.

"We were used to such messages in the communist days. Everybody has open eyes and can understand that this is propaganda. It was a weak film that tells us nothing new."

-- VACLAV KLAUS, president of the Czech Republic, after watching the MICHAEL MOORE documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11."

I don't think the President of the Czech Republic has a big stake in our presidential elections, and I suspect his statement is a disinterested, truthful observation.

Truth is such a precious commodity that it should be adhered to strictly, especially when one is claiming to expose the untruths of another. Mr. Moore's film fails to meet my tests of what truth is all about. We may vote for the same guy, but we won't be going about getting there in the same way.