Moore got Fisked. Who's surprised?

Greg Markle does a rather good fisking of Michael Moore's recent statement concerning the Iraq War. However, I do have a little to add. Moore stated:

6. Finally, we love France. Yes, they have pulled some royal screw-ups. Yes, some of them can be pretty damn annoying. But have you forgotten we wouldn't even have this country known as America if it weren't for the French? That it was their help in the Revolutionary War that won it for us? That our greatest thinkers and founding fathers -- Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, etc. -- spent many years in Paris where they refined the concepts that lead to our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution? That it was France who gave us our Statue of Liberty, a Frenchman who built the Chevrolet, and a pair of French brothers who invented the movies? And now they are doing what only a good friend can do -- tell you the truth about yourself, straight, no b.s. Quit pissing on the French and thank them for getting it right for once. You know, you really should have traveled more (like once) before you took over. Your ignorance of the world has not only made you look stupid, it has painted you into a corner you can't get out of.

Moore seems to think we owe the French a lot. I always thought our Declaration was based on John Locke and other such men of letters who were decidely not French. I didn't realize that French thought was so influential in creating a Constitution that is apparently based on a history of English common law. And silly me, I thought the French took our ideas for their revolution, though they distorted them so badly their in their Fifth Republic?

The trully sad thing about this blowhard is that there are people in and out of this country that take him seriously. They don't realize how he lies and distorts everything, or they simply ignore it. It would have be nice if he actually paid attention to the facts someday.

Posted by Chris Short at March 19, 2003 01:19 AM