The time John McCain nuked Michael Moore

Published September 7, 2018 4:13pm ET



Michael Moore’s new movie, “Fahrenheit 11/9,” is out. Sympathetic reviewers say it is “terrifying,” “inspiring,” etc. At Salon, Sophia McClennen suggests that Moore’s true brilliance is in discerning that voters only chose President Trump because we are too stupid to realize that socialism is the only ideological framework that can save us. Or something.

But I actually don’t really want to spend much time on Moore’s movie per se. Like his other productions you can bet it will be a potpourri of half-truths and Alex Jones-style conspiracy theories tempered by Moore’s more solemn voice.

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