"No time for moderation, no time for Biden" sez Michael Moore

It would be easy to dismiss obese American film-maker Michael Moore as a left-wingnut who is completely out of touch with the political sentiments of the majority of the American people. But you can't, because every now and then Mr Moore demonstrates remarkable insight into the mood of the public.

When it comes to Democratic party politics, he has given more than one fairly accurate prognosis of events to come. Remember his wise words in Trumpland, a one-man stage show he created to endorse Hellerey Clinton, which turned out to explain perfectly why average Americans (especially those in states like Michigan) voted for Donald Trump.

A couple of days ago, Michael Moore tweeted a dire warning to Democrats: Nominate former Veep Old Joe Biden and risk alienating progressive voters come 2020. The first sin for which he chastises Mr Biden was his attendance at a fundraiser hosted by (((Andrew Goldman))), the founder of the natural gas company Western LNG. As is well known, taking petrodollars is a no-no for all right-thinking [Don't you mean "left-thinking"? Ed.] persons. Here's the Tweet.

"Last night on CNN, a student asked Biden, who had pledged to take NO fossil fuel money, why he was having an NYC fundraiser tonight hosted by Andrew Goldman, the founder of the natural gas co Western LNG. Biden denied it. Then CNN said it was true & that Biden is attending. Wow. We can NOT go through this again, my friends. As with Hillary taking Goldman Sachs $$, then trying to pretend nothing happened, we can NOT risk this again."

The leading light of the commentariat opined that Still-President Trump's issues and supposed divisiveness, by themselves, would not be enough to compel progressives into punching the 2020 Democritic ticket if Mr Biden were at the head of it. "Our base will stay home once more if Biden is the candidate. If they see he's in cahoots w/ fossil fuel, that he has lied. They will not say, 'So what -- Trump's a bigger liar!' They will just give up. Trust me on this."

Mr Moore says that the only antidote to Trump is an "anti-Trump" who is not afraid to fight the incumbent hard in his/her bid for the White House. "We need a completely honest and authentic candidate, the Anti-Trump, a street fighter, and someone who when they say they'll take NO fossil fuel $$, they not only keep their promise, they go after tooth-and-nail and put somebody like Andrew Goldman out of business. They don’t attend a fundraiser of his fat cats!"

Michael Moore's last words for Creepy Uncle Joe? Apologize to the American people and step down to make room for an authentic candidate. "Joe -- you’re driving there right now. For God's sake, turn your limousine around immediately and apologize to the American people. You think [you] can beat Trump. So what! Hillary beat him! Didn’t matter! We need a candidate who will CRUSH him because that candidate has INSPIRED a tsunami of voters with her or his INTEGRITY; his/her progressive vision of what the 21st century should be. That, Joe, isn't you.

"Finally, last night [you] said that we are only 15% of the climate change problem. 85% of it is the rest of the world’s (fault). Are you serious? Wall Street, Corporate America, the poor everywhere who make our goods [for] us, our exploitation of the entire planet — please, Joe, stop!"

While Michael Moore indeed hates Still-President Trump and wants to see him lose, in recent months he (Moore) has been chiding the Democritic establishment for pushing Joe Biden while trying to belittle the progressive base. In a February interview on MSNBC, he told the Dems, "If you’re being moderate, stop being moderate. Take a position. There's no middle ground anymore. There's no halfway point to should somebody be paid a living wage. You know, on the issue of choice, there is no halfway there. You're either for it or you're against it. Do you believe in equal rights for women? Do you believe we should have an Equal Rights Amendment? There's no middle ground. There's no time for moderation."

Indeed. Walt hopes... and I say this sincerely... that the Dems take Michael Moore seriously and nominate a real progressive -- AOC, say, or Pete Buttgeig -- someone that all right-thinking Americans [Don't you mean "left-thinking"? Ed.] can't help but love and vote for.