I can understand how this makes the Republicans look bad, but I can see their point. If I was known for making right-wing documentaries and then took a tour of campuses inviting non-voters onstage and giving them 25 cents in return for a promise that they would vote, it would be the Democrats making the stink, saying I was buying votes. No, he isn't telling people who to vote for, but his politics are well-known and I think it is safe to assume that there will be a few people who will vote Democrat because a celebrity gave them a bag of chips or a new pair of Fruit of the Looms. Bruce Springsteen, REM, and some others are scheduled to give concerts in "swing states" before the elections to get people to vote against Bush. I'm no fan of Bush, but tactics like these leave me feeling that this election will be just as corrupt as 2000, if not more. I don't think this Moore issue will alter the prevailing opinion of the Republicans, at least among the average citizen. Moderate Democrats don't even like to mention him because he is seen as being just as bad as conservatives in terms of manipulating facts. He's just had more success at it, especially abroad.
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