Brave Sir Michael ran away

Michael Moore has made an entire career out of embarassing people in public, and his ideological allies are doing their best to harass (and, in some cases, attack) any RNC delegate who would dare to show his or her face in New York this week.

Last night, John McCain threw it all back in Moore's face, and now the brave, fearless filmmaker has taken his ball and sulked all the way home:

Following all the commotion last night, Michael Moore will not be returning to Madison Square Garden for the Republican National Convention, E&P has learned. According to editors at USA Today, which is publishing his daily column this week, Moore told them that he was choosing not to return again.

However, they said he would continue to write his daily column and they stressed that in no way did they second-guess their decision to have him write the commentary.
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After entering the Garden Monday night with USA Today credentials, Moore was criticized by Sen. John McCain in his speech, setting off prolonged boos and taunts in the arena.

"We had hoped we would be able to put Moore in place where he could actually listen to speeches and not disrupt anything," Ken Paulson, USA Today editor, told E&P today. "The idea was not to put him in the line of sight while giving him the opportunity to observe. Now Moore doesn't plan to return to the convention. I think he saw the down side of his attending. We will have the four days of his column and I hope people will take time to read what he wrote.

It's going to be interesting, seeing Michael Moore try to cover the convention without, you know, actually attending the convention. Of course, chances are he's just makin' shit up anyway, so does it really matter?

Posted by damian at August 31, 2004 03:52 PM