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Michael Moore, as I'm sure you know, recently told reporters at his film's premier that he wasn't a member of the Democratic party. That's not entirely truthful.

Shall we give him the benefit of the doubt, assuming that he probably forgot that he simultaneously registered to vote in two different states and was registered as a Democrat in one of them despite his claims to the contrary, or should we just label him a liar like he himself is so fond of doing to other people?



This controversy, jackass.

The Smoking Gun - New York City Board of Elections records show that Moore, 50, registered to vote in Gotham in 1992, checking off "Democratic" as his party affiliation (below you'll find a copy of his original registration form). He listed his address as the swanky Upper West Side building where he owns a multimillion dollar condominium (Moore's office is on West 57th Street). The filmmaker's New York registration remains active, though he has not voted since an October 2001 Democratic runoff election.

Now here's the good part: Moore is simultaneously registered to vote in Michigan, where registrants aren't even given the option of party affiliation (so he's not an Independent there either). According to Antrim County records, Moore registered last April from his lakefront spread in northern Michigan, where he reportedly splits his time, but has yet to vote in Michigan. He transferred his drivers license to Michigan from New York around the same time, though Moore has a Volkswagen Beetle registered from his Manhattan home...

On his web site, Moore asks visitors to take his "Pledge of Democratic Allegiance," which calls for them to register ten new voters this summer and spend one October weekend in a swing state. "The important thing is, if you live in a place like New York or Texas, you gotta head over to Pennsylvania or New Mexico," writes Moore, who provides a list of 18 states, ranked in order of importance, that could go either blue or red. He places Michigan thirteenth on that list.

So he's a registered Democrat in New York and is encouraging his fans to register as Democrats and register friends as Democrats via his website, yet Michael Moore is not a member of the Democratic Party.

Why hide his allegiances? Why not pin his purpose on his sleeve and tell the world that he supports the Democratic party and is not afraid to be truthful about it?

I'll tell you why. Its because he wants you to believe that the steaming taco-fart of a "documentary" he just let out in every theater in America isn't tailor-made DNC propaganda but rather is the truthful and factual conclusion of an independent American's investigation into the workings of a Presidential administration.

Personally, I think he would have done better if he had just told the truth.