Michael Moore: Americans love guns because we're racist, right?

Via Eyeblast. On a busy news day, no way does Michael Moore doing his Michael Moore shtick make the cut for the blog. On a slow news day like today, when I’m scrambling for content? You betcha. In fact, watching this gives me a new appreciation for The One’s own brand of insultingly reductionist explanations for why Americans dig firearms. To Obama, the yokels cling bitterly to guns and religion and xenophobia as a way to ease their economic jitters. I suppose Moore would sign onto that — every leftist is a historical materialist at heart, no? — but Obama’s statement, while insufferably condescending, doesn’t impugn the character of Americans nearly enough to make it good, hearty, progressive rhetorical fare. Moore, an old pro, knows how it’s done. Enjoy, bitter-clingers.