Success for Sicko?
The buzz among some advocates of national health care is that Michael Moore's film "Sicko" will prove to be the great catalyst that makes their political dream a reality. It could happen, I suppose, but let's recall some of Moore's other documentaries and their effect:
Roger and Me (1989): An early broadside against globalization and outsourcing -- both of which have only continued to flourish at an ever more rapid pace ever since.
Bowling for Columbine (2002): A passionate plea for gun control -- an issue the Democratic Party, which can read poll numbers as well as anyone, has gone on to all but drop.
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004): Moore's polemic against George W. Bush, set to run in advance of the 2004 election -- the one in which Bush took more votes than any other presidential candidate ever, and bested John Kerry by 3 million votes
Michael Moore may be a swell filmmaker, but anyone who's pinning their political hopes on his work will likely be disappointed.
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