Michael Moore has been pretty fairly described as a liberal throughout his filmmaking career, given that he believes in things like gun control, universal healthcare, and pinning George W. Bush to the wall for all his misdeeds. But even if Barack Obama is a liberal just like him, Moore isn't planning on cutting him slack either.
According to THR's Risky Business Blog, Moore's new film Capitalism: A Love Story pretty much leaves Obama out of the saga of how the banking system nearly destroyed America, but depending on how things go in the next few years, Moore might be forced to turn his camera to the White House again.
For now, he has hope: "A lot of people on the left are upset. I'm not that upset yet. Clinton didn't do too much to turn this country around" (but) "my hope is that Obama will be able to stop that and take this country in a better direction." But he also has sharp words for the administration's financial minds, and warns that the Afghanistan war may very well become Obama's, not Bush's.
Honestly, I would expect Moore to make a movie about Obama, particularly if he lasts two terms in office. Liberals are excellent at criticizing their own, after all, and Moore's voice is one that always adds something to the conversation. Of course, it'd be nice if the Obama administration didn't get up to anything expose-worthy, but that hope goes beyond liberal bias into straight-up fantasy.
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