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part of what he does, stunt-wise, is obviously just meant to be funny (driving an ice cream truck around Washington and reading the Patriot Act), but some of it is pretty effective, i think (asking Congressmen if they would sign their kids up for Iraq)

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I think the congressmen thing was pretty dumb. I don't feel like looking the exact numbers right now, but a small percentage of congressmen have children eligible for service. This would be a much more valid complaint if there was a draft nobody is forcing people to join the military.

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you completely missed the whole point of that segment.

it's irrelevent whether or not they have kids in the military or kids the right age for the military or if there's a draft or not.

it was pretty obvious from their reactions that they would never consider making the sacrifice they were asking the American people to make. And that was a pretty damning point. do you think they would have reacted the same way at the outset of WW2? of course not.

the point being, Congress wasn't really behind the Iraq War, but they were voting for it. that's not good.

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I wish I could find a link for this. But Moore asks a congressman if he would sign up his son or daughter for Iraq . The congressman says that he already has a son in Iraq but Moore does not show the clip.

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A quick search turns up that 10 members of Congress have had a son or daughter serve in Iraq, so obviously he didn't try too hard.

Along the same line, footage has turned up of him actually having a lengthy exchange with Roger Smith in May 1987 at the GM shareholders meeting, something he didn't film or ever mention. Kinda shoots his whole premise in the foot. Obviously a fraud from the start as far as facts go.