He's got an audience. If you can't acknowledge that Michael Moore has a larger political voice that you or I, than you're being disingenuous. The fact that half the country is commenting on this topic shows that very clearly. However, it doesn't mean I give him influence or even 'listen to him.' There is a difference between listening and hearing.
The comment was outrageous in my view. If he wants to say we 'shouldn't be there' that'd be fine. If he wanted to say Clint Eastwood made a crappy movie...fine. If he's going to call troops cowards...that's BS. He's now lying his azz off saying he just happened to feel a need to comment on WWII this past weekend. If Rush said it, I'd be calling him an idiot too. Not that he's not an idiot already.