With friends like these--the rhetoric of Ann Coulter and Michael Moore

I consider Ann Coulter and Michael Moore both to be protestors because both are arguing against something or someone. Ann Coulter is protesting against liberals, and Michael Moore is protesting against the US government and President Bush. However, I find Michael Moore to be more persuasive than Ann Coulter. In Michael Moore’s documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, he provided many points and facts to support his arguments about President Bush. Ann Coulter, on the other hand, made fun of people and used false statements to support her argument. Because of this, I found Michael Moore to be more persuasive. However, I think Ann Coulter is more popular than Michael Moore because of the way she uses outrageous comments to interest people. She says things like “Hillary Clinton’s chubby legs” to shock people and get people interested in reading her books. Nevertheless, because her comments have no relation to her argument, people would usually disregard her point-of-views. Michael Moore, however, provided evidence for his views and arguments to prove his points, but everyone does this. Therefore, most people probably won’t pay as much attention to Moore as they did to Ann Coulter because he protests the way everyone else does. For instance, he doesn’t do anything outrageous but just points out facts to people to convince them of his argument.